[Robert Peirce]

On 6/16/14 7:12 PM, Robert Peirce wrote:
I am putting together an AirPlay system in a house I own. The details
are unimportant, but I need a speaker I can play on the back porch and
to a lesser extent in other locations.

I am getting too old to be a pure audiophile anymore, but I still can
recognize good sound when I hear it. Therefore, I doubt I would be
interested in a lot of the stuff currently on the market. OTOH,
considering the location, a top-of-the-line gear probably isn't
appropriate either.

I am interested in what other high-end oriented individuals might be
running and what they like or don't like about it.


It appears I don't really understand AirPlay. From what I have read,
AirPlay down-rezs everything to 44.1khz or 48khz. If so, I am not going
to be streaming 96khz or 192khz to any AirPlay speaker I might buy, so
that isn't a factor.

I also discover that Airfoil, which runs on the Mac, can take 192khz
signals from PureMusic and play them on my iPod, so it must be
down-rezing as well.

If anybody knows what is actually going on here, please let me know. I
am planning to use AirPlay to feed an AirPort Express, a Denon AVR and
an AirPlay speaker. I know the AirPort Express down-rezs. The AVR has
a 192khz DAC but it probably isn't going to get that level of signal.
The frequency capabilities of the AirPlay speaker DAC probably don't
matter. Is that basically correct?