Well after 9 years of good service my Boom appears to be dead. Worked
fine up until Friday, unplugged it to use the socket and upon replugging
it in, no display or buttons light up, can't see it on the network
etc.... So I'm on the look out for a replacement audio streamer.
My requirements are:
- Decent sound quality (the Boom is great, I don't want some bass
box!)
- Must integrate and stream from my local NAS
- High wife acceptance factor
- Chromecast target would be great
Here I see my options as:
- Replace with another Boom
- Change to a Sonos system
- Use Google Homes (or equivalent)
- Use simple DLNA speakers
I have to be honest I'm not that keen on buying another Boom only for it
to go tits up in a year or 2. Also Booms seem to be quite expensive
still, although Radios can at least be picked up cheaper (at least here
in Germany).
Sonos seem to be the only manufacturer that are still making streamers
that connect to local NAS. I'm not interested in Spotify etc... much
more interested in FLAC from my local server, with the occasional bit of
internet radio.
I've seen these 'GGMM E speaker'
(https://www.amazon.de/GGMM-WLAN-Lautsprecher-Lautsprecher-Multiroom-Lautsprecher-integrierter-schwarz/dp/B01M9FYRQ7/ref=sr_1_6?s=ce-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1538301157&sr=1-6&keywords=chromecast+speaker)
recommended and they at least look decent.
Chromecast would be great as I often podcast from my phone. I don't need
Google assistant though (already have a Home mini).
So what are people doing here? There must be plenty in a similar
situation :-)
Thanks
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