Apple's AirPort Express

Stupendous_Man · #1 05-09-2005, 11:49 AM

I did a search and found no hits, so I'm hoping that this hasn't been posted before.

Long story short, one of my neighbors is using Apple's AirPort Express to wirelessly play music from his PC. He showed how simple and compact the device is and I was intrigued by it. I'm not nearly into music as much as he is, but the idea of being able to play the music I have on my PC through my surround sound wirelessly is very appealing.

I did some research this weekend and also found this product from Linksys that achieves the same goal. Depending on where the products are purchased, the Apple can be any where from $30 to $70 more expensive (when you also include the need cable to connect the AirPort Express to the receiver).

Does anyone use one of these products or a different product that meets the same goal (playing music wirelessly)?

manpower · #2 05-09-2005, 11:59 AM

Nope, I still use a wire.

Stupendous_Man · #3 05-09-2005, 04:06 PM

*Bump*

No one in OOT has a wireless set up like this?

sublime · #4 05-09-2005, 04:14 PM

avatar made me laugh

The Stranger · #5 05-09-2005, 06:31 PM

I use AX.
It works pretty well. I have an iBook G4. iTunes streams continuously no matter what I'm doing on my computer. The only time I have problems is when my internet connection craps out, which is pretty frequently at my pad.

All you need is a Y-cable (headphone to RCA) to hook up the AX to the receiver. Of course if you want to try to go into a digital input on the receiver I imagine it would be trickier. With the file compression on my files though, I'm sure it wouldn't make much of a difference.