I'm hoping you clever chaps can help me. I want to set up a 3 zone music streaming system on a budget. I currently have:
Office - PC, wireless router and ReadyNAS Duo containing all the music in FLAC format.
Zone 1 - Lounge - PS3 connected to Denon 1910 Amp (no direct streaming to the amp).
Zone 2 - Kitchen - PC with connected speakers.
Zone 3 - Bedroom - Bose Soundwave with audio in AUX at the rear.
I would like to be able to control everything via my Galaxy S3 or Android Tablet and have the ability to choose 1, 2 or all 3 zones playing the same thing at the same time.
I know in an ideal world I would buy 3 Sonos Connects and make a nice system but that will cost me £750+ but I want to take advantage of the PS3 and kitchen PC to save money. Would a simple app like iMediashare allow me to stream music from the NAS to the android device then output it to my choice of device (if I had something like an airport express plugged into the Bose?). I don't mind spending around £200 on hardware if that makes a nice simple solution.
Also, I'd rather stay away from iTunes as I don't want to have to convert all those files to Apple Lossless.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Office - PC, wireless router and ReadyNAS Duo containing all the music in FLAC format.
Zone 1 - Lounge - PS3 connected to Denon 1910 Amp (no direct streaming to the amp).
Zone 2 - Kitchen - PC with connected speakers.
Zone 3 - Bedroom - Bose Soundwave with audio in AUX at the rear.
I would like to be able to control everything via my Galaxy S3 or Android Tablet and have the ability to choose 1, 2 or all 3 zones playing the same thing at the same time.
I know in an ideal world I would buy 3 Sonos Connects and make a nice system but that will cost me £750+ but I want to take advantage of the PS3 and kitchen PC to save money. Would a simple app like iMediashare allow me to stream music from the NAS to the android device then output it to my choice of device (if I had something like an airport express plugged into the Bose?). I don't mind spending around £200 on hardware if that makes a nice simple solution.
Also, I'd rather stay away from iTunes as I don't want to have to convert all those files to Apple Lossless.
Any help would be very much appreciated.