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johnnyrod · 01-12-18, 12:43 PM

I guess convenience costs money. The TV has no smart features. I'm perfectly happy with the sound I get from the NAD, it's galling that it could end up redundant because of a lack of a source. Has anyone tried the Chromecast Audio?

After some playing around last night I found the QNAP music app on my phone can send music to the Sky Q box via Airplay. You can get HDMI audio extractors to provide an analogue input to the amp, I don't know if they're any good, but they are cheap. Not sure how you'd control the telly volume, presume from the amp, however we're really only bothered about the TV sound for films.

We're also after a wifi speaker for the kitchen, many of which just don't sound very good. The Sonos Play 3 sounds a lot better than the Play 1 and apparently you can hook it up with one of their soundbars and put it at the back of the room for some sort of surround sound. So, there's a grand right there! Blimey.

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01-12-18, 12:43 PM	#7
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Sonos and alternatives - OMO I guess convenience costs money. The TV has no smart features. I'm perfectly happy with the sound I get from the NAD, it's galling that it could end up redundant because of a lack of a source. Has anyone tried the Chromecast Audio? After some playing around last night I found the QNAP music app on my phone can send music to the Sky Q box via Airplay. You can get HDMI audio extractors to provide an analogue input to the amp, I don't know if they're any good, but they are cheap. Not sure how you'd control the telly volume, presume from the amp, however we're really only bothered about the TV sound for films. We're also after a wifi speaker for the kitchen, many of which just don't sound very good. The Sonos Play 3 sounds a lot better than the Play 1 and apparently you can hook it up with one of their soundbars and put it at the back of the room for some sort of surround sound. So, there's a grand right there! Blimey. Um...