First Look: Airfoil Speakers Touch

So, I got to thinking just a minute ago on how this could work if you had the equipment available. The biggest downfall to this whole thing is that you can't control iTunes with the app running. My biggest use of this whole thing would be to go portable with music at like get togethers and cards type of situations. Between my wife and I we have two iphones. Hook one up to a sounds system, send music to it and then control iTunes with the other. Kind of a long way around, but I just don't see the point in using the app to just listen to your music in the house. walking around. Wouldn't most people already have airport express/apple tv if they have the full version of Airfoil? I just look at this as a way of going mobile to where people don't have access points for Airfoil. I don't know. Maybe putting too much into this.

Won't it work like it should with 3.0 and apps running in the background?

What we need here is something I've been begging for for a while: Input/Output plugins for the iphone ipod app.

Input plugins could stream and control pandora, internet radio, or AirTunes speakers like this app.
Output plugins could stream out to AirTunes speakers, to the internet, also do sound effects and equalizations (Volume Logic, please!)
But as they would be part of the iphone app, it would work in the background and allow you to use other apps.

A no-brainer to me, I just wish apple would copy my idea. :)

installed both mac app & iphone app. v.poor quality even b4 10 min interference

To get your itunes library on to your iPhone why not use SimplifyMedia?
Its free, it works over WiFi, 3G and EDGE. It is a tad laggy over EDGE but let if buffer for a bit and its fine. I can't fault it

If you stream HD music (24bit/96kHz) from iTunes to Airport Express, iTunes down-samples all the audio output to 16bit/44.1kHz. If you use Airfoil then the direct computer computer output remains HD, but I guess the Airport Express still outputs 16/44.1...

Anybody have any slots left please? email me at m o o n i r b[at] g m a i l . c o m

I would appreciate it, as my phone is dropping calls, and would like to see if maybe this would fix it!

Hmmm... many of you seem to be missing the point of Airfoil... the Mac app and iPhone/iPod Touch app. I've been using it for a few months, and this iPhone app is a very nice addition to a great program.

First, why Airfoil? Airfoil streams audio from your computer to Airport Express' and "Airfoil Speakers". Yes, it's true that iTunes can stream to 1 or more Airport Express units, that's about it.

What's my primary use? Whole house audio for relaxing, parties, etc. I don't have any Airport Express units. They're $99 each. While in the future I might be interested in purchasing 3-4 Express' and some semi-permanent speakers for whole house audio, Airfoil allows me to do the same thing, right now, using my Mac, my PC, an old laptop with some speakers hooked up, and now, my iPhone sitting in a Bose Sounddock. Whole house audio....4 sets of speakers... $25. The Airtunes Speakers program is free.

Oh, and not only can I play iTunes, Airfoil lets me stream ANY audio, including Pandora to my speakers.

Apple could expand functionality to do all of this, but currently, does not. That's where Airfoil comes in.

I like. This app is really just an extension of a program. It doesn't control iTunes (that's not the point) and it's not intended to let you stream music from your iPod/iPhone to your house.

for me this is probably the most useful app I've ever downloaded, and the fact that it's free to Airfoil users is just 'too cool for school'. I have a radio scanner hooked up to Airfoil so now I can stream the output to my iPod without having to pratt about setting up a server or using an FM rebroadcaster. Just one click is all it takes, and the quality is unsurpassed!

this app is far from perfect....
1. what´s the point of streaming music from my computer to the iphone??
2. why didn´t they do it the other way around....streaming music from the iphone to the several airport express-loudspeakers in my house?! iphone+airport express would be the perfect travel-companion!

I just saw a free alternative to this some time back...... Don't recollect the name.. Will have to digg Delicious :)