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Hi
I have just bought a beosound 8(the non airplay version), and I have connected it with a airport express in order to do the airplay. But I can hear some annoying buzzing sound coming from bs8, the buzzing sound is quite noticeable, Has anyone has similar problem?
At the beginning, I thought maybe is the airport express's problem. So I went to apple store to exchange a new one, but the buzzing sound still exists. What could be the problem? Could it be the cable? What cable are you using?
Btw, I did not connect Airport express to my home wifi, I set the AE up with my iphone, the AE can create a new network without connecting to my existing wifi just for airplay. Would the buzzing sound problem be my wifi setup?
Many thanks
mivsbai: At the beginning, I thought maybe is the airport express's problem. So I went to apple store to exchange a new one, but the buzzing sound still exists. What could be the problem? Could it be the cable? What cable are you using?
Yes, likely to be the cable, from my experience. Sometimes this happens with my BS4/Airport Express and I have to play with the cable connection a bit, before it rectifies itself. Maybe try a new cable?
BTW if you connect your iPhone or iPad to your BS8, you don't even need an Airport Express. Simply use Airfoil Speakers (an app) and you can stream audio directly to the iPad!
Hi moxxey, I never heared about Airfoil speaker, I will google it. Thanks for met me know. Btw, what cable are you using for your bs4 and airport express?
Hi moxxey, just done some research, the airfoil speaker seems to be a really cool app. however, how is the sound quality? have you had any experience? As I need to upgrade my mac to install this app, if the app can provide good sound quality, I will upgrade my mac.
mivsbai: Hi moxxey, just done some research, the airfoil speaker seems to be a really cool app. however, how is the sound quality? have you had any experience?
Hi moxxey, just done some research, the airfoil speaker seems to be a really cool app. however, how is the sound quality? have you had any experience?
Generally, it's fine. I only use it to stream football streams from my Mac to the iPad (on the BS8) as they are protected and use a Flash-based stream, which won't work on the iPad. I've streamed audio from this laptop to the iPad before, but since I subscribed to iTunes Match, and the service uploaded all my tracks to iCloud, I simply stream audio direct to the iPad from iCloud, rather than via the Airport Express.
You can give Airfoil a test yourself before buying. There's a (limited) trial version available.