What products should I use if I want to make a wired speaker setup that can easily be used with AirPlay? Mainly interested in a user friendly receiver I think.

It's for a boat house and deck. I want 6 speakers. I am assuming wired to a receiver will be more economical than going wireless. I need outdoor (moisture but not rain) speakers and interested in what receiver to use.

I am looking for value, not cheap-o, but not audiophile or anything crazy.

Edit WiFi is strong down there.

First post on the board. Tia!

This may not be what you are looking for but what I have for both my garage and back porch audio is an older Airport Express Router connected to a plain old stereo receiver. I got the Airport Express routers off of ebay for around $25 each. You set up the Airport Express Routers so that they are only there to connect to your network and output music to the receiver.

Jethro95 said:

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This may not be what you are looking for but what I have for both my garage and back porch audio is an older Airport Express Router connected to a plain old stereo receiver. I got the Airport Express routers off of ebay for around $25 each. You set up the Airport Express Routers so that they are only there to connect to your network and output music to the receiver.

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This is what I'm doing. But I have 3 and wired to different set of speakers in the house. Then I can control from my phone in play in 1 room or any combination.

But people are figuring this out so the airport express are going for $60-$70 now. This is the one you want:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Airport-Express-A1392-2nd-Generation-Dualband-802-11n-WiFi-Router-Orig-Box-/324172180568?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49293

We use sonos on our pier - it works great as long as you have strong WiFi with data. If the speakers are under a roof they'll be fine.

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But people are figuring this out so the airport express are going for $60-$70 now.

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Wow, I have a couple of these not in service. May sell now that it is worth my time post and sell. Been doing airplay for years.

Thanks for the heads up.

Jethro95 said:

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This may not be what you are looking for but what I have for both my garage and back porch audio is an older Airport Express Router connected to a plain old stereo receiver. I got the Airport Express routers off of ebay for around $25 each. You set up the Airport Express Routers so that they are only there to connect to your network and output music to the receiver.

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This is exactly what I did. I have an old stereo receiver in garage powering my garage and back patio speakers.

I use these and have it hooked up to my receiver.

You can connect it to your Wifi, and then AirPlay work.

https://www.amazon.com/HZONE-Wireless-Mirroring-Receiver-Projector/dp/B085R92J7Y/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=airplay+receiver&qid=1594086601&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEySEIzOFgwRkRLSkM1JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODM5NzY3MUxRMk5BUEY0RUtaMCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTI2MjM4MldURjk5UTRXQ0NNNiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=