I just discovered my 12+ year old Onkyo receiver is giving up the ghost. They sell on Ebay for about a hundred bucks so I'm not going to fix it, time to upgrade.

Here's where it gets tricky. I can handle simply setting up a new receiver that has HDMI switching, that's easy. Where it gets tricky is also using the system for my home studio needs. I've had two combined systems for years, one in the bedroom and one in the living room. My TV cable box is only in the LR but the computer and printer stays in the BR.

A few years ago I posted about how I ran a 25' HDMI cable along the wall in the BR then along the wall in the the closet which is the same wall as the living room, I put a small hole in the wall and the cable goes to the TV. Works fine. For audio, my new 60" has an optical out and the receiver has an optical in. That also works great. But when I want to record something musical using my keyboards I do that in the BR with a second HDMI cable running to my 32" TV there and for sound I have an Alesis amp, my mixer and a pair of 6" monitors.

Now, with that out of the way I'm thinking of doing it all in the LR but other than my cable box, I still want to keep the computer in the BR. I would like to use the BR home studio space as a home office space and do all my musical stuff in the LR but I really don't have room there for all the home studio stuff like sound modules, my mixer, the audio midi interface etc. My Sonic Cell goes to the PC via USB for example and the audio from the SC goes to the mixer.

I had no idea what features these new receivers have. In addition to 4-7 HDMI inputs, they have USB, ethernet, bluetooth and wifi. What I'm trying to wrap my head around is how any of those things can help me. I know ethernet is my home network which I never use because I only have one PC but does that also carry audio? I know USB can in certain cases. Bluetooth and Wi fi are wireless and I have no experience with that either.

Obviously for home studio type stuff I need to get the audio from the PC in the BR out to the new receiver in the LR. If I can easily do that somehow wirelessly then I would only need an audio interface in the LR that I could run a midi or USB cable from one of my keyboards and have that connected to the PC in the BR. To summarize my questions:

1. Please explain how the different wireless things might help. Or not.
2. Are there any wireless audio/midi interfaces? If not I could run a long USB cable through the wall to the PC in the BR.
3. Depending on 2, I could make room for my Sonic Cell in the LR and use a small USB hub so I can plug it into the PC along with the interface using the one USB cable going through the wall but what would be great is if that can be made wireless.

Almost forgot, Win 10 has a neat feature. For $50 you can get a wireless USB display adapter from Microsoft. One part plugs into the PC and the other part plugs into the new TV so that gets rid of the somewhat thick HDMI cable I'm running now through the wall so I could replace that with a USB cable. Everything I've read says it works well. So I'm really focused on getting the audio from the BR out to the receiver but somehow being able to plug my keyboard into an interface in the LR that can take that signal back to the PC in the BR.

Sorry for the long post but I don't know how to write this up quickly and easily. Thanks,

Bob

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