I’ve got Pandora Radio fav’s, Amazon Prime Stations, Tune In Radio, plus some of my own local playlists. I’ve got a bunch of streaming stations configured in Sonos and all are added to my Sonos favorites. Last night I found a great solution in the Yonomi App (available for iOS and Android) that just this week added Alexa integration. What was missing was a way to summon and play my cloud based streaming stations using Alexa’s voice control. I found a “wow” solution for DLNA control using JRiver Media Center and a powerful Alexa skill called House Band. I bought their least expensive subwoofer – the STF2 – at $359 you would be hard-pressed to find a better subwoofer for less than $1,000.Earlier this week I started a quest to include my Sonos speakers in my Connected Home in order to control them and action music with my Amazon Echo. There’s a 30 day free trial and then after that it costs $49.98 for Windows only or $69.98 if you’d like to run it on both Windows and Mac devices.Īnd if you’re in the market for a subwoofer, check out Hsu Research.
JRiver sounds better, runs faster, and uses less memory. I would also recommend ditching iTunes and using JRiver Media Center instead. The fact that you can add additional receivers to the setup allows you to stream music from one single source to multiple locations in your house, much like Sonos without having to use Sonos speakers which just don’t sound particularly good. If you’re looking for a way to stream music from your computer to an existing stereo, you want to spend less than $500, and you want it to sound good, there is no better option. Why the Audioengine D2 is Better than Sonos The fact that the Audioengine D2 is both a DAC and a unique wireless music streaming device makes it even more worthwhile. I forgot just how good music – particularly compressed digital music – can sound.
The Audioengine D2 used to cost $599 but it’s currently available for $399. One transmitter will talk to up to three receivers at the same time. You can play out of your computer via USB, and you can use the TOSLINK output at the other end. Sit in your favorite chair next to your source, and control the volume and run great analog into your amps on the other side of the room for critical listening. You control the volume at the transmitter, so all you need to do is plug the receiver into your powered monitors, power amplifier or pre amplifier, and you’ve got an instant remote-volume-controlled 24-bit playback system. With this pair, you can send digital (not analog) audio from your computer, CD player, iPhone, stereo receiver, or any type of digital device and have it received remotely at your power amplifier or active monitors. The reason for this wireless device is if you want to play everything from your computer through it, or play from a dedicated TOSLINK audio source. While I have used an Apple AirPort Express and also several Sonos systems to play into a stereo system from laptops, ipads and ipods, not everything on my computer plays through iTunes and AirPlay. It allows you to transmit and control a digital audio signal from one place, and receive it as either a digital or DAC-converted analog signal elsewhere. The audioengine D2 is a DAC (digital-to-analog converter) transmitter and receiver pair. The New Equipment – Audioengine D2 Wireless DAC I have a pair of Llano Designs monoblock amplifiers and one of the earliest versions of Steve Deckert’s ZTPRE tube pre-amplifier. The Old Equipment – Amplifier & Pre-amplifier Recently I uncovered a pair of our original Poseidon’s Voice bookshelf speakers and began to set up a system that would continue to be high-end that would allow me to use my old equipment with some newer gear so I could stream the music from my computer to the bookshelf speakers. Shawn Levin and I started Poseidon’s Voice after we graduated from college and we built high-end audiophile loudspeakers together for several years. Most of you don’t know that I owned a loudspeaker design business in a previous life.
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