[worship_mud]

has anyone any experience with multiroom audiostreaming?

i'm thinking about getting two of these to stream music at home.

i'm also open for other solutions, i just want something that's simple to set up and use. decent sound is always a bonus, but i'm no hi-fi freak by no means, and cost is always a factor, too....

 

[narlus]

i've had a Squeezebox 2 for a while now, and i like it. sometimes the web-based control flakes out, but i think that's more to do w/ my feeble network troubleshooting capabilities more than anything else.

the slim devices line is a lot cheaper than comparable Sonos products...not sure what else is out there.

i was thinking of getting a Squeezebox boom for my outdoor patio for summer time...

 

[DirtyMike]

Not familiar with this product in particular, but last time I set something up like that I had a five room setup. It was pretty simple, no surround in any but the main room, and I was using a PC for the source to stream from the net.

I was just using a multi input, multi output receiver I nabbed at a garage sale, ran the wires for the speakers, I could chose any combination of rooms to play audio from, or I could choose all...... worked awesome, Wasnt the greatest, but suited my needs very well. Main unit was setup in the living room.

 

[IH8Rice]

Not familiar with this product in particular, but last time I set something up like that I had a five room setup. It was pretty simple, no surround in any but the main room, and I was using a PC for the source to stream from the net.

I was just using a multi input, multi output receiver I nabbed at a garage sale, ran the wires for the speakers, I could chose any combination of rooms to play audio from, or I could choose all...... worked awesome, Wasnt the greatest, but suited my needs very well. Main unit was setup in the living room.

running speaker wire from room to room is not what id call easy.



so this thing is basically a streaming audio boombox huh? it kinda pricey for what it is but its the easiest solution to get streaming audio in a room.
ideally the Sonos systems are one of the best, but youll also pay for having the best

 

[zdubyadubya]

I'm a little confused. Are you just trying to have a music source play in multiple rooms?

If so, call me an apple fanboy, but I love my airport expresses. They are cheap and I can use the speakers of my choice (optical audio). Additionally, iTunes allows you to set the streaming for all or any of the individual ports. Aaannd, they boost the robustness of my wi-fi because each one is a network extender as well.

*edit... just looked into the Sonos stuff... thats pretty slick.

 

[worship_mud]

Are you just trying to have a music source play in multiple rooms?

actually, multi source, multi room. i'd like to stream webaudio (classic radio streaming from the www and stuff like last fm, slacker etc) and musicfiles from my pc (most preferebly from my itunes directly, as i have 80% of my music organized there) everywhere in my house.

Not familiar with this product in particular, but last time I set something up like that I had a five room setup. It was pretty simple, no surround in any but the main room, and I was using a PC for the source to stream from the net.

I was just using a multi input, multi output receiver I nabbed at a garage sale, ran the wires for the speakers, I could chose any combination of rooms to play audio from, or I could choose all...... worked awesome, Wasnt the greatest, but suited my needs very well. Main unit was setup in the living room.

actually you're prettty close to what i want and what i initially thought about. but as mentioned i'd have to install speaker cables over two stories and i want to avoid that hassle. that's why i thought about a wi-fi solution.

so this thing is basically a streaming audio boombox huh? it kinda pricey for what it is but its the easiest solution to get streaming audio in a room.
ideally the Sonos systems are one of the best, but youll also pay for having the best

sonos.... worthy, but my budget won't allow me to go that way....

 

[dante]

running speaker wire from room to room is not what id call easy.

That all depends on whether you have an unfinished basement or not.

 

[DirtyMike]

That all depends on whether you have an unfinished basement or not.

Also how much room you have in the attick as well.



Alot of factors, if your on a budget, wired can save cash, if you dont want to run wires, wireless gets costly, specially with quality

 

[IH8Rice]

Also how much room you have in the attick as well.



Alot of factors, if your on a budget, wired can save cash, if you dont want to run wires, wireless gets costly, specially with quality

yup to both comments.