best way to play/stream music through a house?
I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio throughout the house these days? Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or streaming servers that can be used with them? I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. I'd like to play flac etc too... Just curious... Rob
Re: best way to play/stream music through a house?
You've plenty of options. AirPlay is getting rather old now and - as you'd rather stay away from iDevices - then AirPlay is really a No Go option given you want to play FLAC and the like. Perhaps it might help if you could give us a rundown of equipment you currently have or you think you might use, you've said your Wife has an iPhone so that alone indicates that integrating Apps into your streaming system would be a nice option? That can be done. If you're using Windows 7 plus on your computer then you can stream content by using the built-in Cast To Device setting in Windows or Windows Media player itself using DLNA There are heaps of DLNA compatible speakers around or - if you'd rather use your existing amplifier - then a Tuner/Streamer attached to it - preferably using a digital link - would be a good and logically option. Further to all of this you might abandon your computer for storage of your music and choose to use a network compatible hard drive which gives you more flexibility, the ability to stream your music remotely and so on. This brief introduction - for want of a better word - only scrapes the surface. On 31/03/2017 9:42 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio throughout the house these days? Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or streaming servers that can be used with them? I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. I'd like to play flac etc too... Just curious... Rob
RE: best way to play/stream music through a house?
The best way is using Echo. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert Godridge Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:43 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: best way to play/stream music through a house? I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio throughout the house these days? Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or streaming servers that can be used with them? I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. I'd like to play flac etc too... Just curious... Rob
Re: best way to play/stream music through a house?
Okay, so how would one stream high quality FLAC files and so on with echo? On 31/03/2017 10:16 AM, Humberto Rodriguez wrote: The best way is using Echo. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert Godridge Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:43 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: best way to play/stream music through a house? I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio throughout the house these days? Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or streaming servers that can be used with them? I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. I'd like to play flac etc too... Just curious... Rob
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We have amazon ecco but like Dane said, flac would be an issue. I have a very analog setup, an old numarc mixer with a generic soundcard going to my computer but that would have to change to stream throughout the house and I know it. I like the idea of Cast To I'd not heard of it! On 3/31/17, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Okay, so how would one stream high quality FLAC files and so on with echo? > > > > On 31/03/2017 10:16 AM, Humberto Rodriguez wrote: >> The best way is using Echo. >> Humberto >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert >> Godridge >> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:43 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: best way to play/stream music through a house? >> >> I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio >> throughout the house these days? >> Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or >> streaming servers that can be used with them? >> I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. >> I'd like to play flac etc too... >> Just curious... >> Rob >> >> > > >
Re: best way to play/stream music through a house?
You could use your computer as the hub and the sound car shouldn't matter as you could use Software to capture the audio of your player or - as I said arlier - you could use Windows Media Player etc. So now we know you are thinking of using your computer we can talk about other equipment you may have in your house that you wish to stream to, have you got an amplifier or some sort of entertainment system in the louge that you fancy streaming to for example? On 31/03/2017 10:58 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: We have amazon ecco but like Dane said, flac would be an issue. I have a very analog setup, an old numarc mixer with a generic soundcard going to my computer but that would have to change to stream throughout the house and I know it. I like the idea of Cast To I'd not heard of it! On 3/31/17, Dane Trethowan wrote: Okay, so how would one stream high quality FLAC files and so on with echo? On 31/03/2017 10:16 AM, Humberto Rodriguez wrote: The best way is using Echo. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert Godridge Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:43 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: best way to play/stream music through a house? I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio throughout the house these days? Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or streaming servers that can be used with them? I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. I'd like to play flac etc too... Just curious... Rob
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I'm glad you mentioned the echo, as I now have both Google Home and Amazon echo assistants, I believe that - if streaming through your house is your thing - then a Google assistant is certainly worth having. You can use your Google Home Assistant to stream to Chromecast compatible devices and these range from the original Chromecast Audio and Chromecast itself to speakers with Chromecast built-in, Televisions with Chromecast built-in etc. Suppose you had a Chromecast device connect to your entertainment system, you could say something to Google Home Like, "Okay Google Play ABBA on Lounge'. Google home would then respond with something like, "Okay Playing ABBA From Google Play Music on Lounge" thus the music you then hear would come through your lounge entertainment system enabling you to continue using your Google Home for other tasks. You could use a modifed version of the example above to use Google Home to stream your favourite radio station to your lounge so let's assume that you want to hear KNX 1070 Los Angeli's you could say, "Okay Google, Listen to KNX 1070 Los Angle's on Lounge". On 31/03/2017 10:16 AM, Humberto Rodriguez wrote: The best way is using Echo. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert Godridge Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:43 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: best way to play/stream music through a house? I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio throughout the house these days? Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or streaming servers that can be used with them? I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. I'd like to play flac etc too... Just curious... Rob
Streaming with the times
If you use technology then one rule certainly applies, "Use and keep updated or stagnate and fall behind", so I'm beginning to see with trusted technology I've been using here for audio and video streaming. Trusted it may very well truly be however various pieces of equipment such as the B&W A7 are being left behind. For example, I have Apps I can use on my Samsung Galaxy S6 to stream audio via AirPlay but there's very little point even considering those now given the various other streaming methods and protocols which are built right into the phone or other devices. So what way to turn? Now we have access to AptX decoding with Bluetooth we now have a lossless way to play our music from our Phone to a multitude of speakers, devices which can be connected to other Hi-Fi gear and so on. If Bluetooth is out of the question because of distance then we can use the Play-Fi App across platforms with compatible Play-Fi speakers, streamers and so on. What this all means is that I'm having to consider replacing my A7 given I'm not really a user of AirPlay any logner and the B&W A7 doesn't support any other streaming protocols and - unfortunately - there are very few speakers that come close to sounding as the B&W A7 does, its outstanding. I started doing more research into possible speaker replacements and came across the excellent Sony SRSX99B speaker system which - according to all the review material I've read thus far - sounds very similar to the B&W A7 and comes with more streaming options. The Sony speaker is compatible with Chromecast, DLNA and Airplay but to name a few. If this doesn't wet your appetite then how about a USB socket which will play any audio format you can think of including hD audio files and a wapping 160 watts RMS split over 7 drivers - 1 sub-woofer, 2 mid-range and 4 tweeters - two on the front and two on the top -. The unit comes with a remote control but can be controlled via the "Songpal" App which is extremely accessible. I plan to listen to the SRSX99B in the coming days so I just need to prepare a USB with all my speaker testing faves.
RE: best way to play/stream music through a house?
The Echo is ok for casual, or background, listening but if one wants to enjoy a lossless stream or files the Echo's sound quality is less than adequate. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:17 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: best way to play/stream music through a house? The best way is using Echo. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert Godridge Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:43 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: best way to play/stream music through a house? I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio throughout the house these days? Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or streaming servers that can be used with them? I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. I'd like to play flac etc too... Just curious... Rob
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We will have a sony docking thingy (I forget which moddle) in the living room. I'd love to be able to send the audio from my mixer wirelessly to this or through bluetooth. I'm a record collector and have my turntable hooked up through my mixer as well as my computer, which is able to listen to my turntable/rest of my mixer through phono cables. Does this make sense? On 3/31/17, Norma A. Boge wrote: > The Echo is ok for casual, or background, listening but if one wants to > enjoy a lossless stream or files the Echo's sound quality is less than > adequate. > > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto > Rodriguez > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:17 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: best way to play/stream music through a house? > > The best way is using Echo. > Humberto > > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert > Godridge > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:43 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: best way to play/stream music through a house? > > I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio throughout > the house these days? > Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or > streaming servers that can be used with them? > I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. > I'd like to play flac etc too... > Just curious... > Rob > > > >