The Easiest Ways To Turn Your Wired Speakers Wireless – SlashGear

If you’re confident in your home Wi-Fi signal, there are a couple of avenues of wireless connectivity you can use for your wired speakers. The absolute simplest approach here would be to plug your wired speakers and an amplifier directly into a smart home device like a Chromecast or certain Amazon Echo models, including the Echo Dot, Echo Input, Echo Link, and Echo Plus. Most smart home devices have wired audio outputs, and using their inherent connectivity, you can broadcast audio from anywhere your personal Wi-Fi signal can reach. You don’t even need a paired phone for an Echo, you can just stream music right from your Amazon Music playlists.

If you don’t have or don’t like smart home gadgets, don’t worry, there’s another wireless option: a wireless streaming amplifier. Some higher-end amplifiers have both traditional audio inputs and outputs and Wi-Fi connectivity. Models like Yamaha’s WXA-50 MusicCast Streaming Amplifier or Denon’s HEOS AMP can receive sound wirelessly from any other device on your home network, be it a PC, a smartphone, a smart TV, or whatever else. Thanks to its direct connection, the audio quality should be nice and crisp, too.