[Electronics-Talk] Sending Music Audio from PC to External Amplifier

[Doug Payne]

Thankss for the suggestions, Steve. You certainly have given me lots of options to consider. I want to avoid using a stereo patch cable. But I also want to adapt what I already have if I can, rather than buying a new AV receiver. I'll check and see what Sonus et al have to offer first. If that doesn't work, I'll check into Blue Tooth.

Thanks again.
--Doug

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Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Sending Music Audio from PC to External Amplifier

Doug,

Did you get any responses to this?  Either using a separate sound device for
your music or for your screen reader to separate them is probably the
easiest.  Running a stereo cable to your stereo system is going to be the
easiest way to make the connection even if not the most convenient.

Having said that, there are a lot of options nowadays and I don't have
experience with them.  There are receivers now that include WI-FI and can
probably find and play music from your computer through the network.  Such
receivers and the software that one uses to configure them is variable in
terms of accessibility.  I play music on my stereo directly from my Echo Dot
and the sound is pretty good to my ears, but my ears are not what they once
were.  <smile>  Bluetooth is probably an option, but as I understand it, you
would want to use the latest version of Bluetooth to get the maximum
fidelity.  I know there are Bluetooth transmitters and receivers that can be
used to link two devices, but I don't know if such equipment is available
for the most recent version of Bluetooth yet.  Older versions of Bluetooth
might work fine depending upon how sensitive your ears are.  

I am aware that Sonus has a number of different devices that can get music
into a stereo system plus it supports other devices such as speakers as
well.  My understanding is that it creates a special sort of WI-FI network
to do this.  There may be some options using Google Home devices as well.
Such systems are more complex to set up and will cost more, but are also
more flexible.

In other words, there are lots of options at many different prices.  It was
confusing enough to me to cause me to just use a stereo cable for my needs
for now, but maybe some day . . . 

Best regards,

Steve

-----Original Message-----
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Doug Payne via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 9:17 PM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
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Cc: Doug Payne <doug_Payne at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Sending Music Audio from PC to External
Amplifier

Hi,

I have lots of music on my PC which I would like to listen to on my
conventional 2.1 audio "stereo" system. I want to do this wirelessly,
because I still want to hear my screen reder and the other Windows sounds
directly on my laptop. My first thought was to send the music audio to a USB
soundcard, then send that soundcard output to my audio system via a Blue
tooth transmitter/receiver pair. That may work, but it seems a littler
cumbersome to me. Is there a better way to do this? Could/Should I use Wi-Fi
instead?

Do they make preamplifiers which have Wi-Fi or Blue Tooth as an input?

--Doug
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