Chromecast Audio

[anubisgrau]

sure not, but touch is out of production for mere 5 years so not really comparable - i asked wondering should i sell SB touch and get this one?

[mikeyb]

sure not, but touch is out of production for mere 5 years so not really comparable - i asked wondering should i sell SB touch and get this one?

Not if it's working perfectly well, I have a CCA and it's ok for the money and handy for Spotify window shopping and background listening.

Thing is you'll find the CCA at around £30 so no need to sell your SBT it's cheap enough to buy, try and sell on if don't like.

[Getgaff]

sure not, but touch is out of production for mere 5 years so not really comparable - i asked wondering should i sell SB touch and get this one?

Not if gapless playback is important to you. As good as the CCA is, the lack of gapless playback lets it down.

[wee tee cee]

Not if it's working perfectly well, I have a CCA and it's ok for the money and handy for Spotify window shopping and background listening.

Thing is you'll find the CCA at around £30 so no need to sell your SBT it's cheap enough to buy, try and sell on if don't like.

with a decent glass optical and good dac its pretty bloody good...a proper hi fi bargain IMHO

[Silent]

with a decent glass optical and good dac its pretty bloody good...a proper hi fi bargain IMHO

Hearing it on your system for the first time I thought you were pulling my leg "a Google Chromecast cast?! Sounds good?! Pfft aye right" but I was honestly pleasantly surprised, it's very good for it's price point

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[wee tee cee]

still a wee bit sibilant to my ears on the standard psu but bloody impressive none the less.

havent got round to going off grid with it-but will in time

[Silent]

still a wee bit sibilant to my ears on the standard psu but bloody impressive none the less.

havent got round to going off grid with it-but will in time

Just got it rigged up, will need a good few hours to get my head around it but can confirm it runs off of a portable phone charger/power bank:

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[Magna Audio]

Just got it rigged up, will need a good few hours to get my head around it but can confirm it runs off of a portable phone charger/power bank:

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Cool
Is that an optical 3.5mm to toslink cable I spy?
Next upgrade is the Lan to USB converter Google make (but you'll want to butcher it to get away from the Wall wart Power supply that's integrated into it).
Inevitable slippery slope

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[Silent]

Cool
Is that an optical 3.5mm to toslink cable I spy?
Next upgrade is the Lan to USB converter Google make (but you'll want to butcher it to get away from the Wall wart Power supply that's integrated into it).
Inevitable slippery slope

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It is indeed, I was shocked when I read the CCA had optical out, really nice of Google to include that.

Does the lan to usb do anything other than increase the connectivity (since it's a wired connection)? If so I don't see it as necessary, I think the wireless connection is quite spot on. Can take a wee while booting up, especially if I've moved it from room to room but once it's going for a bit it seems flawless

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[Magna Audio]

It is indeed, I was shocked when I read the CCA had optical out, really nice of Google to include that.

Does the lan to usb do anything other than increase the connectivity (since it's a wired connection)? If so I don't see it as necessary, I think the wireless connection is quite spot on. Can take a wee while booting up, especially if I've moved it from room to room but once it's going for a bit it seems flawless

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The Lan does indeed improve sound quality further.
In my case it is NOT due to poor WiFi. My router is just 1.5m from the CCA and low ping / very good down and upload speeds.

The improvement comes in turning off the wireless receiver / transmitter in CCA, which cleans up the sound.

I and others have found the same thing on PC and RPi based music servers too.
You can't beat copper.

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