Does airport express need to be connected to Internet to use purely for AirPlay ?

Does airport express need to be connected to Internet to use purely for AirPlay ? Or can I just attach to my stereo and have my Mac connect directly to it in the absence of a wireless network? Tks

HKCV wrote:
can I just attach to my stereo and have my Mac connect directly to it in the absence of a wireless network?
you will have to configure the express to create a wireless network but you do not need a connection to the internet.

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