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Multi-Room Wireless Sound System?
abrinton asks: "I just went into escrow on a new house. Of course, first thoughts are to the sound system. I don't want to wire. Anything. I've got a wireless network, so computers are all sorted. But what do I do for sound? I need ideas for a centrally controlled sound system that can use 802.11g for transport. I'd like to have the same music everywhere, or better still, options to play different things in different rooms. I've got access to tons of old PIII laptops, wireless gear, old computers, sound cards, etc to make this work. Has anyone got any ideas or done anything like this?"
Of course, first thoughts are to the sound system.
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Geek.
This is so easy, I don't even know why you had to post it to Slashdot.
So, here it is, how to have the same music play in every room in your house, in 3 easy steps:
1.) Buy stereo system with very large speakers
2.) Put stereo system in one room of your house. Orient speakers so they face toward the rest of the house.
3.) Turn volume up all the way.
If you still have some "dead spots" in the house where the sound doesn't reach, you'll need my specidal educational pamphlet "Sledgehammers and You," available for only $9.95, plus shipping and handling.
" I am sure someone else will mention it, but I use iTunes exclusively for music throughout our home."
What, are you famous or something? Why would anybody else be telling us what you use in your home? And BTW, who the hell are you anyway?
> I don't want to wire. Anything.
I suggest batteries.. a lot of them.
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
What you need to do is go ahead and send me all of those PIII laptops you have available, and I'll configure all of them for you and send them back... I promise! While you're at it, you might as well send me the sound cards and wireless gear, too. Do you visit ebay very often? No? Excellent...
Forget digital, go vinyl.
But, if you're really serious:
Forget viny, forget CD, forget DVD audio, forget 8-track. The only way to go is to get the whole orchestra in your house, and bring John Williams himself home to conduct it.
Anything less is for pikers who might as well just listen to 75-year-old AM radio playing scratchy wire-recordings, or the neighborhood cats singing in the street.
Exam 4/C again. Maybe I'll do better this time.
You had me all the way up to "or even superior". :)
Learn to sing. If bandwidth is a problem, hum or whistle. All three formats go with you from room to room, and the hands-free interface is amazingly intuitive.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
But it's not made by MONSTER! They're the best! They have to be, because they're so expensive and glossy, right? There's no way they could charge that much and get away with it if thier product wasn't superior to everything else, right?
Instead of trying to use 802.11g and multiple computers, why not just buy your own FM radio station and put a radio in each room?
0xfeedface
Yeah, I think "GOLD PLATED CONNECTORS!!" on optical audio cables is all I have to say about Monster Cable. [shudder]
With the first link, the chain is forged.
what about the "cool sounding name" respect? Did they do a survey to see which name sounds better? I think not, I'm sure "Monster Cable" sounds better than "Home Depot 18 Gauge Lamp Cord".
Which would you wanna tell your friends you wired your house with, hmmmmmmm?
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
You misspelled "iPod."
Pros:
4. Annoys all roommates simultaneously!
Cons:
4. Annoys all roommates simultaneously!
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