Hey all,
I've had a set of B&W 685's, 686's an HTM61 and an older Marantz SR5004 AVR just sitting in my spare room after upgrading my Home Theater setup.
Tonight I decided I really wanted music in my bedroom so have setup the 685's and the Marantz SR5004 AVR. The question now is the source
.
I mostly stream my music from Tidal and so have been thinking how to get this onto the receiver which doesn't really have much in the way of modern connectivity.
Two main ideas come to mind.
1) Chromecast
I could get a chromecast and then cast my media. I do this all the time to the nVidia Shield in the living room and it works great.
The benefit here is that the Chromecast is connected to the HDMI so there should be no degradation of audio.
I can also cast to it from a number of devices, such as laptop and PC.
https://www.takealot.com/google-chromecast-2nd-generation-2015-grey-import/PLID41402657
2) Bluetooth Receiver
The more obvious alternative is a Bluetooth receiver which I can pair to my phone and just send audio that way.
My one concern here is I am downloading audio to the phone and then transmitting it via bluetooth to the adapter. I've read a few posts saying that some of the cheaper receivers do drop audio quality.
https://www.takealot.com/logitech-bluetooth-audio-adaptor/PLID32732283
I've thrown up a poll for votes but I am also all ears to other ideas.
I've had a set of B&W 685's, 686's an HTM61 and an older Marantz SR5004 AVR just sitting in my spare room after upgrading my Home Theater setup.
Tonight I decided I really wanted music in my bedroom so have setup the 685's and the Marantz SR5004 AVR. The question now is the source
.I mostly stream my music from Tidal and so have been thinking how to get this onto the receiver which doesn't really have much in the way of modern connectivity.
Two main ideas come to mind.
1) Chromecast
I could get a chromecast and then cast my media. I do this all the time to the nVidia Shield in the living room and it works great.
The benefit here is that the Chromecast is connected to the HDMI so there should be no degradation of audio.
I can also cast to it from a number of devices, such as laptop and PC.
https://www.takealot.com/google-chromecast-2nd-generation-2015-grey-import/PLID41402657
2) Bluetooth Receiver
The more obvious alternative is a Bluetooth receiver which I can pair to my phone and just send audio that way.
My one concern here is I am downloading audio to the phone and then transmitting it via bluetooth to the adapter. I've read a few posts saying that some of the cheaper receivers do drop audio quality.
https://www.takealot.com/logitech-bluetooth-audio-adaptor/PLID32732283
I've thrown up a poll for votes but I am also all ears
to other ideas.
