$500 is bit much, if builder only using cheap speaker wires, good speaker wires along will cost much more than $500. This is low voltage and does not need to meed the code, you can ask the builder to let you do it yourself (before he schedule the sheetrock). You can do it in half a day easy. If your room is dedicated for home theater, it need to built a little different/special (too much to tell you right now, you can search AVS forum)
【在 s******l 的大作中提到】 : 建新房,不知道 是不是值得花500块加home theatre system pre-wire。现在的 : home theatre system 都有无线的信箱。 想听听大家的意见. 有一件事我没弄明白 : 的是的back speaker 电源怎么解决, 好象pre-wire 也不提供