New to streaming, please help.

[mikeyb]

Having an occasional read of this thread makes me glad I stick with CD and records.

Funnily enough, I love my streaming but having vinyl too has made me realise that I haven’t missed Spotify streaming all that much in my main system.

Vinyl Rocks !

[Stratmangler]

Having an occasional read of this thread makes me glad I stick with CD and records.

Wassat, Grampa?

[struth]

majority of my listening is on cans so all of that is streaming, either my music or deezer from the laptop. i can send it to main system too but usually play cd's and vinyl there.

[Stratmangler]

Funnily enough, I love my streaming but having vinyl too has made me realise that I haven’t missed Spotify streaming all that much in my main system.

Vinyl Rocks !

I still spin the black stuff when the mood takes me. And it still rocks.
Most of the time it's Squeezeboxes wot I listen to, and they just deliver day after day after day.
I don't have a CD player at home.

[Mikeandvan]

So, I'm thinking now of trying other streaming services. As I have a fairly new Moto G4, so operating system will be compatible with many. Thing is can I use this with my pioneer N-50, no fucking idea, this is complicated.

[Stratmangler]

So, I'm thinking now of trying other streaming services. As I have a fairly new Moto G4, so operating system will be compatible with many. Thing is can I use this with my pioneer N-50, no fucking idea, this is complicated.

Do you want the simplest answer, Mike?

If you want to do Spotify, get a ChromeCast audio device, and connect it to your N-50 using the optical (Toslink) input.
Cast your Spotify audio from the Moto G4 at the ChromeCast Audio device, and it will pass digits to the N-50.
You'll need to have the ChromeCast Audio unit connected to your WiFi, and your Moto G4 too, but that's as complicated as it gets, other than selecting the optical input on the N-50 as your playing source.

[Sherwood]

Do you want the simplest answer, Mike?

If you want to do Spotify, get a ChromeCast audio device, and connect it to your N-50 using the optical (Toslink) input.
Cast your Spotify audio from the Moto G4 at the ChromeCast Audio device, and it will pass digits to the N-50.
You'll need to have the ChromeCast Audio unit connected to your WiFi, and your Moto G4 too, but that's as complicated as it gets, other than selecting the optical input on the N-50 as your playing source.

+1

[Bourneendboy]

Do you want the simplest answer, Mike?

If you want to do Spotify, get a ChromeCast audio device, and connect it to your N-50 using the optical (Toslink) input.
Cast your Spotify audio from the Moto G4 at the ChromeCast Audio device, and it will pass digits to the N-50.
You'll need to have the ChromeCast Audio unit connected to your WiFi, and your Moto G4 too, but that's as complicated as it gets, other than selecting the optical input on the N-50 as your playing source.

Got to agree with this!

Saying that, now that my Digione Player is up and running and having access to Spotify Connect, there's no reason why this shouldn't be just as simple.

[Mikeandvan]

Do you want the simplest answer, Mike?

If you want to do Spotify, get a ChromeCast audio device, and connect it to your N-50 using the optical (Toslink) input.
Cast your Spotify audio from the Moto G4 at the ChromeCast Audio device, and it will pass digits to the N-50.
You'll need to have the ChromeCast Audio unit connected to your WiFi, and your Moto G4 too, but that's as complicated as it gets, other than selecting the optical input on the N-50 as your playing source.

Thanks, might have to do that. What exactly does the Chromecast do?

[Stratmangler]

Thanks, might have to do that. What exactly does the Chromecast do?

It's a WiFi connected receiver.
You set it up on your network (don't panic, it's easy to do), and when you open the Spotify app on your Smartphone you have the option to cast it at your unit.
The streaming from your phone to the Chromecast is over WiFi.