Which airplay speakers can be renamed?

I have been looking for a simple way to be able to play music simply around the house. We have computers, iphones and ipads. Most music will be played on ipads (streamed from multiple apps). I have figured out that Airplay is going to be the easiest way because my wife is not tech savvy and doesn't want to deal with knowing all of the different inputs and devices. Sonos would be the perfect solution, but at $1000-1500 to cover the house, that is not going to work.
I have an apple TV already and am getting a Denon receiver with airplay built in. With both of these I can name the devices "family room" and "office". I am going to add an airport express downstairs to give wifi and connect airplay to the downstairs stereo (it will be named "downstairs." That just leaves the kitchen. Obviously I could get another airport express, name it "kitchen" and then plug in some PC speakers. but that is multiple cables and devices.
I would like to get it all in one package, an airplay speaker, but I need to find one that will allow me to change the airplay name. It will be easier if she sees "kitchen" and not "Bose xxx-1234".
Anyone have any recommendations?

Yes. Go into the app folder you want to rename, tap and hold on any app icon until they start wobbling, then you can rename the folder by tapping and typing on the name at the top. Press the home button to finish.

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