Best way to Airplay - iMac? NAS? iPhone? iPad? Windows? Mac mini?

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Best way to Airplay - iMac? NAS? iPhone? iPad? Windows? Mac mini?

(Have the B&W A7, but need a server.)
 
That's a weird question! People usually have one of these iDevices / NAS & ask the question about the best AirPlay speaker to suit their requirements. Yours is exactly the opposite! NAS isn't a straightforward option for you. Any of the others will work.
 

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bigboss said:
That's a weird question! People usually have one of these iDevices / NAS & ask the question about the best AirPlay speaker to suit their requirements. Yours is exactly the opposite! NAS isn't a straightforward option for you. Any of the others will work.
The A7 has digital optical, ethernet, USB and AirPlay. Can't any of that facilitate use of a NAS?
 

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Helmut's question really deserves an answer before we take this further. If you own nothing, I'd start with a iPad / iTouch and use that (second hand even) as in my view, a NAS for music is really only necssary if you have masses of music.
 
chebby said:
bigboss said:
That's a weird question! People usually have one of these iDevices / NAS & ask the question about the best AirPlay speaker to suit their requirements. Yours is exactly the opposite! NAS isn't a straightforward option for you. Any of the others will work.
The A7 has digital optical, ethernet, USB and AirPlay. Can't any of that facilitate use of a NAS?

As I said, it's not a straightforward option. You can't connect wirelessly to the NAS, & how will you browse music? Of course it is possible, but that won't utilise the real purpose of a B&W A7.
 

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Have to work a little also :)

We have iPhone4 (16 GB), iPad 2 (16 GB) and Windows 7 laptop (poor battery time). Now would be the time to upgrade (something)!
 

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Was thinking of an iMac, running constantly, as server.

Synology NAS seems like nice, but my CD collection would fit in smaller space.
 

Juzzie Wuzzie

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Your old computer (if you upgraded that per your previous post) could also act as a server. I expect not the most eco-friendly approach. If your statement "my CD collection would fit in a smaller space" means you don't have a large music collection, why not keep it on your current iDevices and save the (c.£300) you would pay for a NAS. Unless the NAS serves a secondary benefit - such as back-up or the like? A lot depends on what you want to spend, and what you want it to do. If you wanted a dedicated source - what about an iPod touch?
 

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IPod 32 GB would give approximation 60 red book cds? The bulk collection have to stay on the PC in that case.
 

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Visited an Apple Store on the way home. iPad Mini was very lightweight, and with a decent screen,

Might be OK, to use as streamer.
 

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