• Reviews around quality (3.75 of 5)

    Yamaha Music Cast Audio Component Preamplifier Dark Silver (WXC-50), Works with Alexa

    • I would love it to support BALANCED outputs, but the unbalanced are great, quiet and the sound quality is superb
    • One thing for sure, though, is the Hi-Res FLAC content does sound noticeably better than CD quality.
    • Plays back music between rooms perfectly, i.e. maintains uninterrupted connectivity (e.g. for several hours continuously with no issues - that was the maximum I tried) as well as sound quality (as excellent as played back locally).- Goes through the initial setup within a few minutes (per device) and with no hick-ups, on both iPad mini
    • Much improved experience over the Chromecast Audio, which cuts in and out and often freezes during usage while also limiting Spotify streaming quality to 256kbit/s vs
    • Setup was extremely easy and sound quality is excellent
    • This had 24 bit support, great build quality and optical input and a that price
    • That being said, at this price the actual receiver is of excellent quality and for the price I cannot complain
    • The MusicCast app is great and it has amazing sound quality
    • However, I did not like the build quality of the Bose and Denon due to the plastic