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Last post: 3 months, 3 weeks ago | Thread started: Aug 6, 08, 6:28 a.m.
- rafalski
Thanks lambsy, I'm getting the g model cheap to test it. I only have one computer out of 2 with n now anyway, the main router is g as well.
If the sound is good, I might upgrade it to n, but from what I read they haven't touched airtunes quality on the n version.
- Dog-earAug 6, 08, 7:07 a.m. – Permalink
- rafalski
Is Archos a media center for the TV? I don't watch TV recently and try to keep it simple and cheap. If I can stream music from the computer to the speakers that's all I need.
Also, I'm interested if I can use iphone remote to control the bedroom speakers while the music is streamed from the main computer without problems.I'll see if the quality/dropouts make it better value than 10-15 meters of extension cable with m/f jacks at its ends.
- Dog-earAug 6, 08, 8:37 a.m. – Permalink
- ghandolf
"Wireless speakers are the holy grail."
Amen.I've actually been playing around with this, without a solution yet, for a while now. These were supposed to come onto the market a couple of years ago.
http://www.househacker.com/perma…Then according to this, they vanished...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_…This looks promising, though I've not tried it, nor can I find a price yet. I looked for a dealer in my area ("Where To Buy") and it seems to be handled by only 'high-end' home theater companies in my area. Looks like it might do the trick though...
http://www.control4.com/cp/80-AA…Currently I'm using Vibestreamer sometimes, which is the bomb, but you have to pick and choose the songs you want to listen to, and save play lists. Once set up though, it works over your network or over the web and has worked for me, without fail, from hotels around the world. And it's free! There's also a hack available that allows you to download songs (not just stream) from anywhere in the world - access your drive (networked or not) and download it.
http://www.vibestreamer.com/I also at times, Shoutcast Broadcast. A little more intense to set up, but it streams my already generated play lists (from WinAmp) from my home, or from just upstairs. I usually travel with my laptop which is why I use this, so I don't have to travel with my drive(s). It plays right through Media Player or WinAmp as a stream.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHO…http://www.shoutcast.com/downloa…
The issues with these two are you need a computer at each end. Even an old laptop downstairs hooked into my amplifier, means I need two computers. (C'mon Wireless WiFi Speakers). I would like to be able to just connect to some wireless speakers over my network without using a computer. So, a few years ago, I tried one of these...
A Netgear MP101 http://www.dansdata.com/mp101.ht… and it completely frustrated me so I stopped using it. According to the article, there is new firmware and software (that I don't have yet) that addresses many of the problems. However... it wants to see the music on your computer, not on an attached network drive, like I have mine.
I have also successfully controlled WinAmp, on my upstairs computer, using my iTouch and VNSea, while it streamed music. It’s literally a wireless remote to my PC upstairs. I haven't got this all worked out yet... but it amazes me that you still can't connect to reliable, wireless, wi-fi speakers.
Oh, what a world....
- Dog-earAug 6, 08, 9:23 a.m. – Permalink
- rafalski
I was thinking of this baby, but after a bad bluetooth experience with belkin decided to try out the airport express
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HWSBT…- Dog-earAug 6, 08, 9:32 a.m. – Permalink
- rafalski
It works really well so far, I must say.. and yes, I can control iTunes remotely with my iphone sitting on the toilet, including selecting the airtunes speakers to be used.
Just as i wrote it, some weird scratching noise came out of the silent speakers hooked up to the receiver..
- Dog-earAug 6, 08, 3:07 p.m. – Permalink
- KennyRodger
I have one at the office, works fine. I have my music on a server (just windows machine with raid) and grab the music from my laptop over wifi, which then spits the music back out to the airtunes device via itunes. Sometimes it drops or has issues if someone else starts copying a large file to the server, but thats just my network really lagging on sending me the mp3 to itunes, since I don't have some pro setup. It has crashed a few times, but nothing out of the normal. Overall I'm happy with it and you can hook a printer up to it as well if you need be.
- Dog-earAug 7, 08, 2:25 a.m. – Permalink
