In my experience with that setup, Airplay is very reliable.Īlternatively you could get some cables and do it all analog with a little mixer like this. This all worked for me with a late 2014 Airport Extreme, 2011 iMac, 2013 Apple TV and iPhone 5S. Of course then you'd need to have the computer on all the time to relay from the phone to the receiver. ![]() If you are willing to have your computer wired to your receiver, you could bypass the Apple TV, and use AirServer to mix iPhone output with computer output as in the second scenario. I haven't tested this at length but both AirServer and Airfoil have trial versions so you could check it out. And then used Airfoil to pipe the System Audio out to the Apple TV and on to the receiver, which would fit the scenario you're hoping for. I use AirServer ($14.99, which lets me use the Mac as an Airplay receiver) and I was just able to successfully get my iPhone output to play via AirServer on the Mac while iTunes was also playing on the Mac, with both playing concurrently (Arcade Fire and Johnny Cash.interesting mix.). Getting two inputs (the Mac and the iPhone) onto the same output is going to be trickier. You'd probably want Airfoil from Rogue Amoeba ($29) as well if you listen to audio on the Mac on sources other than iTunes. Then just set the Onkyo volume once and forget it, and use your Mac and iPhone to control Airplay output levels. (You need to have a TV to set it up, but once that's done, there's no need to power on the TV itself the Apple TV will send its audio out to the Onkyo irrespective of whether the video signal is going anywhere). Unless.you get a $69 Apple TV, connect its outputs to the Onkyo, and send all your audio the Onkyo via Airplay. Hmmm.with an Onkyo without a network connection you'd be tied to the receiver's remote, definitely. Anything better in audio terms is lost on me. I have no detectable appreciation of audio quality beyond what I have. It needn't be better in audio terms than the Logitech speakers I'm using. I'd also like to avoid having to use a separate remote and use my computer/phone as much as possible instead (hence my interest in this thread). Would I need a mixer to do that? What's the best way to connect your iPhone to your audio equipment, anyway? I currently have one of those Bluetooth receivers plugged into the Logitech box, but it's a PITA. I can listen to a podcast from my phone, but still hear sound effects from the computer). To avoid the X-Y problem trap, what I ideally want to achieve is the ability to easily connect both my iPhone and computer to the same speakers and have them both play at the same time (i.e. ![]() Like, will I still need to use the receiver's remote to change the volume? ![]() I've been considering replacing the lot with a low-end, non-AV, non-digital Onkyo and a set of bookshelf speakers, but I haven't got a clue if I'm going to be any better off with that because I know nothing about audio equipment. Turns out I don't like 5.1 (I live alone, so it keeps scaring the crap out of me when I hear noises behind me) and I don't like digital optical (it disables the system volume control). I currently have an old set of Logitech 5.1 speakers (basically a 10-year-old version of the Z906 system) connected via a digital optical cable. You clearly know way more about audio equipment than me, so I'd like to run what I'm after by you and would appreciate your input.
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