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Devices => Sound Cards, DAC's, Receivers, Speakers, and Headphones => Topic started by: MercedeR on August 09, 2015, 05:51:29 am

Title: NAD Digital Tuner C446 compatible?
Post by: MercedeR on August 09, 2015, 05:51:29 am

Hi, I'm new to this world and feel a bit lost.
To make a long story short, my shelves are full with CDs and I recently decided to move to digital.
Without being a 'purist' I'd still like to get a sound quality close to what I get from my CDs.
I read a lot about ripping CDs, decided to go for the FLAC format and I think I successfully passed that stage.
Now I'm trying to play these files to my HiFi system.
I thought it would be the easy  part... but the more I read the more confused I'm getting, and I still haven't managed to listen to my files (other than through my laptop's speakers  :()

I would like to start with a very simple configuration and expand later if it works.
Here's what I'm trying to do: use my laptop to store and control the music, and send it with DLNA to my NAD C446 which is supposed to be DLNA compliant.

So I turn the NAD in receiver mode
My Windows 8 laptop sees it (that's the only good news)
With Windows Media Center I manage to 'PlayTo' the NAD C446 but it stops after a couple of seconds, shows an 'unexpected error' message and moves to the next track
After more reading I found JRiver and downloaded the trial version, thinking that my problems were solved...
MC sees indeed my NAD C446 but can't play any file on it: it also skips to the next after 3-5 seconds (without any error message)

So I'm wondering, am I missing something or is my NAD C446 simply not compatible?

I hope someone patient will help me with my first steps here  :)
Tx

Title: Re: NAD Digital Tuner C446 compatible?
Post by: MercedeR on August 12, 2015, 09:25:01 am

short version of my question

I'm trying to stream FLAC files from MC running on a laptop to a NAD C446, using DLNA.

The NAD C446 appears in MC, but when playing, every file is skipped after a few seconds, and no sound.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

Title: Re: NAD Digital Tuner C446 compatible?
Post by: MercedeR on August 13, 2015, 10:13:56 am

Nobody? Really??

Title: Re: NAD Digital Tuner C446 compatible?
Post by: JimH on August 13, 2015, 12:13:06 pm

Either the file isn't supported or the current MC settings don't work correctly or the device works for some DLNA functions, but not as a renderer.

Title: Re: NAD Digital Tuner C446 compatible?
Post by: MercedeR on August 14, 2015, 03:46:49 pm

Thanks Jim.
According to NAD's product description:
- 'The C 446 supports all the popular digital formats— MP3, FLAC, WMA, WAV, and AAC—and ...'
- 'Thanks to UPnP Digital Audio Renderer (DAR) technology, you can browse, create playlists, and change songs from anywhere in your home using a variety of networked devices'

So I'm left with

Quote

current MC settings don't work correctly

Can you elaborate on that one? Which settings could be wrong?