All I wanted was affordable multiroom audio. Instead, I got an ordeal. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge

About a year or so ago, I decided to network all my speakers together to be able to do multiroom audio. I gave myself a set of simple parameters. Namely:

It must be able to work with my own speakers. It must be able to work synchronized in multiple rooms. It should be relatively affordable. It should be easy for house guests to understand. It should not lock me exclusively...
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