johnieutah wrote: > 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
If you run LMS then install the chromecast bridge plugin, then you can use a Google Home device as a player/speaker. GGMMs are okay - best used with the airplay bridge plugin. LMS server: Pi Zero Amp: Denon PMA-50 Players/Speakers: Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos, Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google Home Mini, Pioneer WX-SMA1, O2 Joggler, Cisco Joggler Brexit = ∞ stupidity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109527 _______________________________________________ Boom mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/boom
