Not an apples to apples comparison (pun unintended lol) but Unifi equipment is absolutely delightful. The Dream Machine and the Dream Router are both great devices I recommend endlessly
I had an AirPort Express for 9 years from 2008-2017. It was a bit outdated when I replaced it but it worked incredibly well and it remains the easiest WiFi experience I have ever had
I came across this channel by accident and subscribed. Your channel reminds me of the early beginnings of tech youtube channel -> authentic guys, explaning things, pure facts and good narration. Keep it going, I really like that! 🙂
Plus 1 from here! I have been buying these off of ebay over the past year or so and now I have finally one in each room of our apartment and we have all room audio for much cheaper than the ever expensive sonos and others.
I'm stoked to see the buildout of the least powerful intel mac. I was just thinking about my ~2006 mac mini because it was also able to act as a router and I have very fond memories of my uncle showing me how to set it up so I could Skype around the house!
For those in the Android world, the Chromecast Audio is another Just Werks device for streaming audio. I use mine less as the room it's in has become a storage dump, but they still work last I used it.
My aunt has an Airport Extreme, perfect for Internet radio, email, web browsing. It was sitting in a cupboard for years, reset it and had to boot a Mac running 10.6 to configure it
I have a couple of these. Initially just to extend and secure my WiFi network. I’d not used them for years, but now looking at utilising them for my home office and lounge music systems. I like them and there doesn’t seem to be similar (or much better) alternatives on the market.
I've got a few of these as client devices on my network so I can Airplay to iPod HIFIs and a Bose SoundDock 10. For the longest time I was using Airport Extreme and Express units for my entire home network, but the capabilities, security, speed, and coverage finally persuaded me to move on last fall.
I get a more stable wireless blanket in my house with one of these little beauties and two of the last gen airport extremes than I do a 2024 WiFi 6E mesh.
Can this be used just as a hub for 3.5 mm audio and a printer? I don't want to use it as a access point, because I have a faster wi-fi available, but I would quite like to print over the network... Great video, as always!
@@divang thank you! As long as it’s connected to your network (via Ethernet or wireless) it can be used for those things. You don’t need other devices connected necessarily.
@@lachlanlau as far as I’m aware, the USB port is for things like printers only. It’s USB2.0 anyway so probably wouldn’t be much good. I guess you could plug something powered in via Ethernet, but that kinda renders the AirPort Express redundant…
I have *atempted* to investigate the AirPort Express before, and my original conclusion was that it’s useless. However, after watching your video, I now just want one all of a sudden again! Here in China, they cost about 100 rmb, that’s like only a bit more than 10 pounds.
The 100 mbit tho, makes this thing a snail in a nice enclosure. I know I am one of few people having a gbit download speed. But above 200mbit is often the default for a lot of subscriptions these days (at least in europe) so these things will just bottleneck like crazy. Not to mention the possible security risks involves using quite outdated wifi gear/protocols. Not a big thing yet, but soon to be. I get the experience and stuff and ease of use. No such thing exists elsewhere. But there are alternatives for making speakers airplay compatible. And imo networking gear just has to be functional. If you wanna make it look good, just put it away sonewhere, mount an ap to a ceiling or use mesh devices that are often quite stylish too these days. Which will give you a way way faster experience, especially when using a feature like mu-mimo in crowded network setups.
I have a Linksys RE6500 which is nearly identical in function. Airplay and wifi audio streaming right into a 3.5mm jack on the back. Wired access point and wifi (2.4+5) booster modes too, with gigabit ethernet. Might be a good alternative for anyone looking at these.
It used to be a better product. The team maintaining these got crappy and software updates made the audio interface have worse sound and non constant level output.
They should recontinue these
If apple made a new one I would get one in a heartbeat
Not an apples to apples comparison (pun unintended lol) but Unifi equipment is absolutely delightful. The Dream Machine and the Dream Router are both great devices I recommend endlessly
I had an AirPort Express for 9 years from 2008-2017. It was a bit outdated when I replaced it but it worked incredibly well and it remains the easiest WiFi experience I have ever had
I came across this channel by accident and subscribed. Your channel reminds me of the early beginnings of tech youtube channel -> authentic guys, explaning things, pure facts and good narration. Keep it going, I really like that! 🙂
@@iamghost17 woohooo! Thanks, I appreciate that. Will keep it going ;)
Plus 1 from here!
I have been buying these off of ebay over the past year or so and now I have finally one in each room of our apartment and we have all room audio for much cheaper than the ever expensive sonos and others.
Balls WiFi
Cock Ethernet?
@@danielktdoranie too far.
I'm stoked to see the buildout of the least powerful intel mac. I was just thinking about my ~2006 mac mini because it was also able to act as a router and I have very fond memories of my uncle showing me how to set it up so I could Skype around the house!
@@MilesLabrador excellent! I’m filming it as I type :,)
I loved these, still have a couple.
For those in the Android world, the Chromecast Audio is another Just Werks device for streaming audio. I use mine less as the room it's in has become a storage dump, but they still work last I used it.
@@dafoex truth
My aunt has an Airport Extreme, perfect for Internet radio, email, web browsing. It was sitting in a cupboard for years, reset it and had to boot a Mac running 10.6 to configure it
I have a couple of these. Initially just to extend and secure my WiFi network. I’d not used them for years, but now looking at utilising them for my home office and lounge music systems.
I like them and there doesn’t seem to be similar (or much better) alternatives on the market.
I've got a few of these as client devices on my network so I can Airplay to iPod HIFIs and a Bose SoundDock 10. For the longest time I was using Airport Extreme and Express units for my entire home network, but the capabilities, security, speed, and coverage finally persuaded me to move on last fall.
I still use mine today it’s my apartment router! Love this lil guy
Just placed a bid on one to replace my Pi Zero W printer server! For about $15 it's an absolute steal
What kind of outputs does the optical out support?
I get a more stable wireless blanket in my house with one of these little beauties and two of the last gen airport extremes than I do a 2024 WiFi 6E mesh.
Great cheap audio streaming device. I'm still rocking two of them.
Hello. I have this exact unit. Can this be used as a standalone router without an existing network?
@@erickgonzalez5777 hi, I believe it can. It might be a bit complicated to set up, so I’m not sure what the process is, sorry.
Can this be used just as a hub for 3.5 mm audio and a printer? I don't want to use it as a access point, because I have a faster wi-fi available, but I would quite like to print over the network... Great video, as always!
@@divang thank you! As long as it’s connected to your network (via Ethernet or wireless) it can be used for those things. You don’t need other devices connected necessarily.
can you use it as a time machine server?
@@lachlanlau no. There’s no storage on this one.
@@montaguebarnabasltd what about plugging in a drive?
@@lachlanlau as far as I’m aware, the USB port is for things like printers only. It’s USB2.0 anyway so probably wouldn’t be much good. I guess you could plug something powered in via Ethernet, but that kinda renders the AirPort Express redundant…
I loved mine!
I still use one as my only WiFi router every day. Excellent value for money, given its longevity
I have *atempted* to investigate the AirPort Express before, and my original conclusion was that it’s useless. However, after watching your video, I now just want one all of a sudden again! Here in China, they cost about 100 rmb, that’s like only a bit more than 10 pounds.
The 100 mbit tho, makes this thing a snail in a nice enclosure. I know I am one of few people having a gbit download speed. But above 200mbit is often the default for a lot of subscriptions these days (at least in europe) so these things will just bottleneck like crazy. Not to mention the possible security risks involves using quite outdated wifi gear/protocols. Not a big thing yet, but soon to be.
I get the experience and stuff and ease of use. No such thing exists elsewhere. But there are alternatives for making speakers airplay compatible. And imo networking gear just has to be functional. If you wanna make it look good, just put it away sonewhere, mount an ap to a ceiling or use mesh devices that are often quite stylish too these days. Which will give you a way way faster experience, especially when using a feature like mu-mimo in crowded network setups.
Hy sir
Can i buy MacBook retina late 2013
Please help
What’s the actual question? You can buy one second hand if available…
I can’t stop buying these from CEX for pennies !
You say router weird. Like rooter
@@ChrisTRCB thanks
Pat Earrings 😭😭😭😭😭
@@123moe yes
I have a Linksys RE6500 which is nearly identical in function. Airplay and wifi audio streaming right into a 3.5mm jack on the back. Wired access point and wifi (2.4+5) booster modes too, with gigabit ethernet. Might be a good alternative for anyone looking at these.
hehehe balls
It used to be a better product. The team maintaining these got crappy and software updates made the audio interface have worse sound and non constant level output.
I’m surprised to hear since mine has been pretty good. Still, the odd glitch here and there I can definitely see as part of that problem yeah