The Best Apple AirPlay Streamer

Elac?

@Mahler123

The Elac looks interesting.  I’ll check it out. Thanks for the reply!

I just got a home pod for my kitchen, so I was researching the same question and came across the Elac discovery.  Audio Advisor was selling one for about $700. 
I decided I’ll just stream from my Apple TV in the next room for now.
one issue with the Elac is that it uses Roon Essentials which limits you to 30,000 tracks and ties you into Roon as a management system, which may or may not be a good thing.   See if you can upgrade to a full Roon subscription 

@Mahler123

The Elac is close, but it has more features/services than we need and we don’t want Roon.  Nothing against Elac or Roon, it just doesn’t fit this application.

The main goal with this application is to create a high quality AirPlay only source (end-point) so that it works seamlessly and nativity with iTunes, Mac OS and iOS.

By the way, the Apple HomePod is a great speaker for kitchens and bathrooms.  We use them a lot for projects where clients want sound throughout their home.  The HomePod is better than most cheap sounding in-walls and two of them easily fill a large room.

Thanks for your reply and the recommendation!

Allan
www.In-Tone.com