Airfoil Satellite

Using a MBP with Airport Extreme out multiple devices. When this app works it provides a nice experience having multiple speakers synced up throughout the house. Unfortunately it randomly glitches out under the current version, losing signal with the satellite devices and seeming to get out of sync, which sounds horrible until the app seems to fix itself. I love the concept of this app and have high hopes the devs will continue to make it better, but at least with my current setup I will not use this with friends over due to how glitchy it is.

I had purchased the full program several years ago but never got it fully implemented. I have rediscovered how awesome it really is. I have kitchen iPad/Alexa, bedroom iPod, main living room, patio, garage all being served by Airfoil. Pretty excited for this. FYI, the Alexa is connected via Bluetooth to my Mac Mini, which is serving as the master receiver/server, works great! My only complaint would be about the amount of delay between pressing play/stop/next on the source device and hearing it throughout the Airfoil network. It may be due to the very old Mac Mini(2008) serving everything. The delay may cause someone to hit the button again thinking they didn’t press it correctly.

When opening the application music stops playing, also takes awhile to connect to airfoil on my desktop. Most of the time it doesn't connect at all, and you have to close the app then reopen it. Please fix, the old remote application never stopped the music when connecting to airfoil... Update: pausing problem now fixed. The app works perfectly now, you guys did a great job. Everything is starting to come together with 5.0, I'm starting to see the vision... lol Now if you guys can add an Apple Watch version I would be really happy!

I've used this app almost daily since it first came out. When it works it works well. However it has a tendency to disconnect as it appears it does not have very robust error recovery for lost packets. I went back and forth with support on this issue for a while without a solution. Also once in a while it can consume 100% of the CPU causing my iPhone SE to get warm and drain the battery quickly. You can force quit the app and restart it to resolve this. Its infrequent enough that its not a major issue but a minor annoyance. If they can fix these two issues I'd give it 5 stars.

Probably my favorite app! It fills a void that is hard to believe even exists: Streaming synchronized music from ANY source to almost ANY WiFi or Bluetooth connected source. Along with the also superb Airfoil MacOS application, this can turn any combination of sources and speakers into a sophisticated wholistic system. I’ve tried Sonos, Bose and a bunch of other “whole house” audio solutions. There are always a downsides. Cost is always one. With Satelite and Airfoil I can use my favorite Mackie and Yamaha speakers with all the devices I’ve acquired over the years: Airport express, Bluetooth speakers, Chromecast. Etc. Such a great app and great value. Thanks again Rouge Amoeba!!!