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Comment on Apple TV can replace Sonos by Eric

Eric — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:37:46 +0000

You might want to update the table to include the less expensive PLAY:3 as well. For me grouping rooms is paramount. Single zones are just iDock solutions.

Comment on Apple TV can replace Sonos by Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:08:12 +0000

Magnus,

I am testing this solution right now. I purchased airfoil for a PC and am having good (not perfect) results sending to either an Apple TV and Apple Airport Express. I have been able to send to both simultaneously but have had an issue with a slight delay in one device making it very difficult to listen to both – rendering a quasi echo effect that gets worse over time.

Rogue sent me a new download that I am testing but I haven’t had a chance to test it.

If your devices are all Apple, you may have better luck. I haven’t tried the Airfoil downloads for our iOS products yet.

Comment on Apple TV can replace Sonos by Richard Frisch

Richard Frisch — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:44:09 +0000

@Magnus
You may be able to use a third party app to accomplish this but Apple iOS does not support simultaneous multiple zone AirPlay at the present, AFAIK.

You might take a look at Rogue Amoeba’s Airfoil app. http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/

Comment on Apple TV can replace Sonos by Magnus

Magnus — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:51:51 +0000

Airplay in multiple zones are not fully supported by iOS in the way that other apps than iTunes (for example Spotify) won’t let you play more than one zone at the time. Is there a workaround to this?

Thanks

Comment on Who are the bad guys? by Andrea Edwards Anthony

Andrea Edwards Anthony — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:01:52 +0000

Richard -

First, MANY THANKS FOR A MOST INFORMATIVE AND WELL PRESENTED TALK to Cotton Club Greenwich (that’s the full name if you want to change it) last night!! Lots of pertinent and useful info on a crucial subject. Also, like your clever approach of, “if you want more info, it takes a bit of effort” re logging on to your website. That is more effective than a handout (although, some folks will not look – but the rest of us will).

Second, we have a member who does PR for us. May I have her mention your blurb on us in some of her publicity?

Thanks again,
Andrea Edwards Anthony
President, Cotton Club Greenwich

Comment on Mac OS X Lion: It just works, sometimes. by Steve

Steve — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:26:53 +0000

I was just getting ready to drop $2000.00 on a new Mac but am hesitant on the additional apps I will need to purchase to complete school, ie: word, excel, ppoint.

Comment on Alex Lindsay’s Manifesto against SOPA/PIPA by Antonio Gonzalez-Arroyo

Antonio Gonzalez-Arroyo — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:04:13 +0000

I agree. I have the impression that many different people are arriving to the same conclusion. We should team up. In my opinion it is an international problem and should have an international response. I am Spanish and I live in Spain, but I am terribly concerned with bills or laws being passed in the US, since they affect us all.

Comment on Apple TV can replace Sonos by Richard Frisch

Richard Frisch — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:12:34 +0000

Sonos and Apple TV are not incompatible, but calling them “compatible” suggests to me that they work together, which they don’t.

Comment on Apple TV can replace Sonos by Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:11:31 +0000

Thanks for your response. I’m sure you’re correct – I fully expect that we can push Rhapsody to the Apple TV device via any of our Apple products but they stream a web-version of Rhapsody that isn’t fully functioning as on the PC . . . this is why I’m probing. Sonos offers full-functioning access to Rhapsody admittedly expensive.

I’m trying to determine if the two devices are compatible – can I use them together – one for visual media (Apple TV) and the other for music (Sonos). Sounds like you consider the devices somewhat redundant.

Thanks for being a resource and for such a quick response.

Comment on Apple TV can replace Sonos by Richard Frisch

Richard Frisch — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:28:09 +0000

I am not a Rhapsody user. A quick Google search suggests that the iOS Rhapsody app does enable AirPlay so it would be possible to push the music to an Apple TV and play your audio through your TV’s or home theater’s speakers via an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

iTunes on a PC can switch its audio output from the PC to the Apple TV. I don’t know of any other Windows PC applications that can do this. I doubt the Windows Rhapsody application can.

You can use AirPlay to play music in multiple zones via a combination of Apple TV and Apple AirPort Express devices. Each device needs to be paired with self-powered or amplifier connected speakers.

Sonos has features that an all Apple multi-zone audio system does not. These features come at a price.