My solution for whole house sound is an Apple Airport Express in the rooms without a TV monitor, and Apple tv in the rooms with a monitor. I use Klipsch Pro Media 2.1s in the rooms that don't have a dedicated system. Then I control the whole mess with a smart phone app , Remote for I tunes, that lets me set volumes in individual rooms. Then if I want to get fancy I can open I tunes more than once and play different songs in different rooms. The thing was painless to set up. Sounds better than most in ceiling set ups, and my wife likes the fact that if she rearranges the furniture she can just move the speakers, and plug it back in. Just make sure you have a robust router so you don't have any holes in the wi fi. Why spent the time effort and money tearing your home apart to run wires? Just say'n...