[BoiBoi]

I'm about to move and am thinking about going without screens in my bedroom. I'll have a living room/ office in my new flat where I could setup my laptop, tv and such.

Now, the question is, how do I bring the music from my laptop (office) to my stereo system (bedroom)? I have an old yamaha amp and regular loudspeakers, no fancy bluetooth stuff.

Any suggestions?

[mammal]

Others will suggest wireless solutions. But the old tech solution of long speaker wire also works. Each has pros/cons. If you rent you can run the wire along the wall using thumbtacks, if you own a better looking solution is possible.

[roberto]

If you can hide the wiring enough to make it acceptable (under carpet etc) then a really long 3.5mm jack to jack cable is pretty cheap.

No doubt there are bluetooth receivers that plug into your stereo available online (if not then someone contact alibaba quick!). This would be the neatest solution.

[AneroidOcean]

(02-11-2016 01:25 PM)BoiBoi Wrote:  

I'm about to move and am thinking about going without screens in my bedroom. I'll have a living room/ office in my new flat where I could setup my laptop, tv and such.

Now, the question is, how do I bring the music from my laptop (office) to my stereo system (bedroom)? I have an old yamaha amp and regular loudspeakers, no fancy bluetooth stuff.

Any suggestions?

Your stereo doesn't need to be Bluetooth compatible, just your laptop. Then you can buy a decently reviewed under $20 US Bluetooth receiver from Amazon or Newegg or your retailer of choice.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...Submit=ENE

Myself, I'd just move the laptop, though. Laptops are portable after all.

[Tigre]

Chromecast Audio is new on the market and has great reviews. It should do what you want.

[Thomas the Rhymer]

Go retro man. Get a tape deck with a microphone input. Plug laptop speaker output into microphone output using a male-to-male wire. Make a mixtape. Make another mixtape. Make a whole bunch of mixtapes. Then make some more. Then put in a bookshelf in your bedroom to prominently display your mixtapes.



Then when you got a girl over in your bedroom, be all smooth and say, "Hold on. Let me put on Awesome Mix Volume 1."

[Renton1875]

(02-11-2016 02:26 PM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote:  

Go retro man. Get a tape deck with a microphone input. Plug laptop speaker output into microphone output using a male-to-male wire. Make a mixtape. Make another mixtape. Make a whole bunch of mixtapes. Then make some more. Then put in a bookshelf in your bedroom to prominently display your mixtapes.

Hey, Thomas. You need to get yourself one of those tape to tape, high speed dubbing machines. Save you some time making them mixtapes, mine has this APSS function that fast forwards or rewinds to the next track, awesome. What will they think of next!!




Seriously tho......OP, as has been mentioned. An Audio Transmitter Receiver (like these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/audio-transmitter-receiver) from your stereo/laptop, connected to a good quality ($50-$100) Bluetooth speaker in your bedroom would be the most hassle free solution.

[DJ-Matt]

That reminds me of a program I used to have that you could feed a bunch of mp3/wav files into and it would shuffle and arrange them so it could fit almost perfectly on each side of a tape.

[roberto]

(02-11-2016 04:51 PM)DJ-Matt Wrote:  

That reminds me of a program I used to have that you could feed a bunch of mp3/wav files into and it would shuffle and arrange them so it could fit almost perfectly on each side of a tape.

Mp3s? I remember those days, someone would recommend me a song on MSN messenger and I'd Napster it

[The Beast1]

There are wifi stereos out there.

You could also get a cheap iPod Touch on ebay and buy one of those boom box docks for it. The Touch's have wifi on them so connect up to your network and go from there.

[DJ-Matt]

If you have an Apple iOS device consider buying a used AirPort Express (3.5mm output jack), or an AirPlay certified speaker. AirPlay uses WiFi and a different codec so it works better than bluetooth and doesn't degrade the audio quality as much.

[BoiBoi]

Thanks for the input. I have a Windows laptop so I guess that I'll either go with this Chromcast audio or one of those bluethooth adapters. Hopefully, the signal strength can handle the walls.

[AneroidOcean]

(02-12-2016 12:58 PM)BoiBoi Wrote:  

Thanks for the input. I have a Windows laptop so I guess that I'll either go with this Chromcast audio or one of those bluethooth adapters. Hopefully, the signal strength can handle the walls.

Will depend on what's in between (including inside the walls) and the distance. WIFI based solution would be your safest bet.

Do you really just not want to move your laptop? Seems like moving the laptop is trivial unless you are using it more like a desktop (where it's plugged into a video monitor, multiple accessories plugged into it, etc...).

[DJ-Matt]

There's also WiDi (needs heavy Intel integration on the laptop to work, lots of Lenovos have it) which wirelessly casts audio and video to a box you can plug into TV (HDMI) or speakers.

If you have Windows 8/10 Miracast is built in and those receivers are easier and cheaper to buy plus it's not hardware dependent on your computer like WiDi is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiDi

The box I have is a first generation Netgear Push2TV which does WiDi only, the 3rd gen new model does both WiDi/Miracast.

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/con...V3000.aspx

[Agreddor]

(02-11-2016 01:25 PM)BoiBoi Wrote:  

I'm about to move and am thinking about going without screens in my bedroom. I'll have a living room/ office in my new flat where I could setup my laptop, tv and such.

Now, the question is, how do I bring the music from my laptop (office) to my stereo system (bedroom)? I have an old yamaha amp and regular loudspeakers, no fancy bluetooth stuff.

Any suggestions?

Get an extention lead

[Gas]

Unless you're super strapped for cash, just get a Bluetooth speaker and/or receiver. Less than $100 easily. You can play music from your laptop and phone. If she's on good behavior you can even let her connect her phone and play her shit.

[Stimulus]

I just use spotify. I can play it from my PS4 (connected to my TV/Surround setup), PC, tablet, Sonos etc while controlling all these devices with my phone/tablet. Sure a Sonos isn't considered cheap but there's plenty of alternatives and you don't have any hassle with wires and stuff. Set it up once and you're done.

[lex the impaler]

Or you can get one of the AV receivers with dual zone setups. Or sonos.

[weambulance]

(02-11-2016 02:26 PM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote:  

Go retro man. Get a tape deck with a microphone input. Plug laptop speaker output into microphone output using a male-to-male wire. Make a mixtape. Make another mixtape. Make a whole bunch of mixtapes. Then make some more. Then put in a bookshelf in your bedroom to prominently display your mixtapes.



Then when you got a girl over in your bedroom, be all smooth and say, "Hold on. Let me put on Awesome Mix Volume 1."

This is a really cool idea. I still have a drawer full of tapes from the 90s. Ah, the days of trying to catch songs on the radio. I don't think I actually own a tape player anymore though, since my nice old boombox was erroneously recycled in my absence.

I'd probably just go for an MP3 player that lived in my room. I wouldn't like having to leave the room to start/stop/change the music. Just set up a few playlists, leave the player plugged into a charger, and call it good. However, I don't use any streaming audio services or anything like that either.

[Sebastian]

Yeah just get a bluetooth speaker. Those audio cable era is gone unless you are setting up a home theather or you are an audiophile.

I wanted to put those sick looking Scandyna minipod speakers but I didn't want to buy the amp and connect it with cables. I would also have to add bluetooth receiver.

For having girls around, just get those cheap Crosley vinyl player they have at urbanoutfitters and grab some cheap lps from thrift stores.
It will sure get their attention.

[redbeard]

I have Chromecast Audio...it's OK. You can only cast from phone or chrome...I'm sure the low price is a ploy to make sure that you're using Google Chrome (browser selection is big money). This is annoying because I listen to Spotify, but the Spotify web app is 95% similar to the desktop version.

Connection is a few seconds behind but doesn't skip or lose quality because it's over WiFi.

I'm curious as to if a Bluetooth adapter to the speakers would work as well but I don't think so, considering how most of my Bluetooth accessories have a 3 ft connection range.

[void]

Leave the door to your bedroom open