My first system where do I start?

[ser1gio1]

These are my needs:
*I want to be able to walk into my home, grab my iphone and start playing music. This means a need some kind of system or speakers that have bluetooth.
*Also, I want to be able to have speakers in different rooms of my home, so I need three, four, five o maybe six wireless speakers. My home is not large, but I would like to hear music in my bedroom or my living room at any time.
*Last but not least, I want to be able to conect this system also to my computer or tv if I want to watch a movie.
I have no idea where to start and my budget is around $700
Do I have any hope or my budget is not realistic?
Please give me some advice here, I really dont know much in this matter.
Thanks

 

[Grador]

At 5 or 6 wireless speakers you are pretty much limiting yourself to the extremely mediocre at that budget, any chance you'd be willing to pare it down to a few speakers that you'll move around as needed?

 

[ser1gio1]

I guess I could do that. I can either spend some more $$ or reduce the amount of speakers. I just dont know how many speakers I need, and if one or two speakers are enough per room.
What do you suggest?

 

[fuzz092888]

I would say that one speaker per room at your price range isn't going to do it. Your budget is too low to get anything that would even begin to be room filling for that price.

Bluetooth speakers are great, but you could just as easily get an airplay speaker as well.

Amazon.com: Logitech Air Speaker for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and iTunes (980-000625): MP3 Players & Accessories

Easily moveable to different rooms and airplay will be better quality than bluetooth.

For your price range and what you want, having one unit that you can move and stream music to makes the most sense. Anything else, IMO, starts putting you in a much higher price range.

You could even get two of these and only be a little bit over budget.

 

[Grador]

To really do multiroom well would require a large increase in budget, but to keep things reasonably priced you may take a look at some sonos equipment. I have absolutely no experience with it, but it mostly fits the bill and keeps you under budget. Seems that you'd be able to use your iphone to control playback, but the files would be played from a computer rather than strait from the phone, or you could add an airport express for airplay. I would suggest looking at airplay enable speaker systems, I'll do some research in my spare time as well.

 

[Grador]

Also this:

...and airplay will be better quality than bluetooth.

I haven't used airplay, but i have used bluetooth and always found it to be TERRIBLE.

 

[agarwalro]

These are my needs:
*I want to be able to walk into my home, grab my iphone and start playing music. This means a need some kind of system or speakers that have bluetooth.
*Also, I want to be able to have speakers in different rooms of my home, so I need three, four, five o maybe six wireless speakers. My home is not large, but I would like to hear music in my bedroom or my living room at any time.
*Last but not least, I want to be able to conect this system also to my computer or tv if I want to watch a movie.
I have no idea where to start and my budget is around $700
Do I have any hope or my budget is not realistic?
Please give me some advice here, I really dont know much in this matter.
Thanks

There is no system in the $700-1000 range that will meet all your needs. What will meet your needs is a 'distributed home audio' system. Here is an example of a distributed audio system that will let you integrate different sources of music (iPod included) and play the selected source in different rooms, with each room having its own volume and source controls.

Achieving this level of home audio integration may look daunting at first. But, this Whole House Audio FAQ Page will get you started. There are a few forum members who are installers/pros and have much more knowledge than me. If you come back with specific questions, they will surely chime in.

 

[fuzz092888]

Bluetooth can be pretty terrible, I've never had a problem with airplay, and airplay will stream lossless, to my knowledge which is pretty awesome.

AirPlay Speakers: Current Options and Alternatives | AirPlay Speakers

Heres another link that gives you quite a few options for airplay enabled speakers.