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<blockquote data-quote="chickenpie" data-source="post: 1483366" data-attributes="member: 288609"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I've been looking at <a href="http://www.apple.com/uk/airplay/" target="_blank">Apple (United Kingdom) - AirPlay - Play content from iOS devices on Apple TV.</a> and, in particular, the AirPlay Enabled Speakers section where it says "you can stream your tunes to more than one room simultaneously". My main question is "Will the speakers be in sync?"</p><p></p><p>Bit of background - I'm looking at multi-room audio. Currently have no Apple kit nor speakers, amps, etc. so I'm starting from scratch. I've been looking at things like Sonos but, whilst that would do the job, it's very expensive - to the point where, for the same price, I can afford to buy Apple kit - so I'm open to suggestions.</p><p></p><p>Being able to have a song from iTunes or an iPod Touch streamed to multiple speakers would be spot on. I'm guessing that, for a 4 room solution, I'd need 4 x AirPort Express plus 4 amps plus 4 (sets of) passive speakers. As an example, I want to be able to have 1 playlist playing through rooms 1 and 2 from iOS device 1 and, for example, the Spotify app on another iOS device playing in rooms 3 and 4. Rooms 1 and 2 would need to be in perfect sync otherwise it would just sound awful; likewise for 3 and 4. I think I would need to have 2 x iPod Touch devices with access to the content (or use the Remote App to control iTunes running on a PC).</p><p></p><p>I like the way that Sonos pulls content from remote storage, e.g. NAS, leaving your controller (e.g. the iPod Touch) to just do control so low power on the controller. I don't believe that any Apple kit would allow me to do that. I guess that streaming content from an iPod Touch would eat the battery unless docked so I guess I'd just need speakerless docks - purely for power whilst playing audio.</p><p></p><p>Is this something that is achievable and will multiple AirPlay Speaker (or AirPort Express + Amp + Speaker)s play in sync? And any advice in general? </p><p></p><p>Many thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chickenpie, post: 1483366, member: 288609"] Hi, I've been looking at [url=http://www.apple.com/uk/airplay/]Apple (United Kingdom) - AirPlay - Play content from iOS devices on Apple TV.[/url] and, in particular, the AirPlay Enabled Speakers section where it says "you can stream your tunes to more than one room simultaneously". My main question is "Will the speakers be in sync?" Bit of background - I'm looking at multi-room audio. Currently have no Apple kit nor speakers, amps, etc. so I'm starting from scratch. I've been looking at things like Sonos but, whilst that would do the job, it's very expensive - to the point where, for the same price, I can afford to buy Apple kit - so I'm open to suggestions. Being able to have a song from iTunes or an iPod Touch streamed to multiple speakers would be spot on. I'm guessing that, for a 4 room solution, I'd need 4 x AirPort Express plus 4 amps plus 4 (sets of) passive speakers. As an example, I want to be able to have 1 playlist playing through rooms 1 and 2 from iOS device 1 and, for example, the Spotify app on another iOS device playing in rooms 3 and 4. Rooms 1 and 2 would need to be in perfect sync otherwise it would just sound awful; likewise for 3 and 4. I think I would need to have 2 x iPod Touch devices with access to the content (or use the Remote App to control iTunes running on a PC). I like the way that Sonos pulls content from remote storage, e.g. NAS, leaving your controller (e.g. the iPod Touch) to just do control so low power on the controller. I don't believe that any Apple kit would allow me to do that. I guess that streaming content from an iPod Touch would eat the battery unless docked so I guess I'd just need speakerless docks - purely for power whilst playing audio. Is this something that is achievable and will multiple AirPlay Speaker (or AirPort Express + Amp + Speaker)s play in sync? And any advice in general? Many thanks. [/QUOTE]
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