I asked the other day about home audio setups under £250. Sonos was the most popular answer but it seems to be out my budget (4 rooms).

Google mini’s are £22 each. I could get one in every room, plus bathrooms, & still have money left over.

All I need is to play audio, mostly Spotify, from my TV, phone & desktop. Pretty sure this’ll do that.

For my TV, (By chance, I’ve gotten a Google Chromecast), which I think could link to these but I need to research that more.

Am I missing anything or would this be a good setup for me?

  • EaterComputer@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    For the money, using a smart speaker is probably the best solution for multiroom audio. I have tons of first gen google minis around my house, and they work well for me. The Google devices are kind of limiting to their ecosystem though since they don’t have an audio out port like the alexa devices.

    • YourGrandmasSpoon@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That’s what we have, one in nearly every room. We use them as a whole house music system while cleaning, and intercom system when we don’t want to yell across the house, we can control the smart home devices, in a pinch we can use them to call anyone from our contacts. I like them, but seems most everyone did not.