You are right. You do need two Chromecasts. But the chrome cast audio cost 
something like $30, maybe less if you find a deal. That's still way cheaper 
than spending a bunch of money on Sonos speakers, for example

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> On Oct 26, 2017, at 7:38 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mary,
>  
> If you have two traditional stereos which are not in any way connected or 
> working on any wireless how can one Chromecast connected to one stereo 
> provide the same sound on another stereo? I can see how if you had two 
> Chromecasts and one was connected to each stereo that maybe you can group 
> them, but it is my understanding that the Chromecast needs to be physically 
> connected to the stereo where you are streaming/casting the music.
>  
> Fanus, as for why they make an audio and a video version it is simple. The 
> audio only Chromecast plugs into a 3.5mm port so you can connect it to any 
> powered speaker which has a 3.5mm input port and you can easily connect it to 
> an older analogue stereo with a 3.5mm to RCA cable. The video version, either 
> the regular Chromecast or the Chromecast Ultra which supports 4K streaming 
> only have HDMI ports so unless you have a newer receiver with HDMI inputs 
> this one wouldn’t work for just music/audio on a system where HDMI is not 
> available.
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Mary Otten
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 8:21 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Chrome Cast [was "Re: A couple of iPhone questions"]
>  
> If you don't care about video, the chrome cast audio is cheaper. You can 
> connected to an existing stereo and get good sound. Lots of absence support 
> casting, even on iOS, with the sad exception of Apple Music, of course. I 
> wish they get their head out of their whatever and just realize that not 
> everybody has airplay or wants to buy whole new stereo or new speakers to get 
> airplay. I still have it because I have old airport expresses. But they are 
> really old I mean really old, and they don't make more. The good thing about 
> casting audio is that, once you have made the connection, the phone isn't 
> doing the work anymore. You can still skip songs etc. on the phone, but the 
> phone isn't losing as much battery as it would otherwise. At least that's 
> been my experience. Chromecast audio versus air play through the same stereo 
> with the same phone. And if you happen to have two stereos, you can use one 
> chrome cast to set up a group and play all of your music through both at the 
> same time, that's giving you music on two separate floors or throughout the 
> house or whatever. Again, it's just puts lots of new life into older 
> equipment and makes it totally unnecessary to spend hundreds and hundreds if 
> you want this kind of set up. .
> 
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 26, 2017, at 6:40 AM, Fanus <buys.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Sieghard
> Thanks for the explanation. I did a google search to find out more and there 
> I learned that one gets a Chrome cast HDMI for vidio but also an Audio Chrome 
> cast. I wonder why do they have two products instead of doing one for all 
> purposes.
> Regards
> Fanus
>  
>  
> From: Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 1:31 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Chrome Cast [was "Re: A couple of iPhone questions"]
>  
> The Chromecast don't have any memory, they are strictly streaming devices but 
> as Christopher pointed out, they work differewntly from Airplay, for example, 
> since once you start streaming via your Chromecast it takes over that stream. 
> For example, if you have a regular Chromecast or a 4K capable Chromecast 
> Ultra connected to your TV and you have Netflix on your iPhone, you can pick 
> a movie or show in the app on your phone, send it to the Chromecast and at 
> that point the Chromecast which is of course connected to your WiFi streams 
> the content and you could actually completely turn off your iPhone and the 
> movie would still continue to play/stream.
> You can not save any music or other media to a Chromecast.
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 4:26 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Chrome Cast [was "Re: A couple of iPhone questions"]
> 
>   I am fascinated! How much can you get onchrome cast in terms of memory, or 
> do they vary? At that price, most people can afford them! Do  they sound 
> really good through big speakers? am I right to assume that the only way to 
> put music onto a chrome cast is in fact to send it across Wi-Fi? Now I will 
> leave you in peace! Good night and thanks!Carol P Sent from my iPhone using 
> MBraille
> 
> On 18 Oct 2017, at 9:37 pm, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The ChromeCast is a small flat disk that fits in the palm of your hand. I'm 
> guessing it's a bit larger in diameter but a bit thinner then an Oreo cookie. 
> It has a micro-USB connection for power, connects to your wifi and has either 
> a 3MM or HDMI connection.
> 
> 
> I have a ChromeCast Audio which has the 3MM audio jack on it. You'd connect 
> it to a pair of audio speakers or anything else that takes audio input. It 
> looks like it costs $35, but I'm pretty sure I got it on sale for $25 last 
> Christmas.
> 
> 
> There's the original ChromeCast which has an HDMI connector on it. I don't 
> have this device, but it looks like it also costs $35.
> 
> 
> Finally, there's the ChromeCast Ultra which has an HDMI connector and 
> supports 4K video. I also have one of these hooked to my home theater 
> receiver.
> 
> 
> One thing I should have mentioned, is that once you start the streaming to 
> your ChromeCast device, your iPhone is taken out of the loop and is no longer 
> needed. This is nice since you're no longer using your smart phone resources. 
> You can go back into the app your casting though and cancel the casting.
> 
> 
> There's an app on Android called Google Home that allows you to control your 
> ChromeCast devices. It looks like you have the same thing in the App Store at 
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-home/id680819774?mt=8
> 
> 
> When casting from an app, only the audio or video from that app is sent over 
> to your ChromeCast. Your TTS is not sent over. There is an option in Google 
> Home to mirror the audio from your smart phone though, and if you use this 
> feature then all of the audio on your phone is sent over to the ChromeCast 
> including the TTS.
> 
> 
> 
> > On 10/18/2017 09:52 AM, 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone wrote:
> > OK, got the picture. Sounds interesting and, presumably, it's pretty small 
> > and can fit with all your other items without difficulty.
> > 
> > Do you get better ones than others, or are they just one make and as good 
> > as each other?
> > 
> > Carol P
> > 
> >> On 10/18/2017 12:54 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> >> I don't think I've used Chrome Cast on an iPhone, but it is accessible 
> >> from Android, and I believe I've also used it from a browser, like Chrome. 
> >> I don't see why it woudln't be accessible with an iPhone.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Basically, you buy a Chrome Cast device which you add to your wifi network 
> >> and plug into the audio input of a device, such as to a home theater 
> >> system with HDMI or powered external speakers with a 3MM jack. Now you 
> >> find an app that supports Chrome Cast and double tap the cast button and 
> >> choose your destination. Like I said, I do this all of the time from my 
> >> Android smart phone.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> On 10/17/2017 08:03 AM, Simon Wong wrote:
> >>> Hi everyone! Hope you all are doing well, I have a couple of iPhone 
> >>> questions which I hope somebody can answer, when you put a appointment or 
> >>> schedule something in your calendar, does it give you any notification or 
> >>> sound when it's time to remind you? When I tried to put something in my 
> >>> calendar, I got no sound or notification to let me know that there was 
> >>> something scheduled there. Also does anybody know if Chromecast can be 
> >>> used by people who are blind or visually impaired?
> >>> 
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>> 
> >> 
> > 
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