pat.samson.509 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Hi All, is anyone using Alexa as a source for their whole house audio ? Basically, since I am all setup with alexa devices, I would like to have one alexa speaker output connected to my control4 8 ZONE AMP and be able to simply ask it to play music and through programming have it turn on the audio zones. I have a few ideas in mind but I dont want it to require memorizing many vocal commands. If anyone has done something similar and would like to share ... That would be appreciated. Thanks all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 you either need one Alexa for each zone, or you need to use complex voice commands to route the audio with voice control only. You could use the c4 app or an interface to activate a room for the audio input. Josh ai is the only voice control with intuitive voice control over audio for multiple rooms. (conspiracy theory warning) The other voice control solutions in the market want you to only use their interface or apps so that they can track and use your data for their benefit and advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I dont think anyone on here would recommend using Alexa as an audio source. 7 minutes ago, Matt Lowe said: (conspiracy theory warning) The other voice control solutions in the market want you to only use their interface or apps so that they can track and use your data for their benefit and advertising. That is not a conspiracy it is the truth; goes for all apps really. Everyone wants their UI to be what people interact with. Spotify doesnt like people using Sonos to control their music. Sonos doesnt love (they accept it) people using Control4 to control their product. Only company that seems to not care is Lutron. Neo1738 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscpsycho Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 On 12/18/2023 at 8:21 AM, therockhr said: I dont think anyone on here would recommend using Alexa as an audio source. Why not??? If it's the audio quality, any other reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 5 minutes ago, uscpsycho said: Why not??? If it's the audio quality, any other reason? The main reason is you just cant integrate it into Control4 very well. There is some distributed audio solution out there that uses Echo's in each room going into an amp that I think is really neat but trying to use Alexa as an audio source for Control4 just isnt a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo1738 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Yeah I gave up on that a while back. Especially once I got Tidal as it is a much better quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 On 1/9/2024 at 7:28 AM, Neo1738 said: Yeah I gave up on that a while back. Especially once I got Tidal as it is a much better quality. But isn't that kind of a different issue? I use Spotify for playing music on Alexa - you can select what you want as your default streaming source. I am pretty sure that you can use Tidal as well. https://tidal.com/partners/amazonalexa Enjoy TIDAL on all your Amazon Echo devices Getting started Open the Amazon Alexa App on your phone Go to “Settings” > “Music” Tap “Link New Service” > “TIDAL” Click “Enable to Use” and link your TIDAL account Head back to “Settings” > “Music” Select “TIDAL” under “Default Services” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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