11-29-2007, 05:53 PM
We have three Airport Express (AEX) units that we use for a 'whole house' stereo system. One is connected to our main AV receiver, one to a smaller AV receiver and one upstairs connected to a JBL Onstage iPod dock/speaker unit via the 1/8" AUX input. Our main AV receiver also has some outside speakers connected to it so we can also play music in our backyard if we turn that zone on. They all play in sync which is great so as you move from on part of the house, the transition is nice.
We have the AEX units also working in WDS to extend our home wireless network. I have a Windows Mobile phone with Wifi that has Salling Clicker installed for remote control but my wife just prefers to just use the computer.
You can decide which AEX units are used via iTunes - there is a drop-down on the lower right which allows you select which ones you want to use or not. You can broadcast to up to 3 AEX units at once plus have the music play on your computer's speakers. We just leave them all selected and just turn on or off the AV receivers accordingly to decide where we want music played.
Like mattkime has said, they just work. Apple has come out with some firmware updates but we have never had any issues with ours.
We use an Airport Extreme Base Station (b/g version) as our main router so can't speak to other routers.
We have the AEX units also working in WDS to extend our home wireless network. I have a Windows Mobile phone with Wifi that has Salling Clicker installed for remote control but my wife just prefers to just use the computer.
You can decide which AEX units are used via iTunes - there is a drop-down on the lower right which allows you select which ones you want to use or not. You can broadcast to up to 3 AEX units at once plus have the music play on your computer's speakers. We just leave them all selected and just turn on or off the AV receivers accordingly to decide where we want music played.
Like mattkime has said, they just work. Apple has come out with some firmware updates but we have never had any issues with ours.
We use an Airport Extreme Base Station (b/g version) as our main router so can't speak to other routers.