The invention relates to a master sound box. The master sound box communicates with a terminal and a slave sound box, and comprises a receiving module, a resource address sending module, a notification sending module, a first real-time playing module and an active synchronizing module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving an audio resource address of the terminal via a streaming media transmission protocol; the resource address sending module is used for, after receiving the audio resource address of the terminal, sending the audio resource address from the sound box; the notification sending module is used for sending a notification of acquiring audio by accessing the audio resource address and playing the audio in real time to the sound box; the first real-time playing module is used for, after sending the notification to the sound box, acquiring the audio by accessing the audio resource address, and playing the audio in real time; and the active synchronizing module is used for, when the audio is played in real time, sending synchronous calibration information to the sound box. The invention further provides a slave sound box and a method for controlling synchronous playing of audio by a router. The invention achieves the effect of synchronous playing of multiple wireless sound boxes, and can be applied to classrooms, playgrounds, subways and other similar places.