G+_Erik Ellsinger Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I'm looking for a way to get the audio from my AV receiver to all the rooms in my apartment. The AV receiver have RCA out so I would like to take that audio and wireless stream it to two rooms and one pair of headphones. The audio needs to be able to simultaneously play in my two extra rooms. I was thinking of using Bluetooth since there are a lot of Bluetooth receivers. But I can only find a Bluetooth transmitter that can handle two devices at the same time, not three. Does anyone have any suggestions for a solution that might work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Hector Sotomayor Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 great question I'm interested also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Chromecast audio comes to mind, but that would only work if the music is coming from a Chromecast compatible source (Pandora, Google Play Music, Android, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Foy Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Sonos. They have a bridge version for a AVR. Will say their Android app's UI blows chunks. I'd stay away from BT, its limited in range and bandwidth (no matter what the salesman says) Not too mention 2.4GHz is rather saturated. (but then Sonos is a 2.4GHZ WiFi network) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Erik Ellsinger Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 The audio source is the AV receiver so a Chromecast Audio wouldn't work. Regarding Sonos are you thinking of these? http://www.sonos.com/en-us/products/wireless-stereo-components I don't see a way of connecting my own audio source to a Sonos box that then would stream the music to two receivers. Maybe someone has a DIY solution with some Raspberry PI:s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tyler Pearson Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Chromecast Audio would be your best bet. I understand you want the source to be your receiver, is there any reason you need it to be your source? You can play radio, CDs(easily burns plus no need to swap disks), several radio apps or streaming audio services to choose from. You can use a phone, tablet, computer to control easily. Other then that I don't think anything else will give you a great experience besides hard wiring speaker cables from the receiver/amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Foy Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Funny how with the world of Cloud, IoT, connected everything this is STILL unsolved problem for the masses, and even techies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joshua Hamlett Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 The limitation is starting with the AV receiver. Apart from that, there are numerous solutions for what you want, including Chromecast and Apple Air Play. Bluetooth however is limited by range (~30 ft.) and number of devices. Existing complete standalone systems include Sonos wireless speakers, which run off of WiFi. However, those are a bit pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I'm sure there are proprietary wireless systems that would work great, but I don't know of any. Bluetooth has a limited range, isn't really easily usable with multiple output devices, and has a slight delay in audio (not normally noticeable, but probably would be if you could hear both local and remote speakers). There are DIY network options, but you again introduce latency (even more than bluetooth). Oh, I know! A FM transmitter and a few cheap FM radios. Something like this: Signstek 7W 7C FM Transmitter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CGVHJ32/ And for the radio, something like this should work fine: NiZHi TT-028 MP3 Mini Digital Portable Music Player https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CBD65WG/ The quality wouldn't be the greatest, but it should accomplish what you're going for. And, it's DIY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Erik Ellsinger Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 A FM transmitter sounds like the best alternative at the moment. But I'm thinking maybe a solution like this could be a better alternative: https://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-Component-Transmitter-B136-101/dp/B003UT7TJS Piping it through my local network would probably give better audio quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Yeah, probably. But that won't give you network capability, it will only allow you to use the Cat-5 cable to carry the signal. You'd forfeit network use of that cable - maybe. I say maybe because you could possibly, break out the orange and green pairs to be used as 100 Base TX and blue and brown pairs could be used to carry audio signal. I'd expect both to perform sub-par though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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