I've been considering the same thing for some time and have been looking at all the options. What I've pretty much settled on doing is the solution from Creative Labs. Their Gigaworks T20W speakers have a built in wireless receiver (Make sure you don't get the T20, as they are the same only without the wireless). I liked this as I didn't want to go for a separate receiver and speakers, though they do have a setup for that as well.
After that you pick up their soundblaster wireless audio transmitter. This streams the audio from your computer. Overall, it seems easy. The speakers have great reviews. It's a small form factor (I'm looking to put the speakers in my kitchen and possibly a pair in the bedroom, so I'd like to keep them out of the way). All that being said, I do not yet have this installation so I can't vouch for it, but I have done a decent amount of research regarding this, and for me this looks like the best solution.
Other ideas are Sonos and Logitech. I recently set up a whole Logitech Squeezebox system in my parents house, and have to say, while the technology is impressive, it really doesn't work as well as I would have liked. I got it up and running, but I think my dad doesn't use it mucha s it is too much of a hassle to get anything playing.
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I've been considering the same thing for some time and have been looking at all the options. What I've pretty much settled on doing is the solution from Creative Labs. Their Gigaworks T20W speakers have a built in wireless receiver (Make sure you don't get the T20, as they are the same only without the wireless). I liked this as I didn't want to go for a separate receiver and speakers, though they do have a setup for that as well.
After that you pick up their soundblaster wireless audio transmitter. This streams the audio from your computer. Overall, it seems easy. The speakers have great reviews. It's a small form factor (I'm looking to put the speakers in my kitchen and possibly a pair in the bedroom, so I'd like to keep them out of the way). All that being said, I do not yet have this installation so I can't vouch for it, but I have done a decent amount of research regarding this, and for me this looks like the best solution.
Other ideas are Sonos and Logitech. I recently set up a whole Logitech Squeezebox system in my parents house, and have to say, while the technology is impressive, it really doesn't work as well as I would have liked. I got it up and running, but I think my dad doesn't use it mucha s it is too much of a hassle to get anything playing.