Multi Room Speaker System Raspberry Pi

In this article i will explain how to set up a multi room audio streaming system based on apple idevices cheap raspberry pi players and any computer either linux windows or mac.

Multi room speaker system raspberry pi.

I recently set it up at home with some raspberry pis to play spotify around my apartment. To play back audio initially i was using a 5 1 sound card and i fed the 6 channels to 6 loudspeakers with foobar. In between the squeezeboxes and the. For a long time i have been trying to figure out what i need for a multi room music set up.

Build your own multi room audio system with bluetooth airplay and spotify using raspberry pis last updated. Spurred on by my children. 7th july 2020 turn your spare raspberry pis and speakers into a fleet of synchronized multi room audio players. The constantly running pc was as noisy as a gas turbine.

You will be able to do the following. Streaming music in any room is definitely a luxury but it doesn 39 t have to be an expensive one. Instructables user piney shows us it 39 s possible with a raspberry pi or multiple pis for. Raspberry pi has changed all that and now the only qualification for such a multi room audio system is the ability to follow step by step instructions and maybe 100 per room for good sound through existing loudspeakers and under 30 if you have an old set of computer speakers lying around and are really not fussed about quality.

I tried to show my work so hopefully people can follow along i m no raspberry pi linux expert myself. Submitted by andy jenkinson on fri 01 16 2015 11 36. Here s how i did it. Later i used 4 squeezeboxes and 3 raspberry pis with squeezeplug installed since logitech decided to discontinue its squeezebox system.

Most of the products to buy are a significant cost per room for me considering i all ready have the speakers amplifiers in place.