I thought my latest project might be of interest on the forum.
I had an ageing TEAC AG-980 amplifier that has 4 zones. I had never been that happy with it. I had planned to use the serial port to control it via HouseBot home automation software, but I could never get this to work, so had to resort to IR to control that could be very temperamental at times.
In the past, I had looked to see about upgrading to something better, like Sonos for example, but I could not justify the costs involved. Finally I have a set-up I'm happy. It's fairly crude really. Each zone consists of an Lepy amp, ChromeCast Audio and a USB ethernet adapter. The option of syncing all the rooms together works surprisingly well.
I have all the geeky details here : http://digitalgeek.me/blogview.php?id=68
I had an ageing TEAC AG-980 amplifier that has 4 zones. I had never been that happy with it. I had planned to use the serial port to control it via HouseBot home automation software, but I could never get this to work, so had to resort to IR to control that could be very temperamental at times.
In the past, I had looked to see about upgrading to something better, like Sonos for example, but I could not justify the costs involved. Finally I have a set-up I'm happy. It's fairly crude really. Each zone consists of an Lepy amp, ChromeCast Audio and a USB ethernet adapter. The option of syncing all the rooms together works surprisingly well.
I have all the geeky details here : http://digitalgeek.me/blogview.php?id=68