Comments on: The new home audio pattern http://www.danielseltzer.com/blog/2008/03/the-new-home-audio-pattern/ Never done. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:02:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: danielseltzer http://www.danielseltzer.com/blog/2008/03/the-new-home-audio-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-1345 danielseltzer Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:29:51 +0000 http://www.danielseltzer.com/blog/?p=149#comment-1345 Ah, very interesting. I love the idea of the device, but not the iTunes dependency. Looks like folks are opening them up for other apps: http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/windows/ And here's a remote audio plugin for MediaMonkey, my current preferred audio app: http://emilles.dyndns.org/software/out_apx.html The problem with these is you don't have the controller with you in the room with the music. The nice thing about an iPod or other player is you can just skip a song right there. Ah, very interesting. I love the idea of the device, but not the iTunes dependency. Looks like folks are opening them up for other apps:

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/windows/

And here’s a remote audio plugin for MediaMonkey, my current preferred audio app:

http://emilles.dyndns.org/software/out_apx.html

The problem with these is you don’t have the controller with you in the room with the music. The nice thing about an iPod or other player is you can just skip a song right there.

]]> By: Robert Gusick http://www.danielseltzer.com/blog/2008/03/the-new-home-audio-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Robert Gusick Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:59:59 +0000 http://www.danielseltzer.com/blog/?p=149#comment-1343 I have a similar system at home, with the addition of a few Apple Airport Express units ($70 - $80 used on eBay) that run what Apple calls "Air Tunes". I then use any instance of iTunes in my house (also running my music collection that is stored on a ReadyNAS) to control what plays through my stereo (including internet radio). I have a similar system at home, with the addition of a few Apple Airport Express units ($70 – $80 used on eBay) that run what Apple calls “Air Tunes”. I then use any instance of iTunes in my house (also running my music collection that is stored on a ReadyNAS) to control what plays through my stereo (including internet radio).

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