But the Yamaha apps are not brilliant and the only PC control support offered at all is a rather bleak http interface. In these respects Yamaha takes over where Sonos fails: I can use my Yamaha amp to listen to anything that my PC can output, wirelessly. Where Sonos falls down is streaming wirelessly from a PC, or playing HD files. The Android and PC apps work well and you can do just about anything you need with them. Radio streaming works fine, as does playing mp3 and Flac files from a NAS. I have Sonos (3x Play5) and a Yamaha Musiccast amp (RX-V579). (4) use a online streaming service as a source (totally open as to which one since apart from Amazon Prime Music I dont have one subscribed) (3) play the radio build in my receiver as source and play music to all speakers or in a specific room (2) use my central music library as a source ( currently using my library hosted in onedrive via Groove Music) if Cloud drive doesnt work I can host it on a network pc or get a NAS if that helps if nas is better then a cloud drive which one should i get?

(1) stream music from my phone or tablet to my 5.1 setup, individual speakers in a room or to all speakers in all rooms (for a party or so) For Sonos I would have to buy a connector but then always have to start music with the APP and run into the room and use my receivers remote to select the input which the Sonos connector is wired to. Yamaha Multicast Receiver if this makes things easier) I like that yamaha has musicast integrated in their receivers. (0) integrate my 5.1 setup ( i could replace the Onkyo AV Receiver with a e.g. This is were I am looking for your advise. There is a Sonos compatible app for Windows however. Since I am all in the windows household I am finding it difficult to decide on a multiroom audio manufacturer. The good thing is that each room has an ethernet connection already. In 2 weeks i am about to move into a new apartment and want to have a 3-4 room multiroom audio setup. I cast music from either my windows phone or surface tablet to it. I currently own an Onkyo SR309+ Bluetooth adapter which is connected to TV as 5.1 Setup

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