How can I stream music wirelessly from my laptop?
If you store and listen to most of your music on your PC or Mac using Apple’s iTunes, then one of the easiest and quickest ways of streaming music from your laptop or netbook to your home hi-fi is by investing in Apple’s AirPort Express plug-and-play wireless router.
At £81, it’s also not too much of an investment if you want to listen to your digital music via a decent setup. You can also use the AirPort Express as your main home Wi-Fi access point.
Airlunes sends the music from your iTunes library wirelessly to any stereo or speakers in your home. Just connect an amplifier with your AirPort Express using a standard audio/phono cable.
Apple’s default settings only allow the streaming of music from iTunes, but there are third-party applications that let you stream music from your internet browser or from other music applications, such as the increasingly popular Spotify. One of the best of these is Airfoil. Download a free trial from www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil.
For true audiophiles (with bigger budgets) who demand lossless-quality digital music, there are an increasing number of streaming peripherals available from serious hi-fi brands such as Naim’s Uniti (www.naimuniti.com) and the Arcam rDac (www.arcam.co.uk)
If you store and listen to most of your music on your PC or Mac using Apple’s iTunes, then one of the easiest and quickest ways of streaming music from your laptop or netbook to your home hi-fi is by investing in Apple’s AirPort Express plug-and-play wireless router.
At £81, it’s also not too much of an investment if you want to listen to your digital music via a decent setup. You can also use the AirPort Express as your main home Wi-Fi access point.
Airlunes sends the music from your iTunes library wirelessly to any stereo or speakers in your home. Just connect an amplifier with your AirPort Express using a standard audio/phono cable.
Apple’s default settings only allow the streaming of music from iTunes, but there are third-party applications that let you stream music from your internet browser or from other music applications, such as the increasingly popular Spotify. One of the best of these is Airfoil. Download a free trial from www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil.
For true audiophiles (with bigger budgets) who demand lossless-quality digital music, there are an increasing number of streaming peripherals available from serious hi-fi brands such as Naim’s Uniti (www.naimuniti.com) and the Arcam rDac (www.arcam.co.uk)
