Hi Bill, Thank you for the suggestion, but I guess I should have mentioned that I wanted something that will physically connect a variety of audio leads (speaker out) from my computers and other external audio sources. Something that would have multiple "aux" inputs. I guess I really need a small mixing console, which then can feed into one set of speakers or separate stereo system.
In addition to audio from music and video files I want to manage all sound from all the computers, like sound prompts/warnings and possibly even voice-chat with MSN, iChat or Skype. Would Airport or some other Apple device handle that? That's a shame about the Meniere's. I'll email you off-list buddy. Scott, On Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:19pm, William M Conlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi Scott, > > Happy Holidays. Sorry to hear about your hearing problem. I > developed Meniere's disease and lost most of my hearing on one side. > It's most noticeable in noisy rooms or listening with earbuds. Hope > your's is fixable. > > After much research, I ended up with an Airport Express connected to > my stereo, which feeds four sets of speakers around the house through > an impedance-matching audio switch (manual). I can play my tunes > from any of my computers simply by selecting "stereo" (the name of my > airport) in iTunes. My tunes are kept on a server so any computer > can access them. > > My Airport is wired into my 100BASE-T home network, and I have it > configured to accept AirTunes streams over the air and the wire. The > sound is flawless when played from my wired desktop. I get > occasional drop-outs when I play from my laptop wirelessly. I'm > thinking it might have something to do with DHCP lease renewal, but I > haven't confirmed this with a network analyzer. > > There are still a few issues: > * non-iTunes streams, like BBC radio > * sound adjustment. I need to be at the computer that's streaming. > My Macbook has a remote, but the desktop doesn't. > > BTW, the Airport is a high level output (500 mV), and caused clipping > when I plugged it into the phono input, which was the only available > on my old Fisher 500 tube receiver. I'm using the Tape Monitor, but > will probably just sacrifice the Tape Input, which I haven't used in > a decade. > > Bill > > > On Dec 27, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Scott Cadillac wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I've searched and searched, and am just not finding what I'm >> looking for, so I thought I would ask the inexhaustible >> intellectual muscle of the list. >> >> My main computer desk has 2 PC's and a Mac, plus I have a short- >> wave radio and a shiny new iPod Touch. I like listening to all >> sorts of music, video and even special white-noise for sound >> therapy (to help with a hearing problem) - and I hate having >> multiple sets of speakers crowding my setup. >> >> I can run all my computers from one keyboard and mouse (Synergy), >> so why can't I have just one volume knob? >> >> Does anybody know of a good speaker system (home theatre?) or >> compact audio mixer of some kind for handling multiple audio inputs? >> >> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. >> >> And, oh by the way - Happy Holidays, I hope everyone is having some >> relaxing time off from work :-) >> >> Scott, >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> __ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf >> > > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
