Hi All, I've done some searching on this, and don't seem to see my exact scenario listed anywhere in my search results. I am a very happy Squeezebox user with a Slim Devices SB3, a Radio, and a Squeezebox Touch. My music is in FLAC format stored on a local hard drive in a Windows machine. Squeezebox server is running in a Debian Virtual Machine running on the same Windows machine.
I've recently upgraded my home office system with AudioEngine A5 speakers and a Velodyne SPL800 subwoofer. I have the headphone output of my Macbook Pro connected to the line in on the sub, then line out on sub to line in on The AudioEngines. The subwoofer level is balanced using test tones and a Radio Shack SPL meter. I'm very pleased with the results of this setup. I also have iPeng with playback enabled. Last night I started experimenting with using AirPlay from iPeng to an Airport Express plugged in to the AudioEngine speakers. Because of the way my subwoofer is wired, I had to disconnect the connection from my computer and plug it in to the Airport Express. Now I can use iPeng and AirPlay to stream lossless audio from my Squeezebox Server to my speakers via the airport express, and the sound is amazing. Instead of switching the cable or adding some sort of pre-amp, just to swtich sources, I want to be able to wirelessly stream music from my Macbook Pro to the airport express. I can do this from iTunes as it has airplay support built in, but I want to be able to do it from other parts of the Mac, such as spotify or a web browser. Maybe even Softsqueeze. I've been using the trial version of Airfoil, and it seems to work really well, but before I spend the $25 to license it, I'm wondering if there are better alternatives specifically for streaming from the computer to the Airport Express. Also, if you've tried this or are doing it, I'd love to hear your experience. I know that buying another squeezebox touch would give me an independent audio source from the computer, but I believe there would still be times when I want to play computer audio through my speaker setup, so this option seems to present the most flexibility. Thanks! George -- gdpeck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gdpeck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4686 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89901 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
