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Headphoneus Supremus
Would this offer better sound quality than a bluetooth DAC like my Arcam MiniBlink (with aptX) which I do find great ?
Would this offer better sound quality than a bluetooth DAC like my Arcam MiniBlink (with aptX) which I do find great ?
New Offer - $6 added to your Google Play account for each Chromecast Audio (and Nexus and Chromecast) you have.
Google has added a new offer that gives you $6 in play store credit to use on Android apps, music etc for each chromecast. The offer says it is limited to $12 max, but I have 2 Chromecast audios and 1 Nexus player hooked up, and it worked for all three of them for $18 credit. Purchased over a month ago, so they do not have to be new.
For windows desktop: you need to go to this url using the Chrome Browser (with Chromecast plugin installed): https://cast.google.com/chromecast/offers/
You should see the $6 credit offer, when you click it asks you to pick your chromecast device and then gives you credit. If you have more than one device, go through the process for each device, picking a different one each time.
I have not tried with an an android device, but it should work through the Chromecast app there (I think there is a special offers tab).
One of my CCAs got the update, Firmware starts with 1.17 vs older 1.16. There was a confirmation on the Google forum that Test files in various formats 16b44 /48 /96 & 24b24 /48/96 play at source rate via optical.
Update: Yea! My CCA with 1.17a firmware plays at the correct un-resampled bitrates through optical. Only 1 of my 3 CCAs has been updated so far.
No support for synchronized play of multiple chromecasts yet
Could you check if you are able to play spotify to the cca through spotify connect from a pc with the new fw?
How is the sound quality when casting the web-player?
Question about it: does it only work with online services? I do 99% of my listening through my own music (either Mediamonkey for MP3s or Foobar for FLAC).
Can it simply stream whatever sound my computer is playing? Or can I setup MM/Foobar to stream through wifi to a chromecast?
I use the BubbleUPnp app,and it lets me stream over wifi in flac, my music stored on my main computer including my foobar playlists