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Devices => Sound Cards, DAC's, Receivers, Speakers, and Headphones => Topic started by: rossp on March 01, 2018, 07:13:24 am

Title: Stereo amp with DLNA renderer
Post by: rossp on March 01, 2018, 07:13:24 am

Hi All, Well my amplifier finally died and now I am in the market for a new one. I'm in the UK. What I really need is a stereo amp with two speaker outputs (A inside + B patio outside), digital fiber input and the ability for MC to stream to it (DLNA renderer).
Anyone know of such a beast.

Currently I have a laptop under the TV which acts as an MC client but I would like to get rid of this.

Any ideas welcome.

Ross

Title: Re: Stereo amp with DLNA renderer
Post by: chunky70 on March 01, 2018, 12:03:45 pm

YAMAHA RN301
https://www.powerdirect.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/7866/s/yamaha-rn301bl-network-hifi-amplifier-vtuner-spotify-app-control-black/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA5t7UBRDaARIsAOreQtiOIkxYgioFaHAYRkYpVnd5N8_5fUDlCwHi4WouduqdcYTd7ZDsfnsaAiokEALw_wcB
Yamaha RN303D
https://www.richersounds.com/yamaha-rn303d-blk.html?nosto=productpage-nosto-1

Title: Re: Stereo amp with DLNA renderer
Post by: rossp on March 02, 2018, 10:59:53 am

Thanks chunky70, if only they were slimmer...

Title: Re: Stereo amp with DLNA renderer
Post by: DWAnderson on April 17, 2018, 11:20:16 am

I stumbled into the Yamaha MusicCast receivers for this purpose and have found them to be such a great system I ended up replacing all of my receivers with Yamaha MusicCast receivers (also upgrading to HDMI 2.2 capability for most).

What I like most about MusicCast is the fact that from a single app on your Android (or IOS) device you can turn on the amplified, select the music source (including from MC or various streaming services), control the volume and playback and select what you want to play.

I can use MC to set up whatever DLNA menu scheme I want and the MusicCast app navigates it competently.