Ok, I’ve come here to the bosom of Hifi forums to vent. So here’s my story, I’m an old Hifi enthusiast from the early 80s, when children came along I sold all my good bits, linn lp12, nad stuff, bowers Wilkins etc, and I made do. Along came sonos and I was an early adopter, and very much liked the convenience. Bored in lockdown, I rekindled my hi FI affair and bought some monitor audio golds and a rotel power amp and kept only 1 sonos connect sold the rest of the kit. Then I had a thought, I know, I’ll upgrade my amp and get a proper audiophile streamer and a matching amp... I see the 6000A and the 6000N ... boom off to Sevenoaks Hifi and I’m all set. Then I have this sinking feeling, I’m playing some lossless rips from asset and I open a web browser on my phone with an embedded video and the music stops... odd I think.
do a bit of research and I get this terrible sinking feeling, it can’t be can it? You mean all the audio on play-FI services are routed through my phone? You cannot be serious! Everything except Spotify which doesn’t stream hi res.
Totally bonkers.
so disappointed the 6000N will be going back. Why would audiolab sign up to this? £500 streamer reliant on my phone app to route all the streams. I had a shed developed airplay app that was better designed. No mention of this on any of the 5* reviews. I’m starting to think either the reviewers don’t really use the devices as a consumer or it was omitted.
am I missing something? Compelled to write this as anyone contemplating any streamer reliant on this app will suffer the same pants problems. ‘Device not found’ being one.
back to Sonos it is.
do a bit of research and I get this terrible sinking feeling, it can’t be can it? You mean all the audio on play-FI services are routed through my phone? You cannot be serious! Everything except Spotify which doesn’t stream hi res.
Totally bonkers.
so disappointed the 6000N will be going back. Why would audiolab sign up to this? £500 streamer reliant on my phone app to route all the streams. I had a shed developed airplay app that was better designed. No mention of this on any of the 5* reviews. I’m starting to think either the reviewers don’t really use the devices as a consumer or it was omitted.
am I missing something? Compelled to write this as anyone contemplating any streamer reliant on this app will suffer the same pants problems. ‘Device not found’ being one.
back to Sonos it is.