Stream Music from Computer to Stereo?

LateX'Dog · 21 Mar 2014 at 09:46

Is this possible?

Mainly after wireless streaming of music that i have on my computer to a stereo.

Cheers

quickshot89 · 21 Mar 2014 at 11:25

What do you use for playing back music on your computer?

LateX'Dog · 21 Mar 2014 at 12:03

quickshot89 said:
What do you use for playing back music on your computer?

Currently just use VLC.

bazzabear · 21 Mar 2014 at 13:25

It absolutely is possible.

What do you want to pay?

There are quite a range of solutions these days. Sonos are a very good bet. If you want audiophile quality then Cambridge stuff like the Stream Magic 6 (which I could possibly sell you a little used 2nd hand example of). Logitech Squeezebox used to be a fantastic choice, but Logitech have dumped it for some reason.

Jonesiani · 21 Mar 2014 at 15:40

I have a Airport express plugged into a DAC. The DAC is connected to my hifi amp.

This allows me to stream music from my pc to my hifi by using my iPad as a remote.

EYEREX · 21 Mar 2014 at 15:44

I use a Crystal Acoustics BluDAC

marc2003 · 21 Mar 2014 at 16:56

LateX'Dog said:
Currently just use VLC.

i've heard it doesn't do gapless and the devs have no interest in fixing it. stuff using that.

LateX'Dog · 22 Mar 2014 at 07:35

marc2003 said:
i've heard it doesn't do gapless and the devs have no interest in fixing it. stuff using that.

Well I have no knowledge in the area of audio play back.

OK so its possible then, thanks everyone.

Bazzabear, what program so you use to stream to the external device?

easyrider · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:41

I use a Logitech Bluetooth adaptor.

Stream music from mobile phone...ipad ,tablet all you need is a bluetooth dongle for your PC

Plug the logitech into the stereo phono sockets on your amp.

done

works amazing with spotify pro and streaming FLAC from my ipad.

bazzabear · 23 Mar 2014 at 21:12

LateX'Dog said:
Well I have no knowledge in the area of audio play back.

OK so its possible then, thanks everyone.

Bazzabear, what program so you use to stream to the external device?

With the squeezebox, there's Logitech's own software on the PC.

With the Cambridge Audio, it's all done at the streamer end - no software required on the PC just access. You can get a free app on mobile devices to control it too.

Not sure on the Sonos approach, but I suspect it's the same as Cambridge.

PapaLazaru · 23 Mar 2014 at 21:24

EYEREX said:
I use a Crystal Acoustics BluDAC

How are you finding it? Been mulling over one of these for a while.

LateX'Dog · 24 Mar 2014 at 10:07

bazzabear said:
With the squeezebox, there's Logitech's own software on the PC.

With the Cambridge Audio, it's all done at the streamer end - no software required on the PC just access. You can get a free app on mobile devices to control it too.

Not sure on the Sonos approach, but I suspect it's the same as Cambridge.

Brilliant, thanks for this.

bazzabear · 24 Mar 2014 at 12:36

No problem. I'm by no means an expert, but having owned both Logitech and Cambridge kit, if any other questions occur, I can try to help.