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

2017-03-30 Thread Robert Godridge
; > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto > Rodriguez > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 6:17 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: best way to play/stream music through a house? > > Th

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

2017-03-30 Thread Norma A. Boge
ch 30, 2017 6:17 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: best way to play/stream music through a house? 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

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

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 m

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, Dan

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, Mar

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? I'm just curious, what

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 mi