I have no songs on mine as well. I use my Shuffle for music on the go. At home I use a CD Player, Headphone Amp, and High End Headphones if I want to listen in private.
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I don't have a single song on my iPad....
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You are not alone--
I am a very mobile person, and I have my iPhone 4 and my iPad 2 in my backpack at all times. Only iPhone 4 is used for music. I put a couple of albums on my iPad just to see how it worked on the larger screen, and it wasn't anything to get excited about. As far as I can tell it doesn't even have the coverflow interface, unless I"m missing something.
Home Sharing works really well though--if I want to listen to stuff when I'm in my network, then Home Sharing on my iPad is great. However, here's another cool use of the iPhone for music: if you have an iHome or some other type of audio dock, you can use Home Sharing that way too and play a shared library that way. Connect your bluetooth headset and you don't have to worry about missing calls. I do this all the time at home. Works with Pandora too.
I am a very mobile person, and I have my iPhone 4 and my iPad 2 in my backpack at all times. Only iPhone 4 is used for music. I put a couple of albums on my iPad just to see how it worked on the larger screen, and it wasn't anything to get excited about. As far as I can tell it doesn't even have the coverflow interface, unless I"m missing something.
Home Sharing works really well though--if I want to listen to stuff when I'm in my network, then Home Sharing on my iPad is great. However, here's another cool use of the iPhone for music: if you have an iHome or some other type of audio dock, you can use Home Sharing that way too and play a shared library that way. Connect your bluetooth headset and you don't have to worry about missing calls. I do this all the time at home. Works with Pandora too.
It does seem idiotic and a terrible waste of electricity to use an iPad to play music that's sitting on a PC or iMac.
I mean, why on earth leave a whole computer running just to have music in the home?
So, what's the best way to use the iPad as a remote control to stream music from a NAS to a decent sound system in the home?
I mean, why on earth leave a whole computer running just to have music in the home?
So, what's the best way to use the iPad as a remote control to stream music from a NAS to a decent sound system in the home?
I have yet to receive my first iPad, but I probably will at first. I only have a limited amount of music (8 albums, ~1-2GB) and whenever I surf or read I usually listen music, which I want to do without having to keep my PC on.
Next to music I'll only put ebooks and documents on the iPad, and a few small apps (at first).. so I'll probably still have space enough.
Obviously, I won't use the iPad for music alone, thats where a MP3 player would kick in.
Next to music I'll only put ebooks and documents on the iPad, and a few small apps (at first).. so I'll probably still have space enough.
Obviously, I won't use the iPad for music alone, thats where a MP3 player would kick in.
I have my entire music library on mine, mostly because I can't fit it all on the iPhone and I've gotten into the habit of putting my Mac to sleep when I'm not using it, so the iPad does a lot of the AirPlaying to the Apple TV. Also, it's great if I want to do a lot of listening in the car on long trips and want access to anything and everything.
Use the Optical connector jack from an Apple TV v2 to connect to an input jack on a decent audio system. Run iTunes on a PC or Mac running somewhere in your house. And use the Remote App on your iPad to control the volume as well as the music selections. As an added bonus, you can display album artwork and artist and song info on the HD TV thats also hooked up to the Apple TV box. Alternately, you can set up your HD TV to run its sound output through a decent home-theater amp and speakers, and accomplish the same thing.
A similar sort of functionality was previously available via the Apple Airport Express. But I found that the Airport system suffered from periodic lags and stuttering, even using a very fast home WiFi setup. And you couldn't display the album artwork and artist info on a big screen.
I wasn't going to. But then I did.
It's:
Nice to browse your music on the iPad
Nice to browse the iTunes store on the iPad
Kind of useful to have the music you're playing in the background whilst doing something else actually on the device you're using. Kindle plays music...
Preferable to stream music to AirPlay from the always-on, pick-up-and-go, 10-hour-battery iPad than leaving your MacBook open and running.
It's:
Nice to browse your music on the iPad
Nice to browse the iTunes store on the iPad
Kind of useful to have the music you're playing in the background whilst doing something else actually on the device you're using. Kindle plays music...
Preferable to stream music to AirPlay from the always-on, pick-up-and-go, 10-hour-battery iPad than leaving your MacBook open and running.
small amount of music and podcasts.
i carry the ipad everywhere so i like to have some music in case. otherwise i just use the iphone.
i carry the ipad everywhere so i like to have some music in case. otherwise i just use the iphone.
Thanks, but that seems to have even more running !
Now I have an iPad, an Apple TV, a Mac (or PC) and perhaps a TV all to play some music !!!!
I'm really hoping not to have to have a computer on, just had music stored on a NAS, being controlled from an iPad and the NAS sending the music to an Amp/HiFi.
I have a couple of playlists on mine. I don't usually listen to music on it but if I'm going to be hanging around somewhere for a while with my iPad I will listen to my music on it and give the iPhone some rest.
One solution would be to get an AirPlay-enabled audio receiver, from a manufacturer such as Denon or Marantz.
Of course, these devices still require that you have the music files accessible on a device that is switched on, and presumably consuming electric power: Either the iPad, and iPod or a PC/MAC running iTunes.
Note: I've noticed a lot of questions on internet forums fall into what I'd call the "Scarborough Fair" category: They seek to perform an inherently impossible task. Make a cambric shirt without seams or needlework. Wirelessly stream digital music files between various electronic devices, without using electric power. Pretty much the same thing.
No music here, like others have said, it's all on my iPhone--which unlike the iPad docks into any of the speaker sets scattered around the house. No podcasts either.
What do you concider far higher quality than an iPad?
After all it does carry an iPod within it's self.
Cya
All my music is on my phone. I will stream radio off of the Internet or music via my home network when I want. That said, most of my videos are on my iPad, with just a few movies on my iPhone for when i need to kill some time in an emergency, like a doctor's office, or waiting in line at the apple store.
My iPad is only wifi, so I either listen to music or stream music primarily with my iPhone.
My iPad is only wifi, so I either listen to music or stream music primarily with my iPhone.