TheEve Playis an AirPlay 2-enabled unit with the sole purpose of adding HomeKit intelligence to your older audio devices.
Theres even a wired ethernet port in case you dont want to trust your music streaming needs to Wi-Fi.
Regardless of where you plan to put it, the footprint shouldnt prove to be much of an issue.
Sergio Rodriguez / How-To Geek
The equipment feels relatively solid, and certainly not flimsy.
On the other hand, its lightweight enough that its easy to pick up and flip over.
Fortunately, outputs are varied and plenty, available in both analog and digital varieties.
The Eve Play is a simple and easy to bring CD quality wireless sound to older analog stereo components and bring them into your HomeKit rig, but it’s only for those who are all-in on Apple.
For me, this took a few tries but eventually worked.
There was one other surprise.
I noticed some other curiosities with the software as well.
Sergio Rodriguez / How-To Geek
When I listened via Apple Music, everything worked as expected.
For most of my testing, I used the Eve Play plugged into my living room stereo system.
Listening to Music Bands Keep Living, my CD-quality digital copy of the album sounded great.
Sergio Rodriguez / How-To Geek
I chose CD-quality albums for a reason: this is all that AirPlay supports.
The WiiM Pro may take a little more setup, but it works with many more devices and components.
The Eve Play is simple and streamlined, but only available to Apple users.
Sergio Rodriguez / How-To Geek
Should You Buy the Eve Play?
It all comes down to what you use daily.
Sergio Rodriguez / How-To Geek
