Airport play iTunes through multiple speakers at once?

Ok, this seems like a simple need to me but:
For parties I would like to have iTunes streaming music via Airtunes to multiple Airport Express / speaker combos at the same time so that guest moving about the house are hearing continuous music. But iTunes pull-down only lets me select one speaker set at a time. Am I missing something? Or is Apple?

You are on the same track as I am. I want to "beam" my music to several sets of speakers in different rooms. I know they have to be powered speakers- either independently powered or hooked up to a receiver unit, but why can't we use Airport to "beam" music wherever we want it? Technology has a ways to go, I guess.

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If you don't care about surround sound (and it sounds like you don't), then the easiest solution is to use analog audio.
One suggestion I would offer is to connect a 1/8" (headphone) to RCA stereo cable into the Mini, and then feed that into a pair of RCA splitters. Feed one splitter output to the TV and the other to your external speakers.
Or, you could just use the external speakers all the time and not bother with the TV's internal speakers, which are probably not that great anyway. In my system, whenever the TV is on, the receiver is on. The TV's internal sound is disabled and my speakers provide all the sound reproduction -- be it music, movies, or TV. I would not want it any other way.

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I’ve been using Airport Express 4.1.01 (AX) for several years for the sole purpose of wirelessly playing iTunes thru stereo system which is in a different part of the house from my Dynalink Modem-Router.
I have recently bought a new Toshiba L/T with XP Prof OS and when I attempted to install AX I got an error message “A later version of iTunes is already installed on this machine. Installation cannot continue”. Current iTunes is V7. When I clicked OK on the error message I got the AX Introduction Window with the 3 icons (Internet, Music and Printer) appeared and over the top of the AX window another error message. “An error occurred while trying to use the wireless internet system” and the Next button on the AX window was dimmed. Once I clicked OK on error window Next button was available and clicking it I chose the “Set up a new AX” option and next the “Create a new wireless net work network” option.
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Maybe the AirPort and Music Tabs are on a later AX Version? When I attempted to update AX after downloading Airport V5.0.14 I was got the message “This update requires Airport V 5.0 to be installed. I can’t find V 5.0 to download if that is in fact the answer to my problems.
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Hi,
There were many PowerBook G4 models (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3065) with different ports (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2369).
If necessary, a manual can be found here:
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#PowerBook%20G4
Generally speaking, the output of a headphone port can often be used for the connection to an amplifier. You would need an appropriate cable (typically, 3.5 mm stereo plug to two RCA plugs). Choose a suitable amplifier input (high level). Do verify the allowed amplifier input voltage levels and the impedance before you connect.
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I have an iMac and Mac book, both with airport cards installed. Both are connected and browsing the web via Express, and I can see shared folders between them. However, I want to be able to play iTunes on my iBook via it, the iMac and my stereo, but dont have the iMac as an option. I have Computer and Multiple Speakers, but this plays via the iBook and stereo only. Can I set-up so that the iMac can be an iTunes option ?

Hi.
Just to clarify, I understand it that you want to play music stored on your iMac on your MacBook.
In order to do so, you need to turn on the sharing prefs in iTunes.
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Apple TV is the right solution for this.   I'm also a hifi fan who now has a giant itunes library in the cloud... and I wanted to play it through my hifi.
Get Apple TV for $99, and make sure you have an optical cable (avail at Walmart for maybe $10 I bet). You also need to buy an HDMI cable but it is beside the point for the hifi purpose.
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The receiver acts like a preamp (I keep my integrated with the dial at 12:00 most of the time... sort of like a stand alone power amp with a little gain left over... for TV this powers my fronts and the receiver powers the rest - works very fine).
Now if I want to be a little more purist about the whole thing, I might buy a separate outboard DAC to go between apple TV and my Integrated amp - cutting out the receiver.   I would cut down the signal path a bit.   But I would lose some bass management - I'd have to work harder to integrate my subwoofer using the subwoofer's dials which is tough...or else abandon the sub and play my speakers on large (which in my experience is never best... psychologically it seems best but it does not sound better if you are pretty good at dialing in your sub).
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Most of the time, my Apple TV has nothing to do with my TV... ironically. If I knew ATV would work this well for me I'd have been wiling to pay $250 for it.
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I have read that there should be a box in the bottom right of the screen to select speakers but I do not have this and I do have the look for speakers box ticked in my preferences.
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