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Turning my powered PA speakers into wireless
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:24 am
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:24 am
I'd like to get rid of a ton of wires for my speakers. Looking for opinions on some quality bluetooth receivers. I'd like to be able to use this at our tailgate and backyard for parties.
I typically stream from a macbook pro or my galaxy s4.
I typically stream from a macbook pro or my galaxy s4.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:27 am to Adam4LSU
1) What inputs do the speakers have?
2) you suggest you want them to be tailgate-compatible. Is battery-powered (and rechargeable vs non) or plugged in more advantageous?
3) you say speakers and that you want to free up some wires. How many speakers? How many concurrent connections would you require?
2) you suggest you want them to be tailgate-compatible. Is battery-powered (and rechargeable vs non) or plugged in more advantageous?
3) you say speakers and that you want to free up some wires. How many speakers? How many concurrent connections would you require?
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:33 am to Hopeful Doc
I have 2 15" JBL powered speakers. They have 2 XLR and 2 1/4" inputs in the rear. Typically what I do is have a standard 1/8" to 1/4" adapter and run the 1/4" splitter for stereo input directly into the speakers. Those adapters are terribly made and I've gone through at least 4-5 of them over the last 2 years.
I understand I'll have to basically do the same thing with whatever option I choose but at least they won't be moved around a bunch which is the main cause of the broken adapters.
I connect the 2nd speaker via XLR which will stay the same. I have a 50' cable that I can wrap around hte backside of our blow up tent.
As for the power, it really doesn't matter. The speakers have to be plugged in anyway so I could just run it into the same power source.
I understand I'll have to basically do the same thing with whatever option I choose but at least they won't be moved around a bunch which is the main cause of the broken adapters.
I connect the 2nd speaker via XLR which will stay the same. I have a 50' cable that I can wrap around hte backside of our blow up tent.
As for the power, it really doesn't matter. The speakers have to be plugged in anyway so I could just run it into the same power source.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 12:37 am to Adam4LSU
Someone mentioned getting apple tv since I use the macbook pro. Would that work?
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:11 am to Adam4LSU
Posted on 8/23/14 at 1:20 pm to Adam4LSU
I went with the Airport instead of AppleTV since the Airport offered bit perfect transfers at redbook (CD) quality, 16 bit 44.1kHz. I run a glass optical cable to my DAC, sounds great. The TV's optimized for something else, probably TV.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:36 pm to Adam4LSU
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Someone mentioned getting apple tv since I use the macbook pro. Would that work?
It would work, but it would require you converting the optical audio out or the HDMI into an analog signal before putting it into your speaker. In short, it's ridiculously not cost effective. Further, the use of iTunes is key to using the AppleTV for audio, not the use of an OSX product. It will work no better or worse with any product using airplay.
I'm on my phone with a rather poor internet connection right now, so I'll do a bit more research into which product is the best, but something simple like this will work fine. Any product with Bluetooth can connect to it as your audio output, you need a 1/8"-->1/4" adapter (you can actually buy a cable that's got those two ends. Will post links to that later, so no adapter is required). You can get away with a much shorter cable run and the adapter can sit on top of the speaker. sounds like you're using an Eon. Depending on the generation, the top should be flat enough to place the adapter on top of it, out of the way, but then you'll be trading an audio cable run for a power cable run. You know your setup well enough to know whether this is acceptable. It's definitely as feasible as the AppleTV, but at somewhere on the order of 20% the cost with equal effectiveness.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:52 pm to Adam4LSU
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Someone mentioned getting apple tv since I use the macbook pro.
really wouldn't be the way to go for several reasons. The Airport Express would be a better solution. It would both create the wi-fi network you'd need and provide analog audio out to stream via AirPlay. Bluetooth would probably be a little easier.
Not sure what your budget is, but I'd go with an entry level mixer with an XLR bluetooth adapter as one of the inputs. Then you could plug a mic in and have drunk frat boys try to rap at the tailgate...
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