Welcome.
My apartment (Teh Batcaev) has 4 different AirPlay speakers placed around to provide a ‘soundscape’ from a single audio source.
Some of the AirPlay sources are easily made portable, to allow use outside (on Teh Bat-alcony).
A lot of the tech in use for this is older (vintage?) Apple hardware/software.
There is/are also some jailbroken devices/software in use.
It has taken some time to get things to where I am not feeling the urge to adjust/change it around anymore.
This is the first of however-many-it-goes posts on what the setup is/what had to be done to get it all in place.
First off, hardware (in no particular order):
1)
A) the main workhorse: harlequin, the mid 2011 2.5 GHz iMac 21.5”, with 8G of RAM, 750G disk space (250 G SSD/500G HDD), running High Sierra (10.13.6)
B) storage and services: selina, a Dell Precision T3500 workstation, running Linux and also a virtual Mac. 24G of RAM. Assorted internal/external drives.
2) AirPort Express base station.
3) Bose Sounddock 2 iPod speaker dock
4) JBL Partybox Encore speaker
5) Philips PHIL-DS3000 iPod speaker dock
6) A1153 Apple Universal iPod dock (2 of these) w/ aluminum remotes from earlier Apple TV models
7) Saiyin Mini Bluetooth Amplifier
8) TENELAY M1 2 in 1 Out 3.5mm Stereo Audio Switch (2 of these)
9) 1Mii B03PRO+ Bluetooth transmitter
10) FiiO BTR5-2021 Bluetooth receiver
11) the iPods/iPhones
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5.5th gen iPod Video
256G
(Modded)
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2nd gen iPod Mini
256G
(Modded)
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1st gen iPod nano
2G
(Battery updated)
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4th gen iPod Touch
8G
(Jailbroken)
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2nd gen iPod Shuffle
1G
(Battery updated)
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4th gen iPod Shuffle
2G
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5th gen iPod nano
16g
(Battery updated)
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iPhone 4S (3 of these) 16g iOS 6.1.6
(Jailbroken)
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Modded = updated w/ iFlash and replaced batteries
Jailbroken = Airplay speaker capable
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Family photo
Also, the HIFI Walker H2
That’s all for now.
Part 2 will be more about harlequin!
Ooooooo… aaaaaah…
Thanks for reading!