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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by sulkie on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:01PM (#21126914)
He may be interested in devices which can connect to a phone via bluetooth and to amps via standard audio cables. They basically turn any old amp/speakers setup into a wireless streaming one, and they work quite well.
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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by DanFeldman on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:23PM (#21128002)
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=38068

I use something exactly like this product (an old one from monoprice actually I believe). Simply plugs into the back of a 2.1 speaker set I have. Guests at my place love it, they can easily just connect to the Bluetooth and play through speakers. Pretty seamless. Not sure of any quality drop, my speakers aren't the best.

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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by qwertox on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:26PM (#21127294)
Right, I use a TT-BA08 to plug my cheap cable headphones in (since most new Smarthones ditched the 3.5mm), which connects to another one which is only a sender (and has no volume controls). That sender receives a line-out of a little analog mixer into which a PC and other devices plug in.

This is quite nice, because it allows me to stand up and walk around while the PC continues its audio playback.

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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by atoav on Thursday October 03, 2019 @03:20AM (#21144525)
Thanks for the tip! I knew these already so I did propose it to him back then, but it seems he was fine with just a cable.

Let’s see how the future of smartphones pans out, when it comes to audio jacks tho : )

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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by timc3 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:26PM (#21127304)
He maybe like me and doesn't like the quality drop of bluetooth depending on the rest of the setup obviously.
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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by vardump on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:37PM (#21130327)
If the setup can support aptX, quality should be reasonable.
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