Wireless audio sender

[dan101smith]

Is there something out there that will reliably send audio wirelessly from my laptop to an amp?

[Dave^]

Yes...

Usb sender into laptop, similar to a WiFi adapter...

Receiver box with a pair of rca's to amp...

I've got one... it's st... used it once... it's now in the loft...

I'll get you a link, hot it from maplin a few years ago....


Eta link - http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/667/874/-/5180776/One...


It was play.com, not maplin...

Edited by Dave^ on Wednesday 1st December 18:36

[Dave^]

Yes...

Usb sender into laptop, similar to a WiFi adapter...

Receiver box with a pair of rca's to amp...

I've got one... it's st... used it once... it's now in the loft...

I'll get you a link, hot it from maplin a few years ago....


Eta link - http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/667/874/-/5180776/One...


It was play.com, not maplin...

Edited by Dave^ on Wednesday 1st December 18:37

[Bullett]

What are you trying to do? Get the mp3 collection to play over the hi-fi?

If so you want a Squeezebox or a Sonos.

Small application runs on the PC, and you basically tell it where your music is kept. Squeezebox plugs into your amp/speakers and streams data via wi-fi from the PC to the SB. SB decodes the data into music and outputs to the amp. Control via the laptop, iphone app, dedicated remote or touchscreen depending on which version you get.

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speakers-audio/wirel...

Sonos is similar but more expensive.

[Gingerbread Man]

Bullett said:

What are you trying to do? Get the mp3 collection to play over the hi-fi?

If so you want a Squeezebox or a Sonos.

Small application runs on the PC, and you basically tell it where your music is kept. Squeezebox plugs into your amp/speakers and streams data via wi-fi from the PC to the SB. SB decodes the data into music and outputs to the amp. Control via the laptop, iphone app, dedicated remote or touchscreen depending on which version you get.

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speakers-audio/wirel...

Sonos is similar but more expensive.

Squeezebox is a brilliant piece of equipment. Can be had for quite cheap on eBay.

[E31Shrew]

Sonos Zonebridge to plug in to your router RRP £79.00

Sonos ZP90 to plug in to the amp £279.00

Controlled either via Desktop controller via supplied software disc or iphone / itouch free app or bespoke remote from Sonos £279.00

For a fiver a month you can subscribe to Napster to access over 10,000,000 tracks. Plus other online music services eg last.fm

Edited by E31Shrew on Wednesday 1st December 23:11

[headcase]

Its worth noting that the zone bridge isnt always required as you can plug the zone player into the router, its only use is for if the router is out of the way or if you wish to extend the Sonos's mesh network in a larger system.
If its a cheap solution the op is after then there is no reason why you cant use a cheep video sender (intended for wirelessly sending sky upatairs) and just use the audio connections.

[E31Shrew]

^ Good point I just always assume that clients routers are in areas where music isn't required!

[dan101smith]

Already got SQBs for playing MP3s.

This is literally just for playing media on the laptop and getting the sound out of decent speakers, wirelessly.

[matts360]

Dan

Are you using Itunes to play the music? for £60 you can get an Airport express to connect to your wireless network, and links a 3.5in into any set of speakers / system and play from your laptop wherever in your house. Also, any Iphones / Ipods will see it too automatically and play through them (on latest OS)

Hope this helps

Matt

[dan101smith]

No, it's more for sound from applications, YouTube etc.

[matts360]

For any other programs, you can install Airfoil on the laptop to work with any program (IE or any other) direct over the Airport express speakers

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/

I Use it for You tube etc, works fine.

Matt
$25 dollars to purchase a license. All free otherwise.

Edited by matts360 on Monday 6th December 13:11

[Dave^]

dan101smith said:

No, it's more for sound from applications, YouTube etc.

If you're wanting cheap, and aren't too fussed about sound quality, have a look at the link in the first reply if you haven't already... when I tried mine, there was quite a distance from sender to receiver though a couple of walls...

If you're gonna be quite close, it may be fine for your needs....

[Ultraviolet]

This looks quite good, and the company that makes it is certainly reputable:

http://www.audioengine.org.uk/

check out the AW1 and AW2

cheers,

UV