If you already have the ingredients to do this, then it may be a cheaper solution.
My RaspberryPi has been a few things since I bought it (a print server, a file server, a web server) but I never really settled on anything and for the past couple of months it has sat in a drawer.
I've now just re-purposed it as an Airplay speaker in less than an hour for no extra cost.
I will probably purchase a smaller USB WiFi dongle (@£8.99 on Amazon) but even including the cost of the Raspberry Pi (~£34 total), that's less than half the cost of an Airport Express (£80).
My RaspberryPi has been a few things since I bought it (a print server, a file server, a web server) but I never really settled on anything and for the past couple of months it has sat in a drawer.
I've now just re-purposed it as an Airplay speaker in less than an hour for no extra cost.
I will probably purchase a smaller USB WiFi dongle (@£8.99 on Amazon) but even including the cost of the Raspberry Pi (~£34 total), that's less than half the cost of an Airport Express (£80).
On top of that, who doesn't like to tinker?