Airplay: Wireless desktop speakers?

I have a wonderful pair of Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 speakers on my desk, and I'm very happy with the sound quality, but I'm trying to see if I can diminish the growing number of cords on my desk. So I'm wondering if anyone makes really good desktop speakers that are wireless. Airplay, Ethernet, Bluetooth, whatever.
I know B&W makes the Zeppelin Air, and I'm going to check that out, but I'm not sure a single unit will sounds as good as the pair of speakers I now have. In theory, I'd prefer a 2.0 or 2.1 system. But if the Zepplein sounds really good, I'd go with it.
Any recommendations?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that would be fine if my only audio need was to play iTunes through the speakers. But I want these to be the speakers I use for everything that comes through my computer, from website audio to DVDs. I don't think Airport Express hooked up to powered speakers will do that.

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Wireless desktop speakers

I have a wonderful pair of Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 speakers on my desk, and I'm very happy with the sound quality, but I'm trying to see if I can diminish the growing number of cords on my desk. So I'm wondering if anyone makes really good desktop speakers that are wireless. Ethernet, Bluetooth, AirPlay, whatever.
I know B&W makes the Zeppelin Air, and I'm going to check that out, but I'm not sure a single unit will sounds as good as the pair of speakers I now have. In theory, I'd prefer a 2.0 or 2.1 system. But if the Zepplein sounds really good, I'd go with it.
Any recommendations?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that would be fine if my only audio need was to play iTunes through the speakers. But I want these to be the speakers I use for everything that comes through my computer, from website audio to DVDs. I don't think Airport Express hooked up to powered speakers will do that.

Can ATV2 serve as source for Airplay speakers? I'd like to send non-ITunes streaming (e.g. Netflix movies) to Airplay wireless speakers.

Can ATV2 serve as source for Airplay speakers? I'd like to send non-iTunes streaming (e.g. Netflix movies) directly from ATV2 to Airplay wireless speakers.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
No that's not currently possible sorry.

Am I missing something? No airplay to multiple speakers?

I was really hoping that I would be able to airplay to multiple speakers from my Apple TV with the update released today, September 24. Is this not possible?
Rhetorical question for Apple: If this was not implemented in this update, why is this functionality limited to Airplay in iTunes on the desktop?

The limitation appears in both iOS and AppleTV. I am playing music from my Homeshared iTunes library to my HiFi through AppleTV. When trying to play it through Airplay it stops every other song ... but I can stream through AirPlay to as many speakers I want from the MacBook Air. If I want to play a whole playlist uninterupted to my HiFi I need to stream from my iOS devices or from the AppleTV, but then I'm stuck with only one set of speakers.
Is there a channel where this kind of issues can be flagged / suggested to Apple for next improvements ? I have the impression that these user forums are not really interesting enough for Apple to actually check what users are saying ...

Cannot airplay wirelessly

I have an Apple TV (2nd gen) along with a macbook pro, iphone 5s and iPad. Problem I'm having is i cannot airplay wirelessly, none of the devices recognise the Apple TV when wireless(so no airplay, mirroring or home sharing). The only device that recognises the Apple TV is my Macbook but on when it it wired to the router. All devices are up to date. They all worked fine with the router prior to ios 7 update and newest update for apple tv. I have been using the same Hercules HWNRIi - 300 wireless router for nearly two years and have never had a problem until recently. Two things have changed, the operating systems for the device and my internet provider and since the provider cannot be causing the issue it leaves it to the router and devices themselves. Anyone any ideas?

It's your router. I plugged it into search in my browser and none of the specs indicate it will work with Apple or Mac. This is why you have to wire the MacBook to get internet or connect to Apple TV.
My experience is I went through several routers, all top rated, and none were cheap.
A Motorola gateway
Bel kin
Netgear
Finally I tried an AirPort Extreme. I didn't even know apple made a router. If you decide to go this route, do not mistake the Extreme for the much more expensive wifi and storage/backup device, name escapes me, but it has not performed well.
The AirPort Extreme is the best router in 7 years and was the easiest to set up and connect.

HT4587 I have wireless bose speakers for my computer but cannot get my itunes on the computer to play through those speakers? what the ?

cannot get itunes to play through my wireless bose speakers instead of through computer speakers

terrimc57 wrote:
I have no idea< sorry the speaker connects wirelessly through my office network. there is a usb drive plugged in to computer and i can put the speakers anywhere in the office
Do you mean a USB adapter to send audio to the speakers?
You would need to use the audio control panel to send the computer audio to this output device.

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Here is what I have going on :
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Tim, welcome, I have the same keyboard and it work just fine. And yes, new batteries really make a huge difference. Try Repairing Permissions and see if that solves the issue. Also if the USB cable is plug into a PCI card move it to one of the computer outlets and try moving the censor to a new location.
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I have a Media center desktop - Model M7330n, product number ERR101AA-ABA. It has onRealtek AC97 audio on-board audio (I think) I just upgraded to a GeForce 210 graphics card in order to be able to connect to my flat screen using an HDMI cable. I am running SP3 of Windows XP , have updated to the latest BIOS, have updated the AC97 drivers. Everything is working except I can either have sound on my desktop speakers by designating the Realtek AC97 as the default audio output or I can have audio on my TV by designating the NVIDIA Hi-def audio as the default device. Is there a way of have both my speakers active and my HDMI audio. I looked through all the post and saw some no sound issues that were not quite the same but none helped my. It is not too onerous to just change the default audio output when I want to watch recorded TV but I think there must be a solution to this. HP tech support says you can only have one active. I was wondering if I could have both active by adding a new sound card. I have PCI slots available.
Thanks in advance for any help

I have reached the same conclusion in the mean time. I have done a bit of investgation in to other grahics cards and am seeing some that show SPDIF connections from the card to the mother board. I was not familar with SPDIF but it did a little bit of sluething. It is of course a digitally enconded voice. I am guessing that in that case the mother board ( assuming it supports this hardware option) would use this output and be able to translate that digital audio to its other audio outputs. That is a lot of guessing of course. I think my "solution" might be a whole new desktop - a rather drastic course of action! I was in the proceess of getting ready to upgrade this machine anyway with a new graphics card (which I will now return), go to Win 7, and maybe even a new digital TV reciever, and I don't want to throw good money after bad anyway.
Thanks for your comments

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i have time capsule set up as my wireless network in my house. can i use time capsule to add wireless outdoor speakers to play music through my computers to the speakers. for example, can i listen to xm, sirius, terrestrial radio or cds played through my macs and broadcast to the speakers? do i need any other equipment? do i need airport express or another receiver?

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I would to keep that keyboard, so any help would be welcome !
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Hi @3Pi , welcome to the HP Forums. I understand that you are unable to get F key functionality from your keyboard.
You may be able to hold down the Fn key in the bottom left, and then press the action keys at the top to get F key functions. The magnifying glass should start F1.
Let me know if that works.
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