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If you are in the apple ecosystem an airport express provides a similar feature set (airplay to analog stero line out) and can output to multiple airports (in d
by deeblering4 5y ago
If you are in the apple ecosystem an airport express provides a similar feature set (airplay to analog stero line out) and can output to multiple airports (in different rooms) simultaneously.
Granted its not as headless. a iDevice (or airplay compatible source) needs to be running.
I have analog stereos in a few rooms and the airport express provides a nice way for anyone in the house to cast music from whatever app they like. and with modern iOS you can even output to different zones for different apps.
The airport expresses are roughly $50 a pop, less if you are patient.
- bjelkeman-again 5y agoShame they don’t sell Airport Express anymore.
- srgpqt 5y agoThey are often sold used for 10$ to 30$ on ebay and other sites.
- tyre 5y agoOne major issue is that Spotify for Mac doesn't work with AirPlay. It's confounding. They refuse to build it. Spotify has also refused to integrate with HomePod. The options are either stream all audio output, download something like AirFoil to stream only a single app (inconvenient, not friendly for non-technical users), or switch to Apple Music.
- lostgame 5y agoHuh. I never knew it never worked with AirPlay, as I rarely ever use Spotify. Being in the ecosystem already, Apple Music just makes sense. Does Spotify even have an Apple Watch app yet that allows on-device downloads for running, the way Apple Music does?
- deeblering4 5y agoThat's true, although for my purposes AirFoil has been worth the (admittedly too high) price. It also can output audio to bluetooth speakers and airplay devices at the same time, and has quite nice latency compensation built in. Wish it was free, or better yet built into the OS, but it's a very useful piece of software.