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I've solved this in my house and a friends house with a bunch of Airport Expresses and a multi channel amplifier. 1 Airport Express for each zone - I have 3 cu

I've solved this in my house and a friends house with a bunch of Airport Expresses and a multi channel amplifier. 1 Airport Express for each zone - I have 3 currently - Patio, 1st floor, 2nd floor. (installed 6 in my friends house) Each "zone" is a named Airplay point on each Airport Express Airport Express connects to the multi channel amp via headphone > RCA left / right > RCA left right to 1 RCA Then the amp is hard wired to each in wall speaker. iOS devices can only stream to 1 Airplay point at a time but iTunes / OS X can stream to multiple at a time. So the wife or I could be cooking in the kitchen, listening to 1 stream and the party can be outside on the patio listening to another stream Not cheap at $100 (ish) per Airport Express + amp + speakers but by far cheaper then Sonos and their in wall speakers - not book shelf so theres no clutter. It's cool to stream from iTunes and fill the entire house with 1 synced stream.

Galaxeblaffer 11y ago
I believe the new Chromecast Audio is the cheapest solution here.. They have even added support for setting up zones. But if you insist on using iTunes i guess it's not an option for you.
- soylentcola 11y ago
  Oh hey, thanks for that bit of info. I somehow missed the new multi-room "groups" feature and that's something I've been waiting for. I've only got a single CC Audio at the moment (and one of the original video ones) but I was waiting for them to add this feature before buying more. I've actually wanted this feature since the original CC came out and when they announced the CC Audio I was worried that it would take forever to add the multi-cast capabilities. Now instead of investing hundreds in a Sonos system I can grab a few $35 receivers and turn every set of random powered PC speakers and shelf system/boom box with an aux-input into an endpoint for audio. And if I want better sound I can always pick up a nicer set of powered speakers and do the same but as cheap as PC speakers can be (I often see them for $5-10 at Goodwill) it's got the potential to add audio to any room for very little cost.

Galaxeblaffer 11y ago

I believe the new Chromecast Audio is the cheapest solution here.. They have even added support for setting up zones. But if you insist on using iTunes i guess it's not an option for you.

soylentcola 11y ago
Oh hey, thanks for that bit of info. I somehow missed the new multi-room "groups" feature and that's something I've been waiting for. I've only got a single CC Audio at the moment (and one of the original video ones) but I was waiting for them to add this feature before buying more. I've actually wanted this feature since the original CC came out and when they announced the CC Audio I was worried that it would take forever to add the multi-cast capabilities. Now instead of investing hundreds in a Sonos system I can grab a few $35 receivers and turn every set of random powered PC speakers and shelf system/boom box with an aux-input into an endpoint for audio. And if I want better sound I can always pick up a nicer set of powered speakers and do the same but as cheap as PC speakers can be (I often see them for $5-10 at Goodwill) it's got the potential to add audio to any room for very little cost.