[PLUG-TALK] Transmit audio wirelessly from computer to stereo
Aaron Burt
aaron at bavariati.org
Sat Oct 21 19:05:45 UTC 2017
On 2017-10-21 10:33, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> During the day I stream internet radio from my desktop to my stereo,
> and at night I watch movies on the desktop and listen to the audio on
> my stereo. I have done this for years, and for all that time the
> connection has been a very long wire. 'Long' means about 7.5 meters.
So far I've found a few things that don't work well.
* WiFi audio receivers have too much latency for video/audio sync
* An FM transmitter works well but the audio is so-so
* Bluetooth is fussy (connection management) and a bit latency-prone
* Many of the above need a ground-loop isolator to remove the hum
Cat5 cable should be great for audio transmission, though.
For everyday streaming radio, I rather like my Grace component-style
Internet radio player, but I'm finding its limits and thinking of
replacing it with a Pi0W running one of those nifty Music Player Daemon
distros.
If I were a video watching person, I'd just get a modern "smart" TV and
plug it into the stereo. My in-laws really like theirs. Unfortunately,
a video monitor won't split out the audio from the HDMI connection, so
you need a TV-style thing to do that.
Regards,
Aaron
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