Re: [ukha_d] Audio round the house options?

["Nicholas Humfrey njh@xxxxxxxxxx [ukha_d]" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am currently borrowing a Sonos PLAY:1 from work.

It is mostly pretty good but these are my negatives:
* Occasionally it seems to unpair with the bridge and can be a pain to
get it working again. Connecting directly to Ethernet improved things.
* You are locked into the Sonos world - you can't just stream using any
mobile app (like Airplay/Google Cast etc)
* The sound is very 'Bose' - artificial sounding bass - probably
because of the small speaker size.
* The low-latency network is very clever but I still think it is very
expensive for what it is.

I guess some of these are solved by using a Sonos CONNECT and your own
amp and speakers but I don't think I will be buying any Sonos myself.


I am currently using my own amplifier and speakers, connected to an
Airport Express. Not as fancy as Sonos but a hell of a lot cheaper. You
can also pickup old Airport Express (the slower 802.11b ones) cheaply on
eBay, which work perfectly well for audio - I actually have Wifi turned
off in mine.


Something else I am looking into is an amplifier board for Raspberry
Pi:
https://www.tindie.com/products/IQaudIO/pi-digiamp-2x20w-powerdac-for-the-raspberry-pi/

But not looking into what software I would run on it yet...


nick.



On 2015-06-29 11:08, Mark McCall lists@xxxxxxx [ukha_d]
wrote:
> We ran speaker wires too but never used. Just go Sonos.
>
> M.
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Tracey Gardner
> tracey.gardner@xxxxxxx [1] [ukha_d] <ukha_d@xxxxxxx [2]>
> wrote:
>
>> Â 
>> I am now in the final stages of my self-build and am starting to
>> think how to implement music/audio around the place.
>> Â 
>> My wiring/cabling consists of a network of pairs of heavy duty
>> loudspeaker cables out to speaker locations in the ceiling of each
>> room.
>> The intention was to allow for central control of the system from
my
>> Node 0.
>> I also provided CAT 5 at several points around each room to allow
>> for IR control if necessary, but I imagine that wireless will have
>> superseded that idea?
>> Â 
>> At the time of planning/implementing this network, there was not a
>> great deal of choice in audio/control systems and I would now like
>> to know what the up to date options are.
>> Â 
>> So please feel free to flood me with ideas :-)
>> Â 
>> Many thanks
>> Â 
>> Tracey
>> Lincolnshire
>>
>> Â 
>> Â 
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