Rob00GT Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I want to stream music to a stereo in my living room. I use iTunes and the Apple Airport Express seems like a perfect solution (plugs into the network and the stereo, gets IP from DHCP, pretty much plug-and-play) except for the outrageous price and "optional" stereo connection package.Is there a cheaper alternative? I do not need the wireless features, I have a good wired network in my home already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boggen Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 rubs chin...i bought a couple 25foot, rca style cables and a couple female to female rca connectors. to run video and L plus Right from pc in basement to tv upstairs. i had slight quailty degradation in video. but audio was fine.50foot pressed the limits of the cheapo rca cables. for video.needless to say winter came. and being in a farm house. a mouse decided to come in and snake on cable (have creavite audigy platium, that has the remote) just setup a standard remote extender and it worked for what was wanted.)----------------------find a cheap used / referbished computer. that has motherboard, cpu, some ram, sound card, network card and set it up as media server (old pc perhaps laying around?)---------------------get a tivo, and do a little hacking to turn them into home network media server.---------------------do a google search for "HTPC" aka "home theater pc" might bring up some results-----------------www.x10.com has extenders stero, video, camera etenders.www.radioshack.com has some speaker extenders. that may work for need.------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob00GT Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 get a tivo, and do a little hacking to turn them into home network media server.Actually that is my current project! I have two DirecTV/Series 2 Tivos that I've hacked using the Zipper and then installed JavaHMO on a Windows pc. This will allow full access to mp3 and picture files. The downside is that you must navigate the music library using the tv. When I want to listen to music I usually don't want to turn on the tv, but having a computer on is fine.I do have a couple of old computers lying around. One will probably be used to test something or other when I find another alternative. And the extra-long RCA cables is my current solution, but not very practical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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