Hi there,
I have a somewhat unique (complicated) situation I am looking for some help in deducing to set up an audio system.
We currently do not have any type of surround sound/home theater audio set up-- strictly the built-in speakers on the HDTV on the wall. While it's not impressive sound, I'm not overly concerned at the moment. There's a Directv box, Wii, 360, and Blu-Ray player run to the HDTV. We are building an outdoor kitchen where we would like to have good audio available for parties and just hanging out grilling this season. I caught some open box outdoor speakers on clearance at Best Buy: http://www.crutchfield.com/p_107ATR...459585&awat=pla&awnw=g&awcr=6453710665&awdv=c that should be them.
So, my core question is the simplest/cheapest way to get audio from iPhone 5s to those speakers specifically? My original idea in my head was to find some cheap receiver and mount it say under the counter outside, but I have been advised against that pretty heavily for weather reasons corroding the system. Also, I would much prefer to harness Airplay rather than use bluetooth for fidelity and (more importantly) range. Here's a bit of complexity, we live in the country and sadly cannot get DSL or other high speed wired internet, so we have AT&T Mifi running off the cell towers, which is great speed and reliability, but limits my ability to say have a powerful wireless router flooding the estate with wifi.
So, my best simple idea at the moment is some sort of traditional home theater system receiver at the HDTV (cause why not if I'm buying it anyway?), with long speaker wires run outside to the kitchen speakers, connected to the Mifi network through an AppleTV perhaps, with the iPhone 5s sending Airplay inside the house to control the music we are listening to outside. Thoughts? Problems? Recommended hardware on the cheap end? Also, can I set a receiver somehow to broadcast the iPhone music just to those outdoor speakers and not to say some new surround sound speakers hooked up to the TV signal?
Sorry for the length. Any and all guidance is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Thomas
I have a somewhat unique (complicated) situation I am looking for some help in deducing to set up an audio system.
We currently do not have any type of surround sound/home theater audio set up-- strictly the built-in speakers on the HDTV on the wall. While it's not impressive sound, I'm not overly concerned at the moment. There's a Directv box, Wii, 360, and Blu-Ray player run to the HDTV. We are building an outdoor kitchen where we would like to have good audio available for parties and just hanging out grilling this season. I caught some open box outdoor speakers on clearance at Best Buy: http://www.crutchfield.com/p_107ATR...459585&awat=pla&awnw=g&awcr=6453710665&awdv=c that should be them.
So, my core question is the simplest/cheapest way to get audio from iPhone 5s to those speakers specifically? My original idea in my head was to find some cheap receiver and mount it say under the counter outside, but I have been advised against that pretty heavily for weather reasons corroding the system. Also, I would much prefer to harness Airplay rather than use bluetooth for fidelity and (more importantly) range. Here's a bit of complexity, we live in the country and sadly cannot get DSL or other high speed wired internet, so we have AT&T Mifi running off the cell towers, which is great speed and reliability, but limits my ability to say have a powerful wireless router flooding the estate with wifi.
So, my best simple idea at the moment is some sort of traditional home theater system receiver at the HDTV (cause why not if I'm buying it anyway?), with long speaker wires run outside to the kitchen speakers, connected to the Mifi network through an AppleTV perhaps, with the iPhone 5s sending Airplay inside the house to control the music we are listening to outside. Thoughts? Problems? Recommended hardware on the cheap end? Also, can I set a receiver somehow to broadcast the iPhone music just to those outdoor speakers and not to say some new surround sound speakers hooked up to the TV signal?
Sorry for the length. Any and all guidance is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Thomas
