Sandyb wrote:

Indeed- if you have music playing on the Apple TV, then other devices like a BS1 / Edge can join in (using the app or physically tapping them).

 

 

Alternatively if you are streaming Apple Music to an Edge for example, you can join the TV setup using your BV11 remote.

 

 

The only minor wrinkle with the B&O app is that if you are AirPlaying from an iOS device to multiple products, the B&O app doesn’t see it as a multi room session. A minor issue to me though.

Brill - thank you.

Just thinking out loud...and spare funds allowing.. I would like to get to - 1 speaker (possibly BS/2 or M5) in the kitchen, and then another speaker at the back of the living room (possibly A9 or Edge). Then maybe something like a BS1 or M5 in our bedroom upstairs. The BV11 (with BL9s) are at the front of the living room (quite a large room due to being an awkward L-shape). The kitchen speaker would get most of the use - unfortunately an A9 or Edge is just too big and awkward for this space. I hadn't thought of this before but... the missus would need full use of the speakers too - she also would stream through an iPhone SE and I'd add her onto whichever Music Streaming Service I decide on. We also listen to radio a lot so Tunein would get some use (I've got the Tunein app on my iPhone). I *think* I also read some good Google reviews of a radio station within Apple Music - Beats 1?

I do use Spotify premium but it’s for casual listening (car, dancing). 

Quality is just not there. Compression is severely heard - yes it’s 320 kb/s - no stereo image, no depth, bland sound. Look elsewhere if you want quality.

My CDs and vinyl are much better. In France, Qobuz has 16/44 and 24/96 and that sounds good of course.

Beats 1 has been a success up to a point i believe, but it does focus quite a bit on modern r'n'b and hip hop, so if that's not always going to be your thing, it may not be a mainstay.

I'd draw your attention to the recent (i believe) update that allows you Beoremote 1 (that you use with the BV11) to have some control over a BS2, A9 etc.  It's limited this far to usual playback controls, but it also nice to be able to select from one of your TuneIn favourite lists - they're listed on the remote screen.

I have an A9 in my bedroom where there is also an Avant BV, so the remote is usually close by - and the capability described above i have certainly found useful, at least for radio. For music it's not much use beyond play/pause/ skip/ volume. Anyway, worth a mention.

Beats 1 has been a success up to a point i believe, but it does focus quite a bit on modern r'n'b and hip hop, so if that's not always going to be your thing, it may not be a mainstay.

I'd draw your attention to the recent (i believe) update that allows you Beoremote 1 (that you use with the BV11) to have some control over a BS2, A9 etc.  It's limited this far to usual playback controls, but it also nice to be able to select from one of your TuneIn favourite lists - they're listed on the remote screen.

I have an A9 in my bedroom where there is also an Avant BV, so the remote is usually close by - and the capability described above i have certainly found useful, at least for radio. For music it's not much use beyond play/pause/ skip/ volume. Anyway, worth a mention.

LR2015 wrote:

Thanks MM. What's a 'NL' out of interest? Also, is 'Connect' an alternative to AirPlay?

Cheers guys... bear with me... I'm learning 😁

Oh, sorry - NL is NetworkLink, which is the native, built in multiroom protocol of B&O.

When we say ‘Join in’, we mean we connect from one (NL-)device to what is playing on another and vice versa (using the Bang & Olufsen app, the physical button on the device or a BeoRemote One).

Your BV11 is a NL device (if set up correctly) and you can join in there to what is playing on whatever other (NL) device you buy e.g. from an M5....

TuneIn is built in to all the NL audiosystems - and can therefore be used independently - no need for AirPlaying there.

(Your BV11 has a Netradio service too - which you could also join in to from e.g. the M5...).

Spotify uses (for the Premiun version) as service, where you control the stream, but this is fetched from the device itself = does not use a direct wifi connection between say an iPad and the M5 - the iPad can be used for something else, once the stream is initiated....or be turned off.

Note: some of the NL devices do not support Spotify Connect.

Feel free to ask again.

MM

tph wrote:

LR2015 wrote:

Spotify's Gapless Playback is cool. I can't believe the other MSS don't offer this, yet!

Apple Music definitely has gapless playback.

Would be fine if so.

However, that is what I always have learnt.

I googled a recent article from Macworld (february 2018) - this is what I read:

’Gapless playback and crossfade options are common to music apps like Spotify and even iTunes, but absent on the Apple Music app.’.

As I am not an Apple Music user, I am not able to test this.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

Would be fine if so.

However, that is what I always have learnt.

I googled a recent article from Macworld (february 2018) - this is what I read:

’Gapless playback and crossfade options are common to music apps like Spotify and even iTunes, but absent on the Apple Music app.’.

As I am not an Apple Music user, I am not able to test this.

MM

I am, and have tested. There is no option for gapless playback because it is always on – this goes all the way back to 2006 and the traditional iPods 🙂

Sandyb wrote:

Beats 1 has been a success up to a point i believe, but it does focus quite a bit on modern r'n'b and hip hop, so if that's not always going to be your thing, it may not be a mainstay.

I'd draw your attention to the recent (i believe) update that allows you Beoremote 1 (that you use with the BV11) to have some control over a BS2, A9 etc.  It's limited this far to usual playback controls, but it also nice to be able to select from one of your TuneIn favourite lists - they're listed on the remote screen.

I have an A9 in my bedroom where there is also an Avant BV, so the remote is usually close by - and the capability described above i have certainly found useful, at least for radio. For music it's not much use beyond play/pause/ skip/ volume. Anyway, worth a mention.

Thanks again Sandy. I don't mind a bit of r'n'b as long as it's not tooooo cheesy 🙂 Getting bit old for this gangsta rap stuff! 

Cheers

Millemissen wrote:

Oh, sorry - NL is NetworkLink, which is the native, built in multiroom protocol of B&O.

When we say ‘Join in’, we mean we connect from one (NL-)device to what is playing on another and vice versa (using the Bang & Olufsen app, the physical button on the device or a BeoRemote One).

Your BV11 is a NL device (if set up correctly) and you can join in there to what is playing on whatever other (NL) device you buy e.g. from an M5....

TuneIn is built in to all the NL audiosystems - and can therefore be used independently - no need for AirPlaying there.

(Your BV11 has a Netradio service too - which you could also join in to from e.g. the M5...).

 

Spotify uses (for the Premiun version) as service, where you control the stream, but this is fetched from the device itself = does not use a direct wifi connection between say an iPad and the M5 - the iPad can be used for something else, once the stream is initiated....or be turned off.

Note: some of the NL devices do not support Spotify Connect.

 

Feel free to ask again.

 

MM

Ah, gotcha! Thanks MM 🤒

tph wrote:

Millemissen wrote:

Would be fine if so.

However, that is what I always have learnt.

I googled a recent article from Macworld (february 2018) - this is what I read:

’Gapless playback and crossfade options are common to music apps like Spotify and even iTunes, but absent on the Apple Music app.’.

As I am not an Apple Music user, I am not able to test this.

MM

I am, and have tested. There is no option for gapless playback because it is always on – this goes all the way back to 2006 and the traditional iPods 🙂

Thanks for testing - good to know 👍

MM