Options for multi-room audio?

[simoncn]

(02-07-2015 12:12)haggis999 Wrote:  Hi Simon,
Thanks for the very interesting response.

Both your suggested solutions appear to depend on Linn Songcast for synchronised multi-room operation. However, Linn's website defines Songcast as "an open source application that allows you to send any audio from your computer to your Linn DS player and get better sound from your music services and web pages". That seems to imply that it is only relevant to owners of a Linn DS. Is this a case where the open source community has found an application for Songcast beyond those of its original creator or did it never have any specific association with the Linn DS, beyond the obvious marketing connection?

Songast was developed by Linn for use by the Linn DS. The protocol is open and the code is open souce, so anyone can implement a Songcast sender or receiver with no need for the user to have a Linn DS.

Quote:I'm assuming that that Songcast does not degrade the audio signal in any way and that sound quality will be entirely dependent on the choice of the amp and speakers in each room. Is that correct?

There might be a very slight degradation. For more details, you can post to the Linn forum and the Linn experts will explain this in more detail.

Quote:While I was aware of the existence of the Raspberry Pi, I know next to nothing about it. Can you recommend an off-the-shelf version of the Raspberry Pi in a reasonably well made case? If not, I'm sure that Google will eventually lead me to a suitable source.

David

If you are located in the UK, see this page for a good source of prepackaged starter kits.