Hardware for mic

[loud spade]

Evening all what’s everyone using for their mic setup aka the receiving end of the voice assistant- forgetting about the m5 echo atom

[undone crater]

Respeaker Lite

[loud spade]

Not tried that one, looks like a nice kit

[undone crater]

It is. With the repo https://github.com/formatBCE/Respeaker-Lite-ESPHome-integration it's feature-paired with Voice PE.

[loud spade]

Before I order 6 lol they will work as a multitool setup from what I’m reading ?

[undone crater]

What's multitool?
They will work with anything that official Voice PE works with. But make sure you will be able to solder speakers and build enclosure your self - it's just the board with mics, buttons and DAC. 🙂

[loud spade]

Multi room sorry bloody auto correct

[undone crater]

No, I don't think so. No esp32s3 based satellites can do multiroom audio at the moment. You need Sonos or Snapcast...

[loud spade]

That's fine as long as I can have multiple in a project can deal with that

[hollow sun]

Future Proof Homes Satellite 1 has a beta version with Snapcast support. I have this beta version running, but I have not tried the Snapcast feature yet. https://github.com/FutureProofHomes/Satellite1-ESPHome/releases/tag/v0.1.3-beta.0

[undone crater]

Also I believe NabuCasa team is working with Music Assistant team on their own sync protocol as we speak. 🙂

[loud spade]

As much as I love the satellite 1 idea I feel it’s a bit pricey for what your getting. May not be a popular opinion but after reading through it just can’t warrant that cost for 6 rooms 😅

[undone crater]

Yeah it's a bit on premium side. I love the idea, and Brad is really visionary and cool guy. I'm waiting to see their Nexus with local AI - that thing can change the way we do smart home. 🙂

[loud spade]

Yeahhh I may get one for the office and bedroom just maybe have it feed into the in ceiling speaker amp …. See how that is … what’s the audio quality like do you know ?