#1 Music Streaming for Teenager (and SB Touch)
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:41 am
Just made the 'Cheap as Chips' amp for my daughter with some bookshelf speakers but have overlooked somewhat what and how she would feed it. Hardwired is the only option at the moment through the two RCAs.
I had initially thought of a bluetooth audio adapter (one ordered from China for less than £3 but other branded ones available) but when browsing, believe that sonically these are no way as good as wi-fi adapters.
I have seen something like the Google Chromecast Audio adapter I think from £25. Not only do I think it could access stuff on the NAS drive, she could use Spotify/Deezer/Google Play Music from her android phone or tablet?
Has anyone used the Google Chromecast Audio adapter and if so what do you think? Or are there other budget alternatives equally as good?
What would you recommend in terms of apps - I assume there are loads to stream radio for free, and she could get free playlists from Deezer?
My only concern is that if I do end up subscribing to one of the above Spotify/Deezer services, it would be nice to be able to use this on my Squeezebox Touch but have read that Spotify is not very good if not useless with the Touch. I have the non-subscriotion Deezer playing on my Touch and this seems fine so does anyone have a view as to the best streaming service for use with the Touch now that it is not supported?
Thanks.
I had initially thought of a bluetooth audio adapter (one ordered from China for less than £3 but other branded ones available) but when browsing, believe that sonically these are no way as good as wi-fi adapters.
I have seen something like the Google Chromecast Audio adapter I think from £25. Not only do I think it could access stuff on the NAS drive, she could use Spotify/Deezer/Google Play Music from her android phone or tablet?
Has anyone used the Google Chromecast Audio adapter and if so what do you think? Or are there other budget alternatives equally as good?
What would you recommend in terms of apps - I assume there are loads to stream radio for free, and she could get free playlists from Deezer?
My only concern is that if I do end up subscribing to one of the above Spotify/Deezer services, it would be nice to be able to use this on my Squeezebox Touch but have read that Spotify is not very good if not useless with the Touch. I have the non-subscriotion Deezer playing on my Touch and this seems fine so does anyone have a view as to the best streaming service for use with the Touch now that it is not supported?
Thanks.