Fake AirTunes? Hells Yes. 

So, about 2 years ago, I wrote a post wondering:

I’ve decided what I really need in life is a little application that runs on my laptop that’s hooked up to my stereo. This would make iTunes think that my laptop was an Airport Express, and my laptop would show up as remote speakers in iTunes.

There were a handful of random Sourceforge projects, but nothing that hit reality or worked. Which kinda sucked.

Then I'm dorking around looking for cool Mac stuff this evening after filing my taxes, and what do I find but this gift from the heavens: Airfoil 3.

There's a Mac version and a PC version, as well as a little app called Airfoil Speakers. That's the magic bit. I could download Airfoil Speakers, run that on my MacBook Pro, and hook that up to my stereo in my bedroom. At the same time, I could run Airfoil 3 on the PC, and broadcast music--in sync--to my laptop.

Badass. Now, the one downside, of course, is that it'd be $25 x 2 (that's $50!) for me to get both the Mac and PC versions. I could probably get by with just the PC version (since that's where my music is), but it'd be cool to have the Mac version as well (though without a second Mac, I really don't need it). Pretty awesome.

Now, if Rogue Amoeba can create some Airfoil Windows Speakers, then I could take my old laptop out of the closet, have it sit on my stereo, and be a permanent receiver for my iTunes. That'd be pretty darn slick.

Anyway, thanks Rogue Amoeba. One of my most popular post was that fake AirTunes post, which still picks up residual search traffic every week. Maybe if I throw a sale or two your way you'll hook me up? Really? That'd be great! Thanks so much. You're the best.