Re: best way to play/stream music through a house?

2017-03-30 Thread Dane Trethowan
You've plenty of options. AirPlay is getting rather old now and - as you'd rather stay away from iDevices - then AirPlay is really a No Go option given you want to play FLAC and the like. Perhaps it might help if you could give us a rundown of equipment you currently have or you think you

RE: best way to play/stream music through a house?

2017-03-30 Thread Humberto Rodriguez
The best way is using Echo. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert Godridge Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:43 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: best way to play/stream music through a house?

Re: best way to play/stream music through a house?

2017-03-30 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, so how would one stream high quality FLAC files and so on with echo? On 31/03/2017 10:16 AM, Humberto Rodriguez wrote: The best way is using Echo. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert Godridge Sent: Thursday,

Re: best way to play/stream music through a house?

2017-03-30 Thread Robert Godridge
We have amazon ecco but like Dane said, flac would be an issue. I have a very analog setup, an old numarc mixer with a generic soundcard going to my computer but that would have to change to stream throughout the house and I know it. I like the idea of Cast To I'd not heard of it! On 3/31/17,

best way to play/stream music through a house?

2017-03-30 Thread Robert Godridge
I'm just curious, what would be the best way to play/stream audio throughout the house these days? Does anyone know of any accesseable wireless speakers for example, or streaming servers that can be used with them? I'd rather not have to use i-devices but my wife does have an iphone. I'd like to

Re: best way to play/stream music through a house?

2017-03-30 Thread Dane Trethowan
You could use your computer as the hub and the sound car shouldn't matter as you could use Software to capture the audio of your player or - as I said arlier - you could use Windows Media Player etc. So now we know you are thinking of using your computer we can talk about other equipment you

Re: best way to play/stream music through a house?

2017-03-30 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm glad you mentioned the echo, as I now have both Google Home and Amazon echo assistants, I believe that - if streaming through your house is your thing - then a Google assistant is certainly worth having. You can use your Google Home Assistant to stream to Chromecast compatible devices and

Streaming with the times

2017-03-30 Thread Dane Trethowan
If you use technology then one rule certainly applies, "Use and keep updated or stagnate and fall behind", so I'm beginning to see with trusted technology I've been using here for audio and video streaming. Trusted it may very well truly be however various pieces of equipment such as the B A7

Re: best way to play/stream music through a house?

2017-03-30 Thread Robert Godridge
We will have a sony docking thingy (I forget which moddle) in the living room. I'd love to be able to send the audio from my mixer wirelessly to this or through bluetooth. I'm a record collector and have my turntable hooked up through my mixer as well as my computer, which is able to listen to my

RE: best way to play/stream music through a house?

2017-03-30 Thread Norma A. Boge
The Echo is ok for casual, or background, listening but if one wants to enjoy a lossless stream or files the Echo's sound quality is less than adequate. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Thursday, March 30,