finally a competitor for Sonos??????

finally a competitor for Sonos??????

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kingston12

5,473 posts

156 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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paulrockliffe said:
Someone mentioned there was a LAN adapter for CC, might just be for the TV ones though?
The LAN adaptor works fine for the CC Audio as well as the Video one. I have two of mine connected this way where the Wifi reception is poor. If only the HomePlugs that I have them connected to were as reliable!

I bought mine for £15 from Google, which is pretty reasonable even if it does double the price of each CCA!

AC43

11,435 posts

207 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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paulrockliffe said:
The Youtube app can support both, it just doesn't. It's deliberate choice (not one I agree with) to keep things simple for the user at the expense of choice.
Irritating.

paulrockliffe said:
For example, Pocket Casts supports both CC and CCA and will just add a what's playing screen to the CC if you cast to that.
Are you suggesting I try installing Pocket Cast on my phone and that way I'll be able to cast to a CCA from Youtube?

doodlebug

746 posts

215 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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paulrockliffe said:
The Youtube app can support both, it just doesn't. It's deliberate choice (not one I agree with) to keep things simple for the user at the expense of choice.
From my PC I can cast to my CCAs from YouTube. When I click the cast button, there is a drop-down list of all of my CCs and CCAs and I can cast to any of them, including the groups I have set up. Not sure why they can't do the same on the app.

AC43

11,435 posts

207 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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doodlebug said:
paulrockliffe said:
The Youtube app can support both, it just doesn't. It's deliberate choice (not one I agree with) to keep things simple for the user at the expense of choice.
From my PC I can cast to my CCAs from YouTube. When I click the cast button, there is a drop-down list of all of my CCs and CCAs and I can cast to any of them, including the groups I have set up. Not sure why they can't do the same on the app.
Oh yeah, good tip. I just added the Chromecast extension to my browser and it sees my CC and both my CCA's.

Now I can annoy my wife with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSNEE1m1bHU

dirty boy

14,688 posts

208 months

Friday 27th May 2016
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Been reading this thread with interest, given I've been hankering over Sonos for a while but continual building work has but it on hold.


I've currently got two ageing Bose Sounddocks and a portable Sounddock (camping trips and the like) but it's usually plugged in the bedroom.

As they're a bit archaic and don't support the lightning sockets, I tend to connect my phone via a cable whenever i'm in the appropriate room and just play Spotify. Although one Bose is connected to my Sky box by the same cable so I get some reasonable sound via the TV.

So...

Do I just require 3 of these Chromecast Audios for each Bose and I can essentially have music throughout the house via Spotify? As simple as that?

All for £45???

phil_cardiff

7,042 posts

207 months

Friday 27th May 2016
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dirty boy said:
Been reading this thread with interest, given I've been hankering over Sonos for a while but continual building work has but it on hold.


I've currently got two ageing Bose Sounddocks and a portable Sounddock (camping trips and the like) but it's usually plugged in the bedroom.

As they're a bit archaic and don't support the lightning sockets, I tend to connect my phone via a cable whenever i'm in the appropriate room and just play Spotify. Although one Bose is connected to my Sky box by the same cable so I get some reasonable sound via the TV.

So...

Do I just require 3 of these Chromecast Audios for each Bose and I can essentially have music throughout the house via Spotify? As simple as that?

All for £45???
So long as they all have aux in or rca in.

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Saturday 28th May 2016
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phil_cardiff said:
So long as they all have aux in or rca in.
Or this might work

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HVCJG9Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_...

phil_cardiff

7,042 posts

207 months

Saturday 28th May 2016
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Watchman said:
phil_cardiff said:
So long as they all have aux in or rca in.
Or this might work

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HVCJG9Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_...
Apparently doesn't work with Bose docking stations according to the description. But your idea seems sound to me.

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Sunday 29th May 2016
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phil_cardiff said:
Apparently doesn't work with Bose docking stations according to the description. But your idea seems sound to me.
I bought one to use with my Scandyna amp - didn't work. But some of the comments suggest it will work with some of the Bose kit.

AC43

11,435 posts

207 months

Monday 30th May 2016
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Bullett said:
I never understood why Logitech got out of this market, the squeezebox range worked well and was reasonably priced. Ok not quite as slick as Sonos but a better proposition financially.
My BIL is a big fan of Squeezboxes so I tried one. The conclusion I reaches is that for me it an OK client for internet radio and that was about it. He also used his to stream huge amounts of music from a NAS drive and for that it made a lot moresense. Also, the one I had didn't have the remote with the screen so when changing channels I was forever peering at the little LED's on the box and trying to remember which menu or sub menu some obscure station might or might not be held under. And failing. As a result I stopped using it.

I then spent a while using an iPad as a static client RCA'd into my amp, then found Bluetooth then found Chromecasts.

Logitech probably got out was they'd be squeezed out (pardon the pun) by either people like me casting music from a handset from an every-increasing selection of easy to use apps on one hand and people investing more heavily in Sonos on the other.

dmsims

6,450 posts

266 months

Monday 30th May 2016
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The SBT is a fantastic device and one that many competitors would do well to emulate

The usability is first class: Phone, tablet, PC, remote control and the device itself