Recommendations for wireless speakers for airplay.

I am looking to get some wireless speakers for our home so I can play my iTunes via AirPlay. It is a 1 level house so nothing elaborate. Any suggestions welcomed.

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I would just get a soundbar to go right under the t.v. rather than trying to fit wireless into your budget.
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Thanks for visiting our Community Forums. I am sorry but I do not know of a product that would accomplish this. I know there are systems out there to stream music to different rooms in your house but not to your car deck. If I run into something like that, I'll be sure to share.
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I want to set up wireless speakers in my house connected to my iMac. What's the best configuration for that? Do I need a receiver?

There are many ways to go about this. One popular way is to use Sonos's proprietary wireless system. It is expensive although I hear it is quite good for a multi-room setup. The only way to expand this setup is with Sonos hardware only. http://www.sonos.com/
I have built my setup using various AirPlay speakers which is an Apple technology they licence out to other parties. AirPlay works over your wifi network with third party speakers using AirPlay technology or using Apple's Apple TV (streams video as well) or Apple Airport Express which can plug into a stereo. It will only stream to multiple speakers from iTunes on a computer. iOS devices can also stream to AirPlay devices although to only one speaker at a time. With an Apple TV on the network you are also able to stream audio and video from iPhones, iPod touchs and iPads. Not sure how reliable Sonos is but you can experiance audio drop outs with AirPlay when you are on the edge of your wireless networks range, I imagine the same is true with Sonos. http://www.apple.com/ca/airplay/

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Which speakers you get is subjective. There are plenty available. (I use Harmon Kardon SoundSticks II that I find pretty good for room-filling sound.) However, you do need to make sure that they are powered (or fed through an amplifier).
Plugging them into the AirPort Express should make them appear in iTunes at the bottom of the main window - look for "Computer" in a pop-up that you can change to your AirPort Express speakers.
It's pretty straightforward, but if you get stuck post back here
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I would just get a soundbar to go right under the t.v. rather than trying to fit wireless into your budget.
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best computer speakers for very little money are a set of Klipsch
For $200 you get fantastic audio and you can dial them up to rattle the house
http://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-ProMedia-Certified-Computer-Speaker/dp/B000062VUO/ ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1391660686&sr=1-1&keywords=klipsch+computer
their extremely high rating speaks for themselves
I have a set. Even best buy carries them.

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Here's a solution I just tried, and found that actually works!   I've listed it as an *idea* because I would assume that SONOS might be able to offer a similar solution, unless (of course) licensing issues prevent them from doing it without permission from Apple. (Don't know... just speculating here).
This software solution provides an "airplay" driver on your mac that points to one of your Sonos players. Once it's installed, you use it with three simple steps.
Step 1) Open a terminal prompt (command prompt) and type airsonos. This starts the driver.
Don't close the session. It's OK to minimize the window.
Step 2) You use the Mac's "System Preferences..." , "Sound" to select the sonos as the output for your sound. Now, play some music on your mac, and turn up the volume, and the sound comes out of your Sonos" instead of your Mac.   No wires. No hassle.
Step 3) Grin from ear to ear as any and all Mac sound streams wirelessly to your Sonos!
HERE'S HOW TO INSTALL THE DRIVERS,
PLUS LINKS TO WHERE I FOUND THE SOLUTION.
(I can't take credit for creating it, but I'm so happy to have found it... thank you Stephen! ... that I'm willing to share it far and wide!)
airsonos a Node.js application, and it's free!
You need to install the right version of Node.js (it's an older version),
and then you need to use npm (the Node package manager) which will download, compile and i
install airsonos.   It's all pretty easy. You don't need more than basic computer skills to get it done.
I found info here:
https://medium.com/@stephencwan/hacking-airplay-into-sonos-93a41a1fcfbb
and installation instructions here:
https://github.com/stephen/airsonos
IMPORTANT NOTE: It states it requires Node.js version v0.10.33 or greater.
I tried it with the current release of Node.js (v0.12.xx) and it wouldn't compile.
When I downloaded and installed Node.js version v0.10.33, and then tried to install it everything worked!
Here are the brief instructions:
Step 1)
Download Node.js v0.10.33 from here:
http://blog.nodejs.org/2014/10/23/node-v0-10-33-stable/
or use google to find it.
Step 2) Run the install (node-v0.10.33.pkg) to install Node.js
Step 3) Open a terminal prompt, and at the command line type:
sudo npm install airsonos -g
This will cause the npm (the node package manager) to download, compile and install airsonos and the packages it requires. It took about 5 or 10 minutes to complete.
Now it's installed!
To use it, it's two simple steps:
*** First) open a terminal and at the command prompt type:
airsonos
You should see output similar to:
MacBook-Pro:~user$ airsonos
Searching for Sonos devices on network...
Setting up AirSonos for Basement {192.168.0.10:1400}
Setting up AirSonos for Office {192.168.0.20:1400}
On my machine these messages were repeated several times.
LEAVE THE TERMINAL WINDOW. Don't close it, or kill the airsonos app.
It *IS* OK to minimize the window.
*** Second)
Go to system preferences... (under the apple menu), select "Sound" and for "Output" create one of the airsonos outputs. For instance, in my situation I selected .
"Office (AirSonos)                  AirPlay".
Now play some music on your mac, turn up the volume on your mac, and listen the music come out through Sonos!
This is awesome. You can now send steaming services to Sonos, you can output your itunes music to sonos. Want to hear a playlist of songs from youtube... done, amazon music prime... it now works!, etc, etc.
Many, many thanks to Stephen for creating this and sharing the info.
I didn't create any of this, I'm just sharing the information since I've wanted this feature for so long, I'm happy to finally find a quality solution that works!
-Phil

Phil,
Thanks for this post. I am trying to work with Band-in-a-Box, a music generating program on the Mac, and this "hack" could be a lifesaver since my home is wired with Sonos, but the Line-in ports are not (it appears) available (other than inside the central wiring closet).
So...I got the install, and ran the program. All seems to be fine - it says Setting Up AirSonos for ... {many, many speakers}. But, I don't see any of those speakers available inside my /Preferences/Sound... dialog box. Have you ever seen this problem? Any advice?
Thank so much!
Matt.

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I want to replace my wired powered speakers from my iMac with wireless so I can place them further away and clean up the desptop area. I want decent sound and volume not tinny little portable junk. But it doesn't need to meet audiophile standards either,
What am I looking for? Thanks.

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