Thursday, July 07, 2011

iTunes in the Lounge!

Having all my music CD's installed in iTunes on the iMac I've always wanted to connect to my Hi-Fi in the lounge.  The prospect of running (more) cables under the floorboards was not enticing.
NEW GADGET TIME! - enter the Airport Express gizmo.  This little beauty operates wirelessly on the home wi-fi and speaks directly to iTunes, all that's needed is a connection to the amplifier and to install the gizmo as another wireless access point on the system.
The amplifier connection is a 3.5mm mini jack socket which also has an optical output built in.  I've tried both the analogue connection and the optical and the latter wins easily on sound quality.
. . and there's more, a very useful free app for the iPod and iPad called Remote, this gives complete remote control of iTunes whatever room you may occupy - SO - I can sit in the lounge enjoying all my music on the hi-fi from iTunes on the iMac in the study, controlling tracks and volume remotely.
Now that is a MEGA GIZMO!!




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