2 USB Souncards parallel?

[dodap]

I hear my music in most cases with headphones from my PC. I will upgrade my system with an external DAC and separate headphone amp.
Is it possible to stream the music that I hear to an AV receiver in another room to share the music with others who get it over the loudspeakers? So far the cheapest way seems to be the Logitech Wireless Music System, a bluetooth device coupled to the PC via USB and with RCA to the amp side.
Can these two USB devices coexist under Windows XP Home? (or with Mac OS, if I get an Apple Intel Mac Mini as my next music server?)
And if I can only use one device at a given time, what do I need for my parallel music needs?

 

[NightWoundsTime]

It's justabout impossible to get Windows to send the same data to two devices at the same time. An output splitter is your best bet. Not sure if there's a wireless system that would give you an output at the computer end as well as the wireless transmission?

Someday I hope to see a Foobar plugin that runs the same data to more than one device. It should be entirely doable and in this multimedia world it's necessary. Nobody's done it yet as far as I know. Windows definitely doesn't have an option for this, you have to choose between devices even if you have several running.

 

[dodap]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NightWoundsTime It's justabout impossible to get Windows to send the same data to two devices at the same time. An output splitter is your best bet.

What is a "output splitter" if it is no hub (and a hub probably won't do it anyway)? Do you know any products that fill my bill?

 

[NightWoundsTime]

i'm talking about analog splitting after the DAC, but then it's hard to get your wireless, you could run a wire for the speaker setup though.. For now you're going to have to run one at a time unless someone has more info.

 

[CSMR]

"Synchronize music to more rooms—Broadcast the same music or independent streams to 2, 10 or even 20 rooms by adding Squeezebox players to stereos in each location."

From their website.

 

[dodap]

Indeed, streaming seems to be the only psooble solution. So far, I prefer the SoundBridge from Roku, it is a bit cheaper and smaller. With slimserver I could even feed the audio receiver with FLAC. Do you know, if both support this format? (As my speaker rig is only second class, the Burr-Brown decoder of the squeezebox probably outclasses it anyway)