Hi!
Oh, thats nice.
But i still enjoy my airport devices.
The extreme i have has ac support.
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> 4 jan. 2017 kl. 04:23 skrev Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net>:
>
> Yes, that problem hit me fair and square when I removed my Airport Express
> but I found a way around it and I’m glad you mentioned this as I had intended
> to dedicate a post to this problem.
> All one has to do to stream Apple Music to a Chromecast is to use the Airfoil
> App, both Windows and Mac versions recognise the Chromecast.
> There are other options as well but Airfoil is by far the easiest and most
> configurable.
>
>> On 4 Jan 2017, at 2:14 pm, Mary Otten <maryot...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Nice idea. But if you have a Mac and a bunch of music in the Apple cloud,
>> it's not practical. You can't Chromecast anything from Apple unfortunately.
>> Not that you can't use an Apple device with the Chromecast audio. It's just
>> that you can't Chromecast anything from Apple Music or your Mac running
>> iTunes. Since that's where a whole lot of my stuff is, I still have my
>> airport expresses working fine if a bit old. Mary
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 3, 2017, at 6:03 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yep, time to say goodbye to the Airport Express units which I've been using
>>> for so long - well one far longer than the other actually -.
>>> I bought my first Airport Express -first generation - in 2009 and the newer
>>> generation in 2013 and that's the latest and last Airport Express
>>> generation to be made.
>>> Unfortunately the Airport Express has not kept up with current Wi-Fi trends
>>> or perhaps the simple answer is that it can't? We now have Wi-Fi AAC for
>>> example which is a huge step forward.
>>> Once aupon a not so long ago, I used the Airport Express as a router
>>> however what the Airport Express was capable of then has now been totally
>>> eclipsed by other routers from the big names such as Asus and so on.
>>> So what am I using in the place of the Airport Express to receive audio
>>> streams? The new Google Chromecast Audio which arrived today.
>>> Its simple to set up thanks to the Google Home App on both Android and IOS,
>>> I used Android for the setup Operating System this time and found the
>>> Google Home App easy to navigate.
>>> Only thing that does worry me is how good the receiver in the Chromecast
>>> Audio is as it described the Wi-Fi network I connected to as having a "Weak
>>> Signal" and I was advised to connect to another with a stronger signal,
>>> well we'll find out later today just how robust the connection really is
>>> when I put the Chromecast Audio through its paces.
>>> The Chromecast Audio looks very similar in size to the current generation
>>> of the Chromecast but instead of a HDMI port it has a 3.5MM audio port
>>> which is capable of providing both analogue and digital output, if the
>>> Chromecast were only an analogue output device then I would never have
>>> considered purchasing one.
>>> I paid $60 Australian for the Chromecast Audio and that to me represents
>>> excellent value, I don't expect top notch audio for my $60 but I'm quite
>>> sure I'll get reasonable - if not very decent - audio when I connect the
>>> Chromecast Audio to my Rotel DAC, I might even connect the Chromecast Audio
>>> to my new MM1 Speakers.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Those with negative attitudes are a problem, those with positive outlooks
>>> are the solution.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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