As for speakers, I'd recommend any of the Tannoy dual-concentric ceiling speakers or in wall speakers. Also, Electrovoice EVID speakers sound very nice as well.
As for electronics, your best bet would probably be Xantech. They make a whole line of very reasonably priced multi-room equipment. You can easily accomplish what you are trying to do here, just go to the Xantech site and look around. If you don't understand what the products do, e-mail the Xantech sales guys and tell them your situation. They'll design you a simple little system to fit your needs. And they are WAY cheaper than Crestron/AMX. Cheers!
Brian
As for electronics, your best bet would probably be Xantech. They make a whole line of very reasonably priced multi-room equipment. You can easily accomplish what you are trying to do here, just go to the Xantech site and look around. If you don't understand what the products do, e-mail the Xantech sales guys and tell them your situation. They'll design you a simple little system to fit your needs. And they are WAY cheaper than Crestron/AMX. Cheers!
Brian