wireless music

zap

I want to be able to play my music on speakers rometly placed around my house from my pc via wireless network but i want to have a remote so i don;t have to select my music from my pc basically i am looking for something like www.sonos.com but cheaper.

demac

Sound Blaster Wireless Music from Creative will do that. More info here

http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=207&product=9192

The remote is kindof chunky but it does work !

Dummy

Hi Zap - I'm looking for exactly the same thing and across this one :

www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=303728&cks=PRL

The reviews have not been too hot about it and I'm going to keep searching.

Demac - I didn't know about that Creative unit but it doesn't do internet radio but still a v nice unit.

Take Care.

zap

will the creative unit be able to output to an amp with a couple of 250 watt speakers?

Rew

zap wrote:

will the creative unit be able to output to an amp with a couple of 250 watt speakers?

AFAIK u have to have a seperate amp anyway so yeah it will be able to do that.

MorningStar

If you are going to go to the hassle of buying a device now I suggest going a little more expensive and getting one that plays more than MP3 and music. You can have streaming video and ripped DVDs playing over these types of devices. Just consider it. Try e-bay to get a good price. Here are ones I was looking at the netgear gets good reviews.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5760249991&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5760242543&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5756033201&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Also bear in mind wireless connections in houses can be unreliable. I have yet to know anybody who has a wireless home network that stays connected. It can be a minor annoyance or really frustrating depending on who you are. .

Dummy

Morningstar - Brilliant !!

I had been searching for a non-wireless solution for my house and the Prismiq unit does that. This is for my new house and am planning to run 2 Cat5 to each room.

I agree that wireless is not 100% dependable and prefer to run cable but I will have wireless present for other gadgets (wireless webcams on front and rear door)

MorningStar

Dummy wrote:

Morningstar - Brilliant !!

I had been searching for a non-wireless solution for my house and the Prismiq unit does that. This is for my new house and am planning to run 2 Cat5 to each room.

I agree that wireless is not 100% dependable and prefer to run cable but I will have wireless present for other gadgets (wireless webcams on front and rear door)

I did run 2 cat 5 networks through my house along with coaxial network for TV. I don't use the cat 5 network that much but I do have a phone in each room and a cordless phone which I use the most. The TV network is geat and I have to connect IR to it so I can control devices from any room apparently it just is just about power freq.
If you plan on getting something it seems the best idea is to get one that plays as much multimedia as possible due to downloads of movies increasing. Many of the multimedia wireless devices have an ethernet connection too. Philips seem to be leading the way in "normal" consumer products on this you should check out their website, they are a bit expensive though.

http://en.streamium.com/

zap

my wireless network is very reliable not perfect but almost.

MorningStar

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001YXWIC//ref=pm_dp_ln_e_1/102-8131252-6642517?v=glance&s=electronics&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Just found this it's less thean €55 but you need a friend in the US for the rebate. That's the best deal I've seen and if you look at reviews it gets high marks

Mutant_Fruit

I have yet to know anybody who has a wireless home network that stays connected.

I don't believe i've ever had a problem with my wireless network... once i got the initial dodgy drivers sorted. No dropped connections. I lose maybe 1 or 2 pings out of every thousand ish.