On 27/04/2016 18:43, BobH wrote:
On 27/04/2016 09:40, John Rumm wrote:
On 27/04/2016 08:44, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:17:55 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

I would like a wireless speaker , not bluetooth, to play music
from
either tv or amplifier.
I've looked at wifi dongles for my tv and other similar devices,
but
not sure if what I buy would do the job.

There are quite a few WiFi enabled speakers about... have a look at the
Sonos range for example.

Yes but I'm not sure they will work for this application. I think the
problem will be that TV (presumably that has the USB port for the
dongle) won't have any means of streaming live audio out over the
WiFi or serving files. TV's tend to be "clients" not "servers".

Indeed - it does depend a bit on your source of music. If its coming off
a home server / nas / dlna box etc, then the speakers will may be able
to get it directly.

But again why wireless for the audio link? Any speaker worth its salt
is going to need a decent bit of power and there is the WiFi Rx etc
so that implies a cable. Unless you really want to get into changing
batteries.

And in these days of homeplug ethernet adaptors, one could argue that if
you have mains, you by default have (wired) network.

I have a pair of homeplug ethernet adapters which feed both my amplifier
and tv box,

The source of the music is on my nas server, and it is streamed down to
my tv box and also to my amplifier.

In which case, forget about the TV box and the amp. All you need is
something that can stream from the nas, and drive a (pair of) speaker(s)

(either an active speakers, or normal ones via an amp).

A raspberry pi or similar will take care of the streaming.

From reading some of the replies I have had it looks like I'll be
needing a usb wireless transmitter.

That seems to be over complicating it.

The reason I want a wireless speaker is so that it can be used in
another room where the wired speakers don't reach.



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Cheers,

John.

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