2013/12/09 11:28:27
bluzdog
I'm looking to pick-up some powered wireless speakers that can be run off the zone 2 setting on my Onkyo receiver. These are for the living rm./dining rm. area of our house and are just for our listening pleasure. The plan was to place them on the top of a china cabinet and forget about them but as I started looking I'm finding there's a lot of different ways to go with this. Any ideas and/or suggestions?
 
Rocky
2013/12/09 13:17:45
craigb
Well, at first glance, I'd make sure you put them on isolation pads or else you could have broken china in that cabinet!
 
As for your REAL question, the last time I tried this was about 14 years ago and the reception was a bit spotty.  I can only assume/hope that the technology has improved considerably.  Another route to go (that I can't recommend) is DLNA.  Unfortunately, there aren't enough products out there that use this ability and, those that do, are stupidly expensive!
2013/12/31 10:46:20
bluzdog
Okay after some research I found this http://audioengineusa.com/Store/W3-Wireless-Audio-Adapter. This will get the signal to where I want it. After that the Sonos Play 5 looks pretty cool and will also stream music. The China cabinet idea is out, thanks for the heads up Craig.
 
Rocky
2013/12/31 14:44:06
craigb
Yeah, I looked into the Sonos, at least until I saw the price tag and had some major sticker shock.
 
Eventually, I'd like a system where I can send audio from Media Monkey (the ability is supposedly there and will be more robust on their next upadate) to an external player.  I've helped a guy in Norway with a mobile app that can control Media Monkey (a media player that's much better than iTunes and made for people with very large music collections).  It now works on both a smart phone and a tablet which is very cool, but it will be perfect once I can send that signal to the player of my choice!
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