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Post by tim1750 on Jul 12, 2020 8:10:50 GMT
Well i've got what suits me fine, a friend gave me a chromecast audio gismo that i'm feeding free music from amazon as i have prime. Thanks for all your help, but now the jobs a good-un Thanks John but i'm sorted now
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Post by tim1750 on Jul 2, 2020 15:01:00 GMT
Well i've got what suits me fine, a friend gave me a chromecast audio gismo that i'm feeding free music from amazon as i have prime. Thanks for all your help, but now the jobs a good-un Worthy upgrade is to get the Lan / power unit, cut it open, remove the nasty switching mode PSU, and feed it nice linear 5v. That's over my head i'm afraid mate
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Post by tim1750 on Jul 1, 2020 18:42:21 GMT
Well i've got what suits me fine, a friend gave me a chromecast audio gismo that i'm feeding free music from amazon as i have prime. Thanks for all your help, but now the jobs a good-un
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 30, 2020 13:19:41 GMT
No laptop mate
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 30, 2020 12:34:48 GMT
The only trouble is John that the only reason i'm looking at a streamer is because i have Amazon prime that has free (but limited ) streaming of music.
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 30, 2020 9:39:20 GMT
Bite the bullet - Bluesound Node 2i
Anything else for your needs would be false economy and likely to disappoint in the long run.
I know it sound really good but i don't have enough money and won't for a fair few months
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 30, 2020 9:23:00 GMT
You need to know if your android phone is Bluetooth 5 When I get home I show a video how to pair. Basically anything that plays on your phone Amazon YouTube Spotify Tidal will be played through the Zen. If you get this you need to factor in a power supply as the one supplied is crap. A power bank will not work as it does not draw enough current I would get a 12v motorbike battery and a 5v converter or get the 5v power supply IFi sells separately. The unit has a built in DAC so you would then input into your amplifier I have to be honest I don't see this as great sounding unit despite the good reviews but for playing everything you want it certainly works Thanks for all your help John but it seems like it's just going thru a middle man if you get my meaning i think i need an actual streamer mate,and my phone is a couple of years old and cheap at that
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 30, 2020 6:20:32 GMT
It is hard finding equipment that will do Amazon You could get something like the IFi Zen that will use Bluetooth and also work as a DAC certainly in your budget. So you just stream from your phone or tablet. If you want something better you will probably have to sacrifice having Amazon Hi John would you mind explaining how this would work for me,i don't have a clue how i would use this unit but i'm very interested in it. I have a cheap android phone that has blue tooth and a virgin hub ,will the unit pick up my hub and would i be able to listen to Amazon music ?. I'm grateful to you helping a real novice mate
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 29, 2020 16:18:28 GMT
I've just had a look and it's way over my budget,£400 was my absolute limit but thanks anyway.
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 29, 2020 15:22:02 GMT
Great, thank you for the recommendation,now going to look it up
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 29, 2020 12:47:28 GMT
I thought i was the only one to have this problem recently but fingers crossed no problems so far, knock on wood
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 29, 2020 9:56:36 GMT
Either way i'm glad it's gone because the only way for me to remove it was to close it out and then i'd have to click on to the site link again to get back on the forum
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 29, 2020 8:52:59 GMT
Hi Martin, I just wanted to let you know that i'm not having that pop up showing anymore, so if you done something to prevent this happening thank you.
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 29, 2020 2:08:32 GMT
Thanks for the links daytona600
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 29, 2020 2:06:53 GMT
It could be a rogue ProBoards ad. Could you grab a screenshot if it happens again? Yes Martin
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 28, 2020 13:16:51 GMT
Yes and yes,i am with virgin and i do have a pop up blocker, i just don't seem to understand why it only pop up on this forum
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 28, 2020 10:30:54 GMT
I'm have a pop up about a virgin internet come up on this site and only this site could you look into it for me please
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 28, 2020 10:28:36 GMT
Ok Martin,thanks buddy
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 28, 2020 10:12:38 GMT
Thanks for the info Martin, do i need to have a digital out on the streamer to get good sound ?
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Post by tim1750 on Jun 28, 2020 8:46:14 GMT
Good morning everyone i'm looking for advice/recommendation for a streamer that will play Amazon music ,Spotify and music from a harddrive the amount being between £300 - £400. Thanks in advance.
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