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Yep ( with tunnels and skills I.e pita ) But that’s on the existing HA system .

Looked at the wiim amp Still unclear if you can control a local audio library via Alexa for it ….

Yeah I did see that . Couldn’t work out if that will do what I want tbh …. So I’d still need an amp per zone ? Them a wiim per amp ??

Now you’ve got to buy a towel rail 🙄🤣

No smart speaker shite ! Have speakers . Nice ones in the lounge

I’ve been more than happy streaming my music collection from my nas to raspberry pis with amp hats to ceiling speakers . All controlled via iPeng . swmbo ( ffs ) likes Alexa ( guess she can talk to it other than me ) . A right pita to get Alexa to communicate with squeezebox Lms server - but got it working and a pain to maintain . Transferring away from my current HA and going to home assistant I can’t see any sensible way to implement Alexa voice commands with Lms . Currently “ Alexa , play album xxx “ works . Output is of course not via Alexa but by relevant pi . I’ve googled but can’t seem to find an Alexa controlled streamer with multiple outputs ( say 5 sets of stereo ) , or a hub that controls multiple amps . Where source can be changed through speech ( nas , internet radio ). Anything I do find I can’t be certain will do what I want and costs £££. What d’ya reckon ?

Leave it as is. Makes a 'modern' towel rail....

When are going to test it ? I.e proper shower ??

Sorry - my mind wandered …. Monitors yeah

My ASUs worked fine with no Ethernet backhaul . But ! - as you paid the money ; a few cat cables is going to drastically improve speed as you roam between nodes . So yeah ; do it !

@Nickfromwales is busy on a new bathroom refit

They are just a mesh wifi effectively. You turn off shite router wifi and let them handle it . 2 yrs running only 1 issue ( which I just rebooted to solve ) Nice funky app

Best is mesh . I have ASU’s ( tried netgear orb etc didn’t get on ) . Work really well ( 3 nodes ) - also have backhaul Ethernet between them I.e I presume it’s some custom method - so that wireless to the node then wired right back to the router/modem

You are not alone …

You need proper help . There’s no therapy here …..

You do . But you need to listen to me ( caveat that doesn’t mean I’m right ) . A decade of experience though counts for something/ nothing .

I find it most pleasing when the ip is in my (expletive deleted) neighbors house . Watching them burn is better than any Netflix show - and free ( minus camera costs of course )

Don’t know . (expletive deleted)ing lame though after all this time 😘

Yeah ; I’ve given up with my expert advice to @Thorfun . If he can’t work out now he’s a useless mofo .

I found ip cameras good . You can watch certain people burning before you intervene. Note to self : always delete footage

My sparky is here in a few weeks so I’ll see what he requires . He’s got to sign it off so Bco won’t bitch at his decisions.

Gold star are effectively part of LG now https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldStar

Best tv for money and spec is LG C1 ( though I think it’s c2 or 3 now )

Oi ! (expletive deleted)ing go and finish something …. Anything !

I’m not an expert at that