Audio devices using audio assistant sendspin protocol

Hardware
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Anyone experience with hardware solutions that can use sendspin. I am looking for some solutions at home that can bridge my ‘dumb’ bluetooth speakers for multiple audio conttrol and also my existing stereo.
ideally a device like HA voice , but with the capability to act as a audio gateway for HQ stereo that can be plugged into a stereo set and/or connected to bluetooth speakers.

I have purchased a ESP Muse lux speaker but was not quite happy with the sound quality.

Having this kind of bridge (could probably based on esp32 with HQ DAC?) would boost the adoption of audio assistant and sensspin…

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I believe there are many examples of what you are looking for, my advice would be to check out the music assistant discord channel.

see

https://sonocotta.com/

or

or the HAVPE allows connection via 3.5mm jack.

No idea on the quality of these things as I have not tried them.

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Sendspin is in active development. You can look here for details. They have discord channel which is good place for info

I would get HAVPE since it it reference device and yaml exist. Everything else esp may be uphill battle.

A Linux player (maybe raspberry pi based device) would be my other goto since they have builds for Linux which will likely work without issue.

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what was wrong with the sound quality?, i have the first version of that speaker and it sounds like any other average bluetooth speak in that size :man_shrugging:t3:

i found this post because i out of curiosity searced for muxe luxe with sendspin to see if he added that. did you try it as bluetooth speaker? or flashed other firmware?, or how did you test sound?

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here is simple configuration for sendspin mediaplayer on muse luxe (v1) if you want to try:

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Esp32S3 with DAC and RFID Scanner, you have to solder some wires.

Or use this:

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Thanx! Althoug the sound quality is not Mike ons of. My boze speakers, it is nit bad either.

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if you have one of the old chromecast audio dongles i believe they should work too, or DIY a esp + pcm5102a (dac with audio jack out), the question is if you can DIY and if you only need mediaplayer or would also like voice assistant?

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Thanks for your support RealDeco. I do have an old chromecast, but was not happy with the huge amount of unsollicited call homes to google as my firewall reported. So will remain unconnected. And no, I truly don’t understand the thrill about voice assistant. As I am sure able to do some DIY, I will investigate if the sound quality of the ESP Muse lux can be improoved.