by MomtoLab » Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:59 pm
Apologies upfront for the super-basic nature of these questions!
I am running MM 4.1.14.1813 on a PC laptop with Win 10 and have copied my CDs to an external hard drive (as Virtual CDs). I would like to get some wireless speakers to place around the house so that I can list to music (primarily the aforementioned CDs but also from online services such as Pandora). The laptop does not have Bluetooth built in, so I would prefer to use my home wifi.
Naively, perhaps, I was thinking that I could just get some wireless speakers, sync them to the laptop, and -- voila -- problem solved. I would use MM to choose my musical selections and magically the sound would pour forth from the speakers. The more I read about multi-room wireless speakers, however, the more I feel in over my head.
So, questions:
1. Is this the point at which I need to figure out the intricacies of UpnP and/or DLNA?
2. Do I need a DAC?
3. Will I need the WASAPI in order to make this work?
4. Is there some other piece of equipment I will need?
4. Should I forget this idea entirely and just buy headphones with a really, really long cord?
Thanks in advance for any constructive assistance, even if it's just to point me to stuff I should be reading so I can ask more intelligent questions about this!
Apologies upfront for the super-basic nature of these questions!
I am running MM 4.1.14.1813 on a PC laptop with Win 10 and have copied my CDs to an external hard drive (as Virtual CDs). I would like to get some wireless speakers to place around the house so that I can list to music (primarily the aforementioned CDs but also from online services such as Pandora). The laptop does not have Bluetooth built in, so I would prefer to use my home wifi.
Naively, perhaps, I was thinking that I could just get some wireless speakers, sync them to the laptop, and [i]-- voila --[/i] problem solved. I would use MM to choose my musical selections and magically the sound would pour forth from the speakers. The more I read about multi-room wireless speakers, however, the more I feel in over my head.
So, questions:
1. Is this the point at which I need to figure out the intricacies of UpnP and/or DLNA?
2. Do I need a DAC?
3. Will I need the WASAPI in order to make this work?
4. Is there some other piece of equipment I will need?
4. Should I forget this idea entirely and just buy headphones with a really, really long cord?
Thanks in advance for any constructive assistance, even if it's just to point me to stuff I should be reading so I can ask more intelligent questions about this!