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Wireless pickle

We just moved into a new house. The great room has a large stone centerpiece/fireplace, and low cabinetry on either side. I've got a pair of KEF R11's that I'd love to continue to use, but I can't have wires running along the floor in front of the centerpiece, and I really don't fancy the idea of trying to get a conduit through/around this behemoth marble centerpiece (and concrete flooring). So keeping the amp/receiver on one side and running cable to the other is kinda out of the question.

I DO have power available in both sides in the cabinets, so I could drive them independently. I guess a Bluesound powernode on either side is a possibility? (albeit not a particularly economical one). We do predominantly stream in our household (apple airport optical into my Peachtree Nova), so going wireless in general would suit us fine.

Thanks for any thoughts,
Chris

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mlsstl
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Here's another option. Use a music server than runs LMS (Logitech Media Server). Then, get two Raspberry Pi players and set them up with the PiCorePlayer OS and a suitable DAC HAT on each one, and enable the WiFi networks. Then, in the LMS software, sync the two players. On the RPi player on the left side, run a RCA cable only from the left output into a monoblock amp. On the right side, use only the right output into that mono amp. This would allow you to stream your local library of ripped files as well as use Qobuz, Tidal or another streaming service.

Of course, you'll want identical RPi boards and HATs (don't have a RPi 3 on one side and a 4 on the other, etc.) along with the same software in order to eliminate any time differences between the two channels.
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