Local Source Select for Zone 2 Audio Room (1 Viewer)

[Plokij]

I was pondering this earlier as I was drawing up my wiring plans:
Consider a bedroom which is setup to be setup as a zone 2 off of the main receiver in a closet in a different room. Is there a simple wiring + hardware configuration I can employ to add an audio source that is local to bedroom (say through an iPod hookup in the bedroom) where I don't have to run cables back to a switch in the main AV closet?
I couldn't think of a way, but I get the feeling there must be.
Thanks for reading...

 

[Robert_J]

The Sonos system will run iTunes from a server and feed it to zone 2. You would control it from your iPod (if it's one of those touch screen ones). Another option would be a wireless access point (WAP) that you plug the iPod into. You would need something on the other end to decode the digital music into analog.

 

[schan1269]

Or if an Apple product is all you are going to use, buy a receiver that lets Airplay go out zone 2.

 

[Plokij]

Or if an Apple product is all you are going to use, buy a receiver that lets Airplay go out zone 2.

This is exactly what I will do. Thanks for your comments!

 

[schan1269]

By the way...
"Airplay over Zone 2" has some hiccups and headaches you need to be made aware of...
In Denon(unless you buy the 3312/4311...even that may have changed with firmware updates) you can only use Airplay if Zone 1 is involved(but zone 1 doesn't have to be playing anything...lots of threads all over every forum imaginable)
Pioneer/Elite on SOME models(read, the ones that are at least $800) lets Airplay happen over Zone 2 unencumbered. However, find a few models and read threads on various forums dedicated to the model(s) you choose to choose from.
One "common" thing, both your Ipod/Iphone/Ipad and the receiver have to be on the same network connection(all Airplay receivers have at least an ethernet...some are wifi capable, even some others have a built in wifi dongle...the "more you pay" the less headache you run into)