My whole house audio runs off a product Google no longer makes unfortunately (Chromecast audios).
There’s, no like-for-like new version, and no good replacement that I’ve found. Thankfully, this was a fixable problem and they fixed it vs. Just EOLing them.
It’s amazing how they basically perfected something, and then just dropped it in the trash.
I know it’s easy to explain that they basically sold them to everyone who wanted one. But it really feels like a device that/situation that a company like Google could maintain as a good will thing. As a standard. As a protocol.
WiiM Pro is a good replacement and support far more protocols in addition to chromecast audio, and much better DACs, but is at a different price point (though a far better value than anything else on the market).
My whole house audio runs off a product Google no longer makes unfortunately (Chromecast audios).
There’s, no like-for-like new version, and no good replacement that I’ve found. Thankfully, this was a fixable problem and they fixed it vs. Just EOLing them.
https://youtu.be/RkpQqmNRXic
It’s amazing how they basically perfected something, and then just dropped it in the trash.
I know it’s easy to explain that they basically sold them to everyone who wanted one. But it really feels like a device that/situation that a company like Google could maintain as a good will thing. As a standard. As a protocol.
WiiM Pro is a good replacement and support far more protocols in addition to chromecast audio, and much better DACs, but is at a different price point (though a far better value than anything else on the market).
I had some luck cobbling together a HiFiBerry with some speakers. It’s not the same thing, but it does show up like a streamable audio device.
It’s not super cheap though.