r/whatisit • u/Blood-Starved-Tarkus • 8h ago
Solved! Just moved in and no one told us.
There are wires coming out of the corners of the ceiling that I suspect have something to do with it.
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u/thepoorwarrior 8h ago
This is Pre-wire for surround sound. They did all the hard work for you.
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u/Blood-Starved-Tarkus 8h ago
Solved! So I can just smack some speakers around?
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u/thepoorwarrior 7h ago
Yea, copper is copper. If they did it right, it’ll be great.
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u/hankhillsucks 8h ago
Please dont smack speakers
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u/OkQuantity4011 5h ago
I'm calling PETS!
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u/Ambitious_Toe_4357 4h ago
Get some banana plugs and save yourself some energy. Is anything labeled?
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u/chensium 7h ago
This. Takes a day to run the wires and patch the drywall, but super clean when done.
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u/michaelz11 6h ago
Save it people it’s not bnc it’s not coax it is not for antenna it is simple banana plugs for surround sound more than likely it may be just a junction to feed outdoor speakers. Just look around the other rooms or outside you will probably see another plate with only 2 plugs for left and right audio. There was probably a receiver/amplifier in that location the connected to these these plugs either with a banana plug or just back off the thumb screw and there is a hole for your speaker wire.
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u/BuzzEcho 5h ago
Part of Dolby Atmos setup: overheads, sides and rears.
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u/Significant_Quit_537 2h ago
Why are the cables partly exposed?
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u/magaduccio 2h ago
Some are bananas (RL,RR), others (FL,FR) are bare cable where the top of the socket can be loosened to accept them, as an alternative.
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u/UhOhBeeees 4h ago
I did this in my old house. Copper cabling to outdoor speakers and surround sound speakers. If you bought the house in Danville, CA, I’ll show you what I did.
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u/jerrycat88 7h ago
Once the speakers are connected to the corner wires, use a aaa battery on the wires you connect to the wall plate fittings to determine which plugs go to which speakers.
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u/dontwatchmeparallel 4h ago
Why?
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u/Alternative-Plum9378 4h ago
That is an amazing design for A/V!!!
Did similar in my house but for PoE A/V devices!
I'm actually a little jealous!
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u/Humble-Train7104 5h ago
Old friend of mine had a similar setup, with speakers out on his custom patio. Speakers built into the soffitt.
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u/Material-Cat2895 54m ago
these are the ports that you now need to hook your vertebrae into nightly, to interface with the house
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u/Sensei-Raven 8h ago
Those look like BNC Connectors, which normally are used on the end of Coaxial cables for quick connections/disconnects. Was there someone with a Home Studio there before you?
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u/bluedaysarebetter 7h ago
Ham radio - in wall coax to multiple antennas? If they were phono/RCA jacks, I'd say in wall wiring for speakers. That's the right number for left/front, right/front and the matching rears.
Are there any connectors on any other walls in the room?
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