Love your music? Want to combine the big sound of a hi-fi setup with the flexibility of your streaming app? Course you do. Then you need to get yourself a wireless multi-room speaker system.
With one you can:
Stream audio straight from favourite apps like Spotify and Apple Music
Listen to your entire music library anywhere in the house
Beef up your TV sound without trailing wires
Play the same music in every room – or different music in different rooms
Control everything on your phone through an app
What is a wireless multi-room speaker system?
It’s exactly what it says on the tin. A wireless multi-room speaker system lets you listen to audio in any room in your house. You can do it without having to take a portable speaker with you too. That’s because you put one or more speakers in every room where you want music to play. So, you could listen to a podcast while you cook. Or put on some relaxing tunes while you chill out on the sofa.
How do multi-room speakers work?
Wireless multi-room speakers aren’t quite the same as Bluetooth ones. Although some do have Bluetooth as well. They’re serious home audio systems packed with high-level tech. Instead of connecting to a device – like your phone or laptop – the speakers connect to your Wi-Fi.
This means they’re all interconnected. If one of them is playing music, any of the others can too. You can have the same music in every room. Or different music playing in different rooms. That’ll end those family debates over what to put on then. Now you can all listen to your own playlist in your own space.
How to control multi-room speakers
You can control each speaker individually with an app. So you don’t even need to move to change the tunes. Hosting dinner for your friends? There’s no need to press pause on your conversation. Switch up the songs straight from your phone. Send the music from your kitchen speaker to the living room one before the meals even done. It’ll set the mood quicker than a thrash metal drumbeat.
How to set up a multi-room speaker system
Wireless speaker systems are easy to set up. It’ll differ a little bit depending on what you choose, but the basic steps are:
Make sure your Wi-Fi is working
Put the speakers where you want them
Download the app that goes with your system
Open the app – then follow the simple instructions to add the speakers to your network
Fire up your streaming service
Press play and get your groove on
It’s really as simple as that.
Do wireless speakers work without Wi-Fi?
They’ll need to be connected to your Wi-Fi network to work properly. Or you’ll have to plug straight in using an ethernet cable. Otherwise, you won’t be able to stream any audio. And you don’t want the sound of silence, do you?
What is the best multi-room speaker system?
We’d go for the Sonos One. Pick up a few of these, connect them together and spread high-quality sound around your house. You can play hi-resolution audio – making your favourite songs even better – from the bedroom to the bathroom. And if you get two for one room, you can link them up for some immediate stereo sound.
No matter the space, things will sound great. Trueplay tech looks at your room, then adjusts the speaker to match its layout and acoustics. So that annoying echo while you relax in the bath shouldn’t be a problem.
What’s more, you can control your music with your voice. Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa are built-in to the Sonos One. Amazon Music, Spotify and YouTube are just a couple of words away. And more services are being added all the time.
Now you’ve got the music sorted indoors, take your music outdoors. Or if you’ve still got some questions, head over to ShopLive. Our tech experts can offer some sound suggestions on all things audio. And you can do it all from your sofa.
