Thanks, can't even get them used on eBay for £20. Just ordered a few to finish the house :smile:

Love mine. Got 3 plus a Google Cast speaker.

But to cast btsport from the tablet to tv i need bt broadband. Correct ? Or should be fine with Virgin Media ?

this is the audio version not the tv one

Cheers AA, time to buy :smile:

Good deal, heat added :innocent:

Great device, but bloody annoying to use, so unreliable.

£6 overpriced surely?.


Still a fantastic device for the money.

If you care about audio quality over multiroom buy a £5 white nowtv box. Google's dac and sound hardware implementation is dreadful as the sound is harsh and thin eww.

Google's chromecast audio measured fine when tested http://archimago.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/measurements-google-chromecast-audio.html Sounds decent to me, too. I've compared the analogue output of mine to music playing from its digital output through a DAC and to the same music playing through a soundcard - the chromecast's analogue output sounded good.

Of course, if you've got NowTV boxes floating round spare, or can buy cheap, you'd save a few £s :smiley:

Wasn't this £15 from Currys in a previous bank holiday sale this year?

Surely you're comparing the NowTV to the HDMI Chromecast, not this audio version? if not, then I'd also be very interested as i have spare white boxes around the place.

It's been said before, but for the benefit of those who haven't tried and to which this applies...

Chromecast audio (CCA) can offer a marked improvement over headphone out on a lot of smartphones (likely due better dac or more appropriate output voltage). I even prefer the quality over the headphone amp on my marantz amp (although not surprising when you look into typical specs).

Turn the CCA volume down and plug headphones into the jack of the CCA. Start casting music, adjust the volume to suit and enjoy.

This was the case for me with beyerdynamic dt770 pro 80ohm. Your mileage may vary, as they say

Thinking about going the Chromecast route and building speakers into the ceiling and wall.

Anyone recommend any speakers for this? I see they have to be active, unless powered by an external amp, which could be an issue for in wall and ceiling speakers I think.

Heat added. These devices are brilliant!!

+1 - sounds excellent to me on quite a high end system - are you using low bit rate MP3s because their deficiencies will readily show..?

Fine for me too. Running through a yamaha amp and Boston acoustics speakers it's perfectly adequate for my non-audiophile ears

If you have a Mac you can try (free) soundcast app.

got 3 of these dotted about the house. im not a audiophile so I just love the whole concept and how cheap and easy it is to set up.

You can plug chromecast into any speaker that has a 3.5mm socket on it and is powered (i.e.an active speaker). Nothing special required as long as u have wi-fi in your house..

Got John Lewis to price match in store earlier. They include a 2 year warranty.

Yup they sound awful and tinny out of the box until you set the 'full dynamic range' setting to On.

Sounds great through my amp and 25-years old but still good Wharfedale speakers.

Cold though as I thought the going "cheap price" for these was £15, not £20

tried the spotify web app and cast with chrome instead?

yes u can

cool, thanks

Hey, this probably doesn't belong in this thread but Freepostcodelottery have a referral deal where if you sign up to Quidco through them and spend £10+ pounds you get £10 cashback on both Quidco and freepostcodelottery. So £20 total cashback. I just used it on this to potentially get a free chromecast audio after cashback :smiley: (+ measly 1% Quidco cashback on top of that)
Worth a shot, hope this helps others

Straight to your speakers? Straight to your amp you mean!

I can.

I use the Chrome browser app to cast a tab playing Spotify.

Is anyone having an issue with HDR not staying on? I'm having to re-enable every time I cast to it.

**** **** ****! This is **** for analog output...

I am thinking about getting another one to multicast and plug into my Yamaha subwoofer does anyone use stairs for this purpose ?

I know this dead topic but would like bit of quick info. If I connect this to TV can I them stream sound to Bluetooth headphones or iPhone with headphones connected to it.