Right now, I'm using a Navidrome server to host my music.
I'm looking to buy some fancy speakers (non-smart ootb) for my home and be able to control the music from any device.
Now, multiple questions: - How do you integrate Navidrome into Home Assistant? - How do you drive those speakers? - What kind of hardware besides the speakers would I need?
Do note, I'm not looking for speaker recommendations.
@jae you could get almost any SBC and install sendspin on it to control the audio input/output, add power and aux cable, attach to the back of the speaker github.com/Sendspin
@jae Even if you aren't looking for speaker recs, what kind of speakers are you looking at? I'll assume passive since you say how do you drive them, so how big and how loud do you need them? How snobby are you with DACs etc. I have found some esp32 boards with built in DACs and amps to be nice. If you get something like that, there is no other hardware. But if you are driving larger speakers at high volume, you may need a dedicated amp. I found that I can run a Polk monitor 10b "bookshelf" speaker pretty decently with a sonocotta louder plus. Not bad for $30. If you need more headroom there are other options with external amps. You can run a separate DAC blah blah. But most people arent gonna a do all that.
