Can I use Airtunes without an Airport Express?

ss957916 · Nov 20, 2009, 11:04 AM

My third Airport Express in less than four years has just given up the ghost which has made me realise that they're very cheap, badly made pieces of crap. I'm currently borrowing my parents' Linksys Wifi router which has much greater range (covering my entire house - suddenly I can check emails on the loo!) and has also confirmed that all the internet problems I was having was in fact the APE and not my MacBook Pro or Snow Leopard.

So my question is: can I send my iTunes music from my MBP to my hi-fi over my wireless network without the need for an Airport Express?

Palleraa · Nov 20, 2009, 01:25 PM

You need some device that can make wifi signals -> audio signals. This is what the express can do. However airfoil have a product called Airfoil Speakers which will let any machine show up in Airfoil as a speaker. I have my stereo connected to my Mac Mini Mediacenter and stream my music to that.

slapguts · Nov 20, 2009, 03:22 PM

If you have a mac currently under Applecare, your AE is covered.

ss957916 · Nov 20, 2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by slapguts

If you have a mac currently under Applecare, your AE is covered.

I don't. My friend does though...

scottness · Nov 20, 2009, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slapguts

If you have a mac currently under Applecare, your AE is covered.

Really? Wish I knew this before I threw my dead one out.

slapguts · Nov 20, 2009, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ss957916

I don't. My friend does though...

I'm not sure if there's a limit on how many are covered, so if your friend needs the service later...

Worth looking in to, though.

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Originally Posted by scottness

Really? Wish I knew this before I threw my dead one out.

I've actually been looking for a dead Express on eBay lately, and the non-working ones go for around $45-50, ever since David Pogue posted an article about peripherals being covered.

Nov 20, 2009, 11:04 AM	#1
ss957916 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2009	Can I use Airtunes without an Airport Express? My third Airport Express in less than four years has just given up the ghost which has made me realise that they're very cheap, badly made pieces of crap. I'm currently borrowing my parents' Linksys Wifi router which has much greater range (covering my entire house - suddenly I can check emails on the loo!) and has also confirmed that all the internet problems I was having was in fact the APE and not my MacBook Pro or Snow Leopard. So my question is: can I send my iTunes music from my MBP to my hi-fi over my wireless network without the need for an Airport Express?

Nov 20, 2009, 03:22 PM	#3
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Nov 20, 2009, 01:25 PM	#2
Palleraa macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2009	You need some device that can make wifi signals -> audio signals. This is what the express can do. However airfoil have a product called Airfoil Speakers which will let any machine show up in Airfoil as a speaker. I have my stereo connected to my Mac Mini Mediacenter and stream my music to that.