Yup: I'm talking about Google's new Chromecast Audio - a simple little $35 device that lets you turn existing speakers into smart speakers and then stream audio to them using the apps already on your phone, tablet, or computer. Two weeks ago, I finally found the solution I'd been waiting for. (Sonos also generally requires you to use the company's own Android app to control music playback, and there's no universal Web interface for playing music from a laptop's browser - two asterisks that don't exactly sweeten the deal for me.) Those numbers add up fast - and as tempting as it is, I've never been able to convince myself (or, ahem, my wife) that it's a good idea to drop that much dough. Sure, there's Sonos, but you're looking at quite the investment to get multiple rooms up and running with that - $200 to $500 for each connected speaker and $350 to $500 for adapters that let you bring existing "dumb" speakers into the equation. The problem is that I've never found a system that makes it easy and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I've always wanted to have my whole home connected to a smart streaming-audio system - one that'd let me take my music from room to room and play anything I want anywhere in the house, using any phone or tablet to control it.
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