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Originally Posted by monkeyman
This would definitely work. If you wanted to take it a little further, you could plug the amps into Amazon or Wemo plugs so you could power them off and on through the wemo or Alexa app. not as slick as the Sonos, but much cheaper for sure.
https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Smart-...3929&s=gateway |
Yep, I'm sure that works too. But personally, I think it would be cleaner to mount smart power strips on the wall to power the amps and echoes as it would provide the space necessary to mount the amps and echoes on the wall. Something like this but perhaps there's something more sleek out there:
https://www.amazon.ca/Extension-Comp...gateway&sr=8-5
Do the Echo still use USB cords? It would be a huge space saver with the bar above if you could get away without needing all the wall adapters for the echo units (might be redundant if using that other echo dot mount though).
EDIT: Another way to mount everything in an organized and clean manner is to use a wall mountable wire file sorter. Each gap should be in theory wide enough to have one amp + echo dot + cables to reduce stuff being everywhere. Plus, there would be far less mounting of individual items. I am thinking something like this which I personally already use to organize switches and other components in my utility room (bonus is the wire design allows excellent air flow).
https://www.amazon.ca/EasyPAG-Mounte...98864&s=office
(No idea why this one is so expensive though, should be closer to $25-30 bucks)
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Originally Posted by monkeyman
I think you can create separate groups. One for each room, and another, multi-room speaker group that would play music over the echos added to that group.
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I know of the group concept in terms of setting up groups to shut down a bunch of lights in a room/a floor for instance. I only have a single echo dot for my nursery (for white noise and hands free function of some lights in that room) so I don't know anything about playing stuff simultaneously through multiple echoes, but it seems like Corsi knows quite a bit about it and it sounds like it he thinks it would work.