Amazon Echo Dot and 2nd source and hook it up to your existing wired whole home audio system.

How to use Amazon Echo Dot and mix in a source and hook it up to your existing wired whole home audio system. And do it on a budget! Check all my Echo multi room audio videos.
I am not an audio professional so there may be better ways to do this! However, I have speakers all over my house that are wired up to volume control knobs, that are all wired to a distribution panel in my basement. Meaning, you can hook up a radio and play that source all over the house if you want. Well, I don't want radio, I want Amazon Prime Music or Tune-in, or Spotify, or Pandora, etc.
I used the 1st Gen Echo Dot with audio out and wired it up to my distribution panel. I did that by using pre-existing wiring in the house that was meant to send a source from my main TV area. I'm lucky that it was wired that way. BUT NOW, since Amazon enabled multi-room I can move that Dot downstairs and ask my kitchen Echo Show to play music on a group. Add that dot to a group and it will do the work for you outputting audio to your volume control knobs and eventually to your speakers.

If you don't have an amp handy try this one - http://amzn.to/2yv5EAS I'm not sure how many zones it will push though.

I did this in my previous house too! Check that video here - Amazon Echo Dot hooked up to whole home audio

I also explain Multi-Room Audio with Amazon here - How to Setup and use Multi Room Audio with Amazon Echo Devices

Echo Show First Look - echo Show - Setup, to Sound Comparison, and Video Calls

Google Home vs. Alexa - Google Home vs. Amazon Alexa

Want multiple sources the home-made way? Check this one out. ChromeCast Audio and Airplay in a Whole Home Audio Setup



All for very cheap! Check the links below of the gear I used.
Echo Dot
http://amzn.to/2wJQDZP

rolls MX51S Mini Mix II 2 1/4 & 3 RCA Mixer
http://amzn.to/2yufbYy

Kicker KISL 2-Channel K-Series Speaker Cable to RCA Adapter

http://amzn.to/2xVFb28

Dayton Audio MSDB-8 Multi Speaker Distribution Box
http://amzn.to/2xUCIFp

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