Sounds like a solid plan. As a matter of fact I had a pair of Audio Engine A5's and used to haul them outside. I wasn't all that thrilled with their indoor performance and liked the Radio outside just as well. Probably because around my pool isn't a great place to use stereo. I just need decent tone and volume.
I did build a RPI/Touch/HiFiBerry compo and am not happy with that either. I like everything but the tone with whatever speakers I've paired it with. I know I sound terribly picky at this point. My goal is a small self contained unit. The Radio is perfect. Even better with the battery pack. Recently I tired a large BT speaker (Not using BT) a pi and a Anker battery. Worked good, but the fidelity lacked and the volume was insufficient. It's not a huge area, but there is a stone wall, lots of trees and it's on a slope. It sucks up sound. For now I will probably take the Boom out there. I have power available in a couple of good spots. I just hate to take it outside constantly. Do the A5+ sound like the old A5 models? Know of a good single cabinet powered speaker solution that has the balanced sound of the Boom. That's what I'd really like. Thanks, Howard iPhone wrote: > . > We have a cabin and I use the Touch out of my Expedition with a 2TB > Toshiba USB powered hard drive full of FLAC. I use the Touch built-in > mini server plus I keep an old WiFi Router at the cabin so I can use > iPeng to control everything. We have a pair of AudioEngine A5+ powered > speakers we take when we need music at the cabin, at a picnic, working > outside, or where a standard stereo system isn't available. More audio > then a Boom with just a little over two times the size. > > More expensive then a Boom, but a Touch, RPi, and AudioEngine A5+ > speakers makes a great portable system to replace a dead Boom. In fact, > if one builds an RPi with a touch screen and installs a HiFiBerry Amp, > then all one needs is a pair of speakers to replace the Boom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109129 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
