I actually saw your video a few days ago, and got a used Airport Express locally. I didn’t anticipate that I’d run into the problem of the Home app not finding the device, or not showing up after “more options.” I followed the directions, restarted the device, and the all worked! I did get a warning error message in the middle of the IPv setup, but I clicked ignore to make that go away. Really, really helpful, and I got to play around last night with my otherwise still boombox back in service. Thank you!

Love it!!! I'm getting a set of hifi speakers soon, I'll have to incorporate this setup!

Clear, concise presentation. Keep doing what you’re doing, my friend.

I found your video last week .I wind up buying one of the devices on eBay I received it yesterday and it works great thanks so much for your help

Thanks for the network settings! Very cool 😎 I will definitely buy a home pod mini for my setup and use your instructions. Thanks Mate ! 🤜🏼🤛🏼

Great in depth with contextual background in your videos thanks for your hard work!

Hey Dylan, thanks for taking the time to share this. I found it very helpful and got it all up and running. Great help:-). Steve

Thanks for the video.

Thanks, Dylan, this is my missing link. I have had an Airport Express connected to my analog stereo for years now and then added Homepod minis in the kitchen, bathroom, and elsewhere. All works great but missed being able to command the AE via Siri. You solved it!. Also, the AE works brilliantly with Apple Music lossless formats.

Awesome!!! I was looking to solve this issue for years. Thanks a lot

My man, thank you for these videos! I already have Sonos throughout my house and tried using a line-out Bluetooth adapter but that totally sucked. This is the solution! This will allow me to stream from my Apple devices to my Sonos system. A1392 on the way!👍

Thanks a lot!

This is golden, thanks !

Thank you for your helpful video. Amazing you figured this out! Thanks to you my homepod can now play music through my big system, BUT when I tell Siri to change song it starts a new second stream locally on the homepod, so two songs are playing at the same time one on my big system and another on the homepod... it's always something with Apple doing things only 80%.

Puedes usarlo para trasmitir el audio de una tocadiscos a un sistema Sonos por wifi

The 3.5mm Jack is also Mini Toslink (Optical cable)

I have one Homepod Mini in the kitchen and three AirPort Expresses in different rooms connected to speakers/sound systems. It works great and is fun to stream music all around the house. My next project will be tow get two Minis and connect them to our AppleTV. I plan to ask connect a subwoofer to an Express to five the TV more base.

@dylanmacintosh very clear and concise info! I didn't realize I will run into this Siri problem with my soon-to-be configuration. I plan to add a subwoofer to my existing HomePod stereo pair. Hopefully I can get the bass to play in sync with the HomePods, with either airplaying from iPhone or from AppleTV. Wish me luck.

Thanks Dylan, this worked for me. I was able to tell siri to play music thru my vintage stereo, but siri cant adjust the volume by voice. I have walk over to the receiver and manually adjust the volume. No idea why, but sill nice to have. Edit: I can also use the older Airport Express A1264 to play thru my vintage stereo but cant get it into Homekit so no siri voice control. It supports Airplay 1 only not Airplay 2, no idea if thats why. But at least I can still play by using the pull down menu from my iphone. Amazing that you can link new tech with 1970's tech. Thanks for your idea, I'm loving it

Thanks Dylan! Very useful video! BTW, what case you are wearing on your Iphone? It looks dope!

Doesn’t the The bridge mode fix this problem for adding on on HomeKit? Also you should turn the WiFi radio off

Got HomePods recently for £30 each and the AirPort Express for £5 each (I fount 2 for sale cheap!) and I can’t wait get this set up with my Apple TV 4K 3rd gen. I’m getting a sub to make the HomePods more powerful!

This is really cool! Where did you get the board behind you?

Have you thought about using the Sonos amp, which has Airplay 2 built in? It should allow the same, but at a cheaper price than most receivers with built-in airplay. Thoughts?

Hi Dylan! Can we use the vintage Apple TV 3rd Gen to be part of the Apple Home, too, like the the vintage AirPort Express you did here?

Is it possible to use an AirPort Express hooked up to some simple amp (not an old receiver, but one of those new small amps that you find on Amazon for example). I’m looking to create a home system that is HomePod Mini controlled, from scratch.

Did the changes (there is a warning box in AirPort Utility at one point but, just ignore it) and I cannot get it to work! Home just says it can’t add it. I did a hard reset. Not soft and not factory. Then loaded settings back in. Once done, it added it OK and it is back to HomeKit. However, Siri still cannot find it! Normally I use the Express in Airplay v1 mode (downgrade firmware) to ensure it is always going to play 16/44 from Apple Music account (under certain circumstances, Airplay is AAC256 in Airplay 2 mode). I thought that might be it. So I did the firmware update to Airplay 2. But that made no difference at all. The device does show up in Home but with the No Response message and, no Siri function. So I did the hard reset and went back to Airplay 1 as my preferred quality since, no matter what I do, it cannot be seen by Siri for voice, and just shows up in Home with the basic controls when something is played on it. Also, HomePod minis cannot play to Airport 1 devices, unlike iOS and macOS. But their would be no audio quality gain since the Airport Expresses are only ever 16/44 max. Which, honestly, is excellent except for misguided pedantic audiophile nerds with money to burn. Note too that I also had wifi to turned off since the Expresses were only being Airplay receivers via ethernet (better signal quality). So during all of this, I had wi-fi on and, it made no difference. So it too is back to off and, the Express uses less electricity and is no longer a router or extender (never was either). Finally, the Belkin Soundform Connect is excellent. Most of the negative comments in any reviews did the install wrong. But it can be found on sale for as low as $65. Which, to me, is about what it should be NOT on sale. I got one. Liked it. But I only needed the 3 Expresses so sent it back. But, I would get one now instead of a used Express v2. Smaller, rock solid wifi (it is only wifi). The DAC in it is fine but, I'd pair it up with an SMSL SU-1 for high end sound on the cheap.

Can someone recommend a y cable- rca to 3.5mm. I have my klipsch subwoofer speaker integrated through the airport express. I bought a cheap cable from target and I can't tell if the annoying pops. metallic noises are a wifi problem or a cable problem.

Great info! I followed your video to a tee and I can stream music via airplay, but I can't see it in Home when I try to add accessory. Am I missing something?

Thanks for the great video. Would this be possible to configure with the 2008 model A1264? I’m able to configure all settings as you’ve shown, just that it doesn’t show up in my home app as an accessory. The Express works fine as an AirPlay device. I’m using the express in a ‘join existing network’ mode. Not creating a network or extending it. Any tips?

I have an airport express but I don’t use airports to connect to the net. Can I connect the airport to my network then use them for my hifi?

Great instructions, but unfortunately it still doesn't show up in the Add Accessory for me 😞

Does the Hi-Fi stereo system need to be turned on the whole time to acces it via airplay?

In stead of a home pod , I just use a i just use an old iPad for voice control.

Hey mate, I have a question in re: AirPort Express, I have a turntable and other things plugged into my amplifier, I have an audio out RCA plugs on the back of the amp, can I plug this audio out RCA outputs into AirPort Express via the 3.5 jack and stream my audio on my Home pods via AirPort Express AirPlay?

Awesome! Looking at the functionality of the HomePod (basically a HomeKit Bridge) an Apple TV (if you have one) should also work very well! You just wont get the voice control features in the room (you can obviously use an iPhone or Apple Watch for this, however) My question is how reliable are the automations? Say every morning you want the Yamaha speakers to start at 8:00am with your favorite playlist, Do they work consistently? I'm mainly asking about the reliability of the AirPlay connection as in my experience even branded AirPlay 2 products (like Sonos for example) have issues with automation-based actions over airplay.

In 2023 it seems like the Wiim Mini will do all of this and more for $99. Also you can add a traditional to remote to the Wiim mini if you want to.

Have you ever had issue with Lag using the airport express?

What is the difference between asking Siri to play music ON a HomePod vs playing TO a HomePod? You reference this difference around 5:25, but I’m not sure I understand.

Theres a 4th reason for Airport Express …. you can play i.e. AIFF-Files / SPDIF which have a significant better quality.

You forgot one thing with AirPort Express. It supports AirPlay 2 which is based on Apple Lossless rather than something like Bluetooth which is highly compressed. Also it supports digital toslink connection.

I got a missing dns error on my airport utility. And still not showing up in HomeKit 😭

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