just with a mini-jack to phono lead into the aux port on the stereo.
probably not the best way but works fine!
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just with a mini-jack to phono lead into the aux port on the stereo.
probably not the best way but works fine!
I listen to music both thru iTunes and Pandora. I always play the music thru speakers in the living room via the airport. I have an extra set of speakers in the kitchen that I hook the iPhone into. Now, for those kitchen speakers, do I have to use two apps: Simplify for iTunes listening and Airfoil for Pandora or am I not figuring something out?
Airfoil saved my sanity
Having suffered about four weeks with choppy music through my remote speakers and airport express, I installed airfoil. Problem immediately solved. Pity I did'nt think of this weeks ago and saved myself hours trawling forums for a solution to a bug in itunes 8.1
Having suffered about four weeks with choppy music through my remote speakers and airport express, I installed airfoil. Problem immediately solved. Pity I did'nt think of this weeks ago and saved myself hours trawling forums for a solution to a bug in itunes 8.1
Airfoil vs. Simplify
I'm able to stream iTunes music to the iPod Touch via the Airfoil app, no problem. It's very smooth, and easy to set up. So the Simplify app isn't required -- as long as you're in reach of your Wifi and you don't mind either exiting the Airfoil app and switching over to the Apple Remote app (or walking over to your main computer) in order to change your songs/playlists that you have streaming via Airfoil.
The iPhone/Touch Simplify app allows you to browse songs on your main computer's iTunes library, change what's playing, view cover art, and stream via Wifi and 3G -- while Airfoil allows you to broadcast to multiple devices (computers, iPhones, iPod Touches, Airport Expresses) simultaneously, and in sync with each other, from a wide variety of programs (including iTunes and audio from videos and streaming radio) but without remote-control access and only over Wifi. So Simplify has a similar but different functionality set compared to Airfoil -- both are great, depending on what you need them to do.
Hopefully a future version of Airfoil will add in some remote control functionality and/or the next generation of iPhones and iPod Touches will allow you to run multiple apps at once (so you can use the Remote app without having to turn off the Airfoil app).
I'm able to stream iTunes music to the iPod Touch via the Airfoil app, no problem. It's very smooth, and easy to set up. So the Simplify app isn't required -- as long as you're in reach of your Wifi and you don't mind either exiting the Airfoil app and switching over to the Apple Remote app (or walking over to your main computer) in order to change your songs/playlists that you have streaming via Airfoil.
The iPhone/Touch Simplify app allows you to browse songs on your main computer's iTunes library, change what's playing, view cover art, and stream via Wifi and 3G -- while Airfoil allows you to broadcast to multiple devices (computers, iPhones, iPod Touches, Airport Expresses) simultaneously, and in sync with each other, from a wide variety of programs (including iTunes and audio from videos and streaming radio) but without remote-control access and only over Wifi. So Simplify has a similar but different functionality set compared to Airfoil -- both are great, depending on what you need them to do.
Hopefully a future version of Airfoil will add in some remote control functionality and/or the next generation of iPhones and iPod Touches will allow you to run multiple apps at once (so you can use the Remote app without having to turn off the Airfoil app).
Really like this app. My office is on the 3rd floor of my house, and use it to send notifcations such Skype telephone calls when i'm in the living room. Only problem with that is I then have to run up the stairs to the top floor to answer the call lol