lechatsurletoit wrote:

What you need is to add a masterlink plug to your system if you don’t have one free. Thats the difficult part.

That's actually the easy part for me, This house has a master link plug coming out in every room, the previous owners were massive fans...

I'll try to hunt down such a converter box tomorrow on the internet and I have a spare apple tv which i suppose will work too.

Beosince98 wrote:

Beautiful and easy solution to the problem. I highly recommend this solution as you keep within the ecosystem and remain remote functionality.

Yes, and actually no!

All that happens, is that you (with the command TV) can open a port in the ML ecosystem in order to send any audio in there.

You highly rely on the ChromCast device (or any other choosen audio device) and on the apps, that you need for the playback.

Using a NL/ML converter in order to feed the sources of e.g. a BS Core is different.

You will be able to use the sources/possibilities, that a NL-based device brings to the mix in the ML chain as well as the sources of the ML chain/BS5 via the Core. Please also think future usecases.....you might get another NL device sooner or later. And you can ‘map’ these sources to different commands on the Beo4 for an easier access to e.g. a playlist or a netradio favourite list.

However, if what a ChromeCast device can add, is sufficient for you, do use the 1611 suggestion - it is relatively simple to do!

I just want you to know the possibilities, that you have....in order to make the right choices.

MM

I'm in agreement with MM here. Adding an NL/ML Converter will give you the proper control. Also, just adding a cheaper device such as a BeoPlay M3 or BeoPlay M5 somewhere in the house will give you all of the sources from a Core at a lower cost (after factoring in the cost of the NL/ML Converter).

When the dealer was explaining all the options he mentioned this NL/ML converter and how unstable it was etc and that it had been taken out of sales?

It seems you guys don't think as it as unstable?

Hi,

could you be a bit more specific on the extra functionalities the nl/ml converter would bring.

if you have speakers plugged in directly in the beomaster then the 1611 won’t fire them up, would the nl/ml do this? 

Millemissen wrote:

Beosince98 wrote:

Beautiful and easy solution to the problem. I highly recommend this solution as you keep within the ecosystem and remain remote functionality.

Yes, and actually no!

All that happens, is that you (with the command TV) can open a port in the ML ecosystem in order to send any audio in there.

You highly rely on the ChromCast device (or any other choosen audio device) and on the apps, that you need for the playback.

Using a NL/ML converter in order to feed the sources of e.g. a BS Core is different.

You will be able to use the sources/possibilities, that a NL-based device brings to the mix in the ML chain as well as the sources of the ML chain/BS5 via the Core. Please also think future usecases.....you might get another NL device sooner or later. And you can ‘map’ these sources to different commands on the Beo4 for an easier access to e.g. a playlist or a netradio favourite list.

However, if what a ChromeCast device can add, is sufficient for you, do use the 1611 suggestion - it is relatively simple to do!

 

I just want you to know the possibilities, that you have....in order to make the right choices.

 

MM

I totally agree that the Core and Converter NL/ML would be the "proper" way to do things. I actually own a NL/ML converter and am pretty happy, even though it is not that stable, which may be due to my network at home. However, I think adding the Core and NL/ML converter or Converter 1611 and chrome cast to the existing setup in this case both do exactly what was required by the person starting this thread. Keep in mind that the Core + NL/ML converter would be an investment north of 1000€ with little advantages over the much cheaper 1611 Converter and chrome cast combo. The real advantage of adding the Core would simply be adding more sources than only one and being a bit more future proof. If this was my setup, I would definitely go for the 1611 Converter. 

jhamers wrote:

When the dealer was explaining all the options he mentioned this NL/ML converter and how unstable it was etc and that it had been taken out of sales?

It seems you guys don't think as it as unstable?

I guess one may call that a bad excuse - maybe he has not enough experience with that converter.

It definitely was not taken out of sales because it was/is unstable.

It was EOL’ed because there wasn’t enough reasons to produce and sell this kind of device anymore.

At that time a lot of the older costumers already had merged their setup into pure NL-multiroom and there were enough preused converters on the market for those who still want and need it.

IMO it is still a good device for bridging old and new BeoLink.

MM

I might add that the NL/ML converter was really nicer than it really NEEDED to be -- in terms of materials and aesthetics. It has this huge slab of beautiful brushed aluminum (it's the same casing as the BLGW) that feels like it should be showcased on the wall. Yet, most of us are likely to hide it away in a cabinet and never see the beauty of it. Perhaps a smaller, just plastic device could have been manufactured at a better price.

@beojeff

I waited a long time for such a device to come, before buying the pretty converter (preused).

MM