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October 2015
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109 Reviews
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Inexpensive
Easy to set up
Can make any speaker or sound system Wi-Fi enabled and part of a multi-room setup
Inexpensive, Easy to set up, Can make any speaker or sound system Wi-Fi enabled and part of a multi-room setup, Multiple speaker configurations supported, High-resolution (96KHz/24bit) audio now supported
Only works with 3,5mm connections out of the box, No support for stereo pairs
With the simple, focused mission of making any speaker wireless, Google Chromecast Audio succeeds admirably and affordably...
Switching to an optical connection into the digital input of the XM5 is altogether different, though. The Chromecast does the most important thing that any digital transport can do and puts very little of itself into the performance. It manages to give th...
Switching to an optical connection into the digital input of the XM5 is altogether different, though. The Chromecast does the most important thing that any digital transport can do and puts very little of itself into the performance. It manages to give th...
Google's budget audio dongle pipes music to any stereo from the most popular streaming apps on your phone. It's simple and works well, with direct compatibility for most major music services, and even more are supported via the Chrome browser plug-in and
Some notable music services, including iTunes, Apple Music and Amazon Music, are not supported on iPhone and iPad. In analog sound quality it's beaten by the Fon Gramofon (which costs twice as much). You can't use Google Cast devices as part of a multiroo
The ultra-affordable Google Chromecast Audio is one of the best music-streaming devices you can buy -- especially if you're an Android user...
Abstract: Adding to its Chromecast product, Google has developed Chromecast Audio . This is a small pocket size device that can be carried around and used when necessary to provide the facility to stream (or cast) audio to your favourite speakers or whatever is ava...
Published: 2015-12-15, Author: Jonathan , review by: alphr.com
If all you care about is streaming audio to your hi-fi system, there are many products offering what the Chromecast 2 does, not least the excellent Gramofon, which I reviewed earlier this year. Few, however, achieve the feat with the elegance and flexibil...
Published: 2015-10-19, Author: Chris , review by: ergohacks.com
The Chromecast Audio is an odd device. For it to be any use whatsoever you need to have a good set of dumb speakers around to be used that you want to resurrect and if its not a good set you might as well just buy a cheap bluetooth speaker. Assuming you d...
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Published: 2015-10-16, Author: Mario , review by: gizmodo.co.uk
It's a cheap way to make your existing sound system go wireless,
Casting from Chrome tabs on a computer yields spotty results, but if you live a predominant smartphone existence, you shouldn't run into too many issues, And yeah, it's ugly, Should You Buy It
I suppose, if you don't have any way of wirelessly playing music already. Or maybe you have a big component audio system you haven't otherwise enabled with wireless powers. Why not.Chromecast Audio only costs £30 and it mostly works. That price is hard to...
Abstract: Yes even those speakers that do not have Bluetooth can now play your music not only from your SmartPhone but also from other devices like your PC providing you have a Chrome browser. The unit is supplied with a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable but providing you have...
Highly stable streaming, Sounds better than Bluetooth, Brilliantly simple setup, Extremely affordable, Multiroom audio support
Won't stream iTunes or Apple Music from iOS devices, Third-party app required to stream audio from a computer, Included audio cable is relatively useless
The Chromecast Audio is certainly extremely easy to use, and that's good, because ease of use is its defining attribute. The problem we see with the Chromecast Audio is the sheer number of competing devices. Just about any powered speaker or A/V receive...
