I am looking for speakers, decent quality and nice looking that doesn’t stand out too much. I want it on a bookshelf in the kitchen and another in the sitting room.
I want it to connect to a home server but also Spotify/streaming. And I’d like them to link together.
Basically I want the house listening experience to be seamless when going between different rooms, 2-4 speakers. Audiobooks and some music would be stored on a Nas and most music and podcasts would be Spotify.
I’d prefer to interact with it through my phone, Android if possible but not completely necessary.
In my head I imagine walking into a new room and tapping the speaker with my phone to switch to that speaker.
Is this a real thing?
So there’s a few options, my favorite way of getting consistent house-wide sound is to install a sound system that covers the whole house. Put a speaker or two (for stereo) into the ceiling every room you want sound, then route it all to a receiver that plugs into a server with Spotify via the desktop app or WiFi and phone.
I doubt I can with the ceiling speakers, what are the other options?
I’m a small bit sold on the Bluetooth speakers for parties, guests, occasional portability etc.
I think having them built in could go against me in years to come as tech improves etc. I’d also like a shower speaker in the network too.
Maybe I’m being too picky.
I got Sonos and it works really well, but that might be Apple specific. I don’t even consider them expensive, since the low end ones sound much better than a voice assistant for not much more …. And they have portable models that are just part of the networks and sounds great in the bathroom over the shower.
I suppose it depends on what you consider good quality though, since they jump in price a lot as you go up a level
Sonos is a great turnkey option, but a bit pricey and closed. There are a couple other ecosystem options (HEOS from Yamaha, BluOS enabled by a bunch of different brands, etc), but they tend to also be a bit expensive. For a cheaper option, check out powered monitor speakers (Edifier have gotten good reviews) paired with WiiM mini or pro depending on your budget. With WiiMs are pretty easy to link together and they are pretty inexpensive for what they do.
You’re basically describing Sonos.
It’s expensive and a wallet garden, but it works well. I splurged on my Sonos system and am happy with it.
I can have my tv going in my living room, go push the button on the speaker in my bathroom and keep up on the show while I poop.
