I am curious if anyone thinks this new remote app will move the ATV closer to being a whole house music solution. I currently have the ATV but use Sonos as my whole house music solution as I don't want to be tied to turning the tv on to listen to music and I don't want a receiver in each room. While I still don't think the ATV is stable enough in general, the new remote app at least seems to eliminate the need to have the TV on to listen to music. Any other thoughts?
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New Remote App and Whole House Music
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I don't know what kind of setup you have but it sounds like you could pick up a couple Airport Express's to put around your house. The you can use the iphone remote & itunes to push music to all locations. Very cool indeed.
I have an Airport Express hooked up to a pair of speakers out on my balcony and it works great. No receiver required.
Aha, that's the catch. Sonos has two units, one just connect to a receiver, one is a receiver and doesn't require powered speakers. If you are willing to use powered speakers, though, the remote App would appear to be a home run?
I have the older version of the Airport Express. It never really worked all that well with the older Itunes, but I'm willing to try it again with the latest do you think it should work? All I have to do is plug it into an electric outlet and run a mini out to powered speakers correct?
That should do it. Then, in iTunes you have the popup in the bottom right of the window to select which units get the audio... In the Remote.app you can toggle on/off switches for each AirTunes unit (Airport Express /
TV / etc...) that you want to use.I haven't used an Airport Express, but using my
TV works just fine that way.