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Post by sylliec on Mar 1, 2020 10:49:27 GMT
Hello Audio Standard,
Thanks for having this forum, it looks pretty lively. I am a beginner using a chromecast to stream Tidal through an Onkyo receiver to a pair of bookshelf Elac Debut 2.0 speakers. Eventually would like to build my own library and play off my own network player too. Thanks for reading.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 1, 2020 10:59:15 GMT
Hello and welcome to TAS! Which part of California are you from?
We have at least one member using Chromecast with streaming.
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 1, 2020 11:22:06 GMT
Hi and welcome to The Audio Standard. It's great to have you here.
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Post by John on Mar 1, 2020 11:29:31 GMT
What kind of music do you enjoy
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Post by petea on Mar 1, 2020 12:07:47 GMT
Welcome to TAS. I'm sure you've laded at a place that can assist in your journey.
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 1, 2020 15:15:51 GMT
Welcome to TAS That's quite a time difference to majority of us in Britain so bear with us for sleeping when you post  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2020 16:54:18 GMT
Welcome to TAS. Those Elac speakers are excellent and I’ve heard good things about the Chromecast as a streamer.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 1, 2020 17:14:21 GMT
The Elacs are capable of a performance way above their price point. The floorstanders in the range are giant killers.
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Post by sylliec on Mar 3, 2020 3:27:13 GMT
Hello and welcome to TAS! Which part of California are you from? We have at least one member using Chromecast with streaming. Thanks for the welcome! I am from the non-glamorous City of Sacramento. Only one other member with a chromecast audio? Don’t know what to make of that. 🎼 |
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Post by sylliec on Mar 3, 2020 3:54:26 GMT
Thanks for the welcome posts! This is a UK forum? I wondered. Fortunately I am a anglo-phile (one who loves all things UK). Never been there though. Love your TV shows and I am a big Winston fan (I heard that Winston is way more appreciated outside the UK than inside). Being an anglophile I am a Beatles fan first then I am a basic pop music person who also likes Def Leppard, Journey, Van Morrison, Queen, Red Hot Chile Poopers ( . But I really want to expand my interest. I love the internet radio station Radio Paradise (out of California). Most of the music they play I haven’t heard before and 99.9% of the time I love the music so I have been listening to the radio a lot lately. I am not affiliated with Radio Paradise but I believe its unique in that it is listener supported and its playlist are created by people not computers. My Elacs seem solid but I definitely need floor stands for them. I am interested in changing the Onkyo/Chromecast set up with something else once I figure out what direction I would like to go and if I end up being mostly a streamer or do I want my own music library. So I look forward to learning from your forum. Nice to meet you’all! |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 3, 2020 7:31:17 GMT
We're mostly UK based but we use the US ProBoards forum software and welcome members from all over the world. If you like music, you'll fit right in!
I listen to Radio Paradise every single day. Wonderful station that has introduced me to much new music.
Never been to Sacramento, the nearest I've visited is LA and San Diego.
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 3, 2020 7:43:06 GMT
I drove right through Sacramento on the 80 a couple of years ago but didn't stop!
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Post by petea on Mar 3, 2020 8:35:49 GMT
I'm another fan (and supporter) of Radio Paradise and have found several new-to-me artists from there. Great model.
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 3, 2020 9:29:26 GMT
Take a look in album choice to expand your music listening, as well as hearing old favourites.
British and American music and musicians for me in the main
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Post by Slinger on Mar 3, 2020 14:09:50 GMT
Yet another Radio Paradise fan here. I (Like Martin) use an Asus Tinker Board streamer with Volumio software and all four different streams (Main, Mellow, Rock, and Eclectic) are available at FLAC quality, via the Volumio interface.
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Post by sylliec on Mar 4, 2020 3:05:00 GMT
We're mostly UK based but we use the US ProBoards forum software and welcome members from all over the world. If you like music, you'll fit right in! I listen to Radio Paradise every single day. Wonderful station that has introduced me to much new music. Never been to Sacramento, the nearest I've visited is LA and San Diego. I love LA, Sacramento is more for the not-rich people. I grew up in the Silicon Valley (San Jose) and probably should have never left. Sacramento is much more affordable though. |
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Post by sylliec on Mar 4, 2020 3:12:47 GMT
Yet another Radio Paradise fan here. I (Like Martin) use an Asus Tinker Board streamer with Volumio software and all four different streams (Main, Mellow, Rock, and Eclectic) are available at FLAC quality, via the Volumio interface. Just looked up the Asus tinker board, boy am I in way over my head. This forum is going to be interesting! |
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 4, 2020 10:57:23 GMT
Yet another Radio Paradise fan here. I (Like Martin) use an Asus Tinker Board streamer with Volumio software and all four different streams (Main, Mellow, Rock, and Eclectic) are available at FLAC quality, via the Volumio interface. Just looked up the Asus tinker board, boy am I in way over my head. This forum is going to be interesting! Join the club ! I'd help but there are far more accomplished tinkerers here than me, and that's putting it mildly Ask away and they will help out |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 4, 2020 14:08:57 GMT
Yet another Radio Paradise fan here. I (Like Martin) use an Asus Tinker Board streamer with Volumio software and all four different streams (Main, Mellow, Rock, and Eclectic) are available at FLAC quality, via the Volumio interface. Just looked up the Asus tinker board, boy am I in way over my head. This forum is going to be interesting! Naaaah, it's easy stuff. The only thing you need to remember is to not let MikeMusic anywhere near your kit, or it WILL go wrong.  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 4, 2020 14:37:38 GMT
Just looked up the Asus tinker board, boy am I in way over my head. This forum is going to be interesting! Naaaah, it's easy stuff. The only thing you need to remember is to not let MikeMusic anywhere near your kit, or it WILL go wrong. Plus don't think about me while you're tinkering ! |
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