Input System for Outdoor Speakers

[derekm]

I have some outdoor speakers around the pool that are fed from an AV closet in the house. I currently just have a CD player plugged into the amp to provide the music.

Is there a product I can use to make playlists and control the music on my phone/a tablet that I can hook into the amp to play music. The pool area is out of bluetooth range from the AV closet, but within Wi-FI range.

I control mine with a $30 Chromecast Audio unit, streaming poolside via wifi from my iPhone. Unfortunately, Google stopped making the Chromecast Audio, but you can likely find one on eBay. I stream from Spotify or Sirius Satellite Radio into a $25 Lepy LP-2020 amp in the house and back outside to two wired sets of Polk Audio outdoor speakers. Cheap, flexible, sounds great! The speakers have been outside for quite a few years and look and sound as good as new.

 

[cwescapexlt4x4]

I purchased a pre-owned Sony receiver at Goodwill, added Yamaha outdoor speakers and an Acoustic Audio sub.... all fed from an Echo Dot (I did add an FM antenna if i ever needed local) and also have a Chromecast stick in the TV for streaming options as well. (excuse the messy wide photo, that was before it was all cleaned up and stuff back where it belonged.