Apple Airplay

[Yardape52]

My house is set up with Apple Airplay (the white boxes). I use them to stream from my Iphone to several analog systems. If I buy a Wiim Pro will I be able to stream to all of the Airplay boxes with 1 Wimm or do I have to buy a Wiim for each analog system?

 

[Brantome]

Thé WiiM devices are AirPlay receivers, not transmitters (of which there are very few non-apple devices).

Edit: from what I can see, your Airport Express “white boxes” are similar to WiiM devices in that they too can only act as an airplay receiver but can’t transmit to other AirPlay devices, so using a WiiM device won’t change that aspect,

 

[Yardape52]

Thé WiiM devices are AirPlay receivers, not transmitters (of which there are very few non-apple devices).

Thank you. So if I wanted to stream to multiple rooms I'd need a Wiim for each room. That said maybe I can keep the Airport boxes and just replace one with the Wiim without losing room to room music.

 

[Brantome]

Thank you. So if I wanted to stream to multiple rooms I'd need a Wiim for each room. That said maybe I can keep the Airport boxes and just replace one with the Wiim without losing room to room music.

Guess it depends what you want to use that WiiM device for. Transmission from your phone over Airplay is probably constrained to 24/48, if indeed not less than that, maybe even lossy AAC, so having a WiiM won’t change that.

 

[d6jg]

If you were to install LMS somewhere on your network and the AirPlay bridge you could do multi room without adding a WiiM

 

[Brantome]

If you were to install LMS somewhere on your network and the AirPlay bridge you could do multi room without adding a WiiM

Can’t you do that already with Airplay2 to the AirPort Expresses?

 

[d6jg]

Can’t you do that already with Airplay2 to the AirPort Expresses?

Sure the AirPort Expresses are AirPlay 1

 

[Bismarck]

Sure the AirPort Expresses are AirPlay 1

Airport Express second generation is Airplay 2

 

[Brantome]

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