CEA 2030 Multi-Room Audio Cabling Standard defines cabling and connectors for use in distributing

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audio Audio most commonly refers to sound, as it is transmitted in signal form. It may also refer to: Sound *Audio signal, an electrical representation of sound *Audio frequency, a frequency in the audio spectrum *Digital audio, representation of sound ...

signals throughout a

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. It is developed by the R3 Audio Systems Committee of the

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or CEA standard ANSI/CEA-2030 as of the 3/30/2005 Publication date defines; * Wire topologies * Wire Gauge in American Wire Gauge or AWG *

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designation * wire routing and control locations

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20071109001348/http://www.ce.org/Standards/StandardDetails.aspx?Id=2039&number=CEA-2030 Standards {{measurement-stub

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