I'm trying to find the simplest way to distribute sound to various areas of the house and this is my goal:
- can be scaled (can add another speaker or speaker/mic combo)
- can hear HS speaker events (either TTS or audio file) played to specific speaker(s)
- can be used as whole house audio (like sonos), quality doesn't need to be supurb or extremely powerful
- wireless communication
- can control music from a phone (we're a pure Android house) if desired
- can still operate VR without internet connection (is this even possible?)
I am not sure what the best path for this would be as there seems to be only two competitors in this field?
Google Chromecast Audio ($35, no VR only Audio)
Google Home ($130, VR and Audio)
Amazon Dot ($50, like Google Chromecast but with VR)
Amazon Echo ($140, VR and Audio)
For example I'd like to play music through the whole house to all the speakers. Have VR ability, at least to key areas like the bedroom and kitchen. Have the ability to play music or speak HS events to specific or all speakers test based on events triggered. I am looking at:
Audio Only
Bathroom x2
VR + Audio
Bedrooms x2
Loft x1
Kitchen x1
Or is there another solution that I am missing? Also what specific plugins would I be looking at with HS to have either of these (or another solution) work?
- can be scaled (can add another speaker or speaker/mic combo)
- can hear HS speaker events (either TTS or audio file) played to specific speaker(s)
- can be used as whole house audio (like sonos), quality doesn't need to be supurb or extremely powerful
- wireless communication
- can control music from a phone (we're a pure Android house) if desired
- can still operate VR without internet connection (is this even possible?)
I am not sure what the best path for this would be as there seems to be only two competitors in this field?
Google Chromecast Audio ($35, no VR only Audio)
Google Home ($130, VR and Audio)
Amazon Dot ($50, like Google Chromecast but with VR)
Amazon Echo ($140, VR and Audio)
For example I'd like to play music through the whole house to all the speakers. Have VR ability, at least to key areas like the bedroom and kitchen. Have the ability to play music or speak HS events to specific or all speakers test based on events triggered. I am looking at:
Audio Only
Bathroom x2
VR + Audio
Bedrooms x2
Loft x1
Kitchen x1
Or is there another solution that I am missing? Also what specific plugins would I be looking at with HS to have either of these (or another solution) work?
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