Alternative to Gramofon?

[dhutch]

GravelBen said:

Ah, I understand your system better now - my previous suggestion was thinking you were putting separate amps in each room.

Yes, took me a moment to get over that preconception.

[Driller]

dmsims said:

VEX said:

That, Sir, Is a billy bob bargin.

As long as it stays around then a valuable option. You are looking at over £100 cheaper again than my Yamaha Music Cast option. Oh 6 Zones that is £660 saved! On top of the £1200 or so against Sonos.

V.

No ethernet

and you cannoy buy it on Goodmans site -
"Oops, this page isn't here

The URL may be misspelled or the page you're looking for is no longer available."

I’m having a hard time taking that Goodmans unit seriously for that price actually. I would definitely be worried about reliability and there’s the problem of no ethernet of course.

That Yamaha Multicast system seems a GREAT compromise between cost and quality and the name definitely inspires confidence.

[bristolracer]

Just a heads up for anyone considering the Yamaha units

If you use Tidal to stream you have to use the Yamaha app to operate tidal.
While it is not the worst app i have seen, it makes using tidal a pain, searching for tracks involves pressing the back key lots,waiting for the screen to load etc.

On the other hand Tidal lists chromecast from the app

Spotify will work with the Yamaha but having made the jump to Tidal as Spotify seem in no hurry to go high res this is all a bit frustrating

A comparison between the two (chromecast and the Yamaha wxad10 streamer) didnt reveal a massive gap in quality especially as the yamaha is £100 more!

Appreciate the installers here require the ethernet ,so if you go for the Yamaha just watch which streaming services will work with it.

Edited by bristolracer on Saturday 24th February 19:18

[h0b0]

GravelBen said:

Ah, I understand your system better now - my previous suggestion was thinking you were putting separate amps in each room.

Many years ago I did an installation where some of the rooms were so far away we had too much drop on the speakers cables so had to use amps located in the rooms instead of in the main stack. When I suggeted putting the extra cables in for redundancy the boss thought I was crazy.

For that house though, cables were ordered in 10’s of kilometers. We also had to dig a trench 100m long to the tennis courts.

[anonymous-user]

dmsims said:

https://www.richersounds.com/samsung-wireless-wam-... ??

Any related software will be buggy crap based on every piece of inhouse developed software I ever used

[bristolracer]

wsurfa said:

dmsims said:

https://www.richersounds.com/samsung-wireless-wam-... ??

Any related software will be buggy crap based on every piece of inhouse developed software I ever used

It’s about time the manufacturers complied to universal standards and let the software companies write the necessary code to connect things and make them play nicely.

“Why don’t my speakers work together,after all they are all wireless?” is what most users will ask
Trying to convince the general public to buy into one ‘ecosystem’ only won’t work for long.

[Driller]

New (ish) kid on the block: Spotify streamer with Ethernet for £50, British company too:

https://www.augustint.com/en/productmsg-365-338.ht...

[dhutch]

Driller said:

New (ish) kid on the block: Spotify streamer with Ethernet for £50, British company too:

https://www.augustint.com/en/productmsg-365-338.ht...

Why would you not just use a Chromecast?

[Driller]

No Ethernet on chromecast?