expired Posted by illmatic33 • Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020 4:06 AM
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expired Posted by illmatic33 • Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020 4:06 AM
Harman Kardon Onyx Studio 4 Portable Bluetooth Speaker (Blue or White)
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If I were only going to use this as a single speaker, that would work fine but I prefer to leave all of my home speakers combined in different groups since I have multiple speakers in each room.
The closest solution I have found to this problem is a workaround using a Google Chromecast (I had one laying around that we didn't use), a $10 HDMI to VGA converter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VTJV...UTF8&
and a $5 female to female HDMI adapter.
The converter has a 3.5mm audio out that can be used to connect the Chromecast directly to the speaker via the auxiliary port. Since Chromecasts can be added to speaker groups through the Google Home app, it essentially turns it into a Chromecast Audio.
While it is an effective solution, I've noticed that the Chromecast gets pretty hot. Maybe this is normal as my Chromecast Audio can get pretty warm too, I just don't know. It was just got enough that I decided to unplug it altogether.
Long story short, Google screwed up when they discontinued the Chromecast Audio. Google screwed up again when they broke their smart speaker's ability to cast music via Bluetooth to an external speaker when using speaker groups and not fixing it. I screwed up when I didn't order a bunch of Chromecast Audios when they were clearanced out for $10 each. Amazon made a great move when they made their own version of a Chromecast Audio. And here I am...
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