Wireless Router Music nto Theater Sys.

[Audioklepto]

Audiophiles,
I've been monitoring the beginners site for a while and haven't seen this question asked.
I am looking to buy a system in the near future. Have $1200 of so to invest. I'm interested in mainly listening to music, but will use it for movies and occasional gaming. It seems that one of the Denon receivers -pair of Pioneer SP-BS22,and a pair of floor speakers would be good but looking for ideas.

My music is mainly on a large capacity thumbdrive on a Netgear N600 so it is accessible to portable computers without my main computer being on.
I want to be able to access the digital music library from my router on a Home Theater system on another floor using the wireless network if possible. I could, if necessary, run a hard line to the system, but have no idea where to start. The router and computers have USB only and audio equipment uses HDMI.
Any ideas on a receiver/speaker system for mainly music (classical to rock) and a way to input the music?

Thanks much,
Audioklepto

 

[jp_over]

I just bit the bullet and went with a dedicated PC with an HDMI output:

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Using Windows 7, you can access your whole network.

There are some cheaper workarounds (Sonos and others) I just felt like nothing gave the full functionality of a PC. Also, you could add an HDMI card to one of your existing PCs, locate it next to the N600 & AVR, then use the network to stream.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Audiophiles,
I've been monitoring the beginners site for a while and haven't seen this question asked.
I am looking to buy a system in the near future. Have $1200 of so to invest. I'm interested in mainly listening to music, but will use it for movies and occasional gaming. It seems that one of the Denon receivers -pair of Pioneer SP-BS22,and a pair of floor speakers would be good but looking for ideas.

My music is mainly on a large capacity thumbdrive on a Netgear N600 so it is accessible to portable computers without my main computer being on.
I want to be able to access the digital music library from my router on a Home Theater system on another floor using the wireless network if possible. I could, if necessary, run a hard line to the system, but have no idea where to start. The router and computers have USB only and audio equipment uses HDMI.
Any ideas on a receiver/speaker system for mainly music (classical to rock) and a way to input the music?

Thanks much,
Audioklepto

Denon 1912 (for example) claims to support DLNA and same goes for your router which I assume is WNDR3700 (N600 is not model number, but a spec)

Now in Ideal world - dlna between two devices from different brands should work, but we are not there yet. Short version - It might work fine (especially for mp3 files) or might not

For wireless part - you'd need to get a wifi bridge like this one:
Newegg.com - TRENDnet TEW-637AP Wireless Easy-N-Upgrader 802.11b/g/n and 802.11e up to 300Mbps

 

[Audioklepto]

Denon 1912 (for example) claims to support DLNA and same goes for your router which I assume is WNDR3700 (N600 is not model number, but a spec)

Now in Ideal world - dlna between two devices from different brands should work, but we are not there yet. Short version - It might work fine (especially for mp3 files) or might not

For wireless part - you'd need to get a wifi bridge like this one:
- TRENDnet TEW-637AP Wireless Easy-N-Upgrader 802.11b/g/n and 802.11e up to 300Mbps]

Thanks so much for the info- a bridge and DLNA capability seems like the way to go. The router is model WNDR3400v2 by the way.
Thanks again
Audioklepto

 

[Grador]

Thanks so much for the info- a bridge and DLNA capability seems like the way to go. The router is model WNDR3400v2 by the way.
Thanks again
Audioklepto

I've never really been thrilled with the compatibility and interface of receiver based streaming.

You may want to look at something like a WD TV Live. $80 on amazon, and has built in wifi so you wouldn't need the bridge.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I've never really been thrilled with the compatibility and interface of receiver based streaming.

You may want to look at something like a WD TV Live. $80 on amazon, and has built in wifi so you wouldn't need the bridge.

This is also a decent option. Like I said DLNA is not always works right, but if limited to simple mp3 files it is more likely to work.
WD TV Live is a neat box and priced very attractively, but

a)I am not sure if his router can serve that usb stick using cifs/samba
b) wifi bridge can be helpful to connect other "smart" electronics to home network like "Smart" TV, BluRay player or game console if located at same location