Hi everyone,
I’ve built a Wi-Fi streaming adapter for my own B&O stereo (see image) and now have two working prototypes at home. My dad said that I should offer this to other people using B&O stereos. I’m wondering whether this might interest other owners enough to be worth the effort on making it an actual product. Any opinions on this would be very highy appreciated!
It connects to the stereo’s AUX input and uses Spotify Connect and AirPlay. Built-in infrared automatically switches the stereo on and selects AUX when playback starts, then returns it to standby after inactivity. It has a compact enclosure and USB-C power. The photo shows one of the prototypes beside my system.
So whenever you want to play music, you just pick it on Airplay on your phone/laptop or via Spotify, that automatically sends the remote signal to turn the stereo on, plays the musci via AUX and when you stop the playback, the stereo gets the "off" command via the IR remote aswell. I've tested this with my BeoCenter 2300 and use it daily, but it should also work with BeoCenter 2500, BeoSound Ouverture, 3000, 3200, 9000, Century and 4; BeoCenter 2, 9000, 9300 and 9500; and Beomaster 4500/5500/6500/7000, from what I could gather from the manuals.
Works great for me, but I might be solving a problem that nobody else has, so I'd like to hear some thoughts:)
Here's an image of the setup
