Yamaha MusicCast rack-mount network amp

Yamaha music cast rack mount AirPlay 2 and chrome cast network amplifier, with all speaker wires terminated in my network cabinet. Each network amp gives you 4 seperate AirPlay 2 zones, and can be expanded by “dumb” Yamaha rack mount amplifiers. Seriously good sound (I’ve got B&W663 in ceiling speakers) and all the airplay just works. I’ve also got a card in HA where I can control all volume, and Siri also sorts out the speakers as well.

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I use Yamaha MusicCast. It works well.

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I use Yamaha Musiccast speakers and AVRs and can control them with HA and Alexa. Great system, very happy with it and its HA integration.

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Depending on the number of zones and other considerations, for new installs we use one of these (or both together): * Yamaha MusicCast HA integration is absolutely rock solid. Like, an unheard-of absence of problems. So anything Yamaha with MusicCast. The top-end multi-channel Aventage RX-A8A receiver can support up to 4 zones. There's also a rackmount multi-zone MusicCast unit XDA-QS5400RK and even a MusicCast turntable. * HTD Lync 12. HTD is a very nice company, and they just recently got an HA integration going. A couple WIIM music players as online / network stored playlist sound sources.

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