Dane, I can vouch for the IHome system. It is well built and sounds good for
the price. You may find it a bit heavy to carry around with the built in
handle but it is manageable.
I found that it is best not to try to use the IHome iphone software to
connect the speaker to my home network. Once I plugged in the cable into
the phone, voiceover was gone.
Push the wireless button on the back of the unit. This activates a
networking module so you can type a web address once you join its network.
You may use an iphone, Mac or Windows pc to find the built in network. use
whatever web browser you like. you can select your home network, fill in the
required credentials. Now the speaker will try to join the network. the unit
will beep once the speaker is on your network. the IHome network will
disappear! go back to your home networking look for the speaker to show up
in the Airplay list in the control center of the iphone.
I found the speaker to be a little sharp, but it may be my hearing aides
giving me this impression.
I have had no issues with dropouts either when I take it out of doors in my
back yard.
Good luck with it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:34 PM
Subject: Portable AirPlay Audio systems
Hi!
Up until now I thought that Bose was the only company offering a portable
audio AirPlay speaker system with its "Soundlink Air" and "Soundtouch"
models.
I've since found another company offering a portable audio/AirPlay speaker
system, look for iHome and you'll discover that this company offers a whole
range of audio accessaries for iPhones and the like, airPlay, Bluetooth etc.
I plan to buy the iHome Rechargeable AirPlay system at some stage, the Bose
is excellent but I'm a bit hesitant to take it outside for obvious reasons,
just a superb piece of equipment and I want it to stay that way <smile>.
The iHome unit is smaller and gets some good reviews, sound quality is
decent it seems.
I'll let the list know further details when I purchase the iHome system.
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