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Thanks. And I just discovered that WD won’t be supporting new firmware for my NAS called WD MY CLOUD. Reason is that it’s old. I need to buy something that is independent of these fleecing companies in terms of long term support. Any ideas?

Thanks. I am not sure that the mini has a LAN port. May be, it works on wifi. If I want to use LAN what do i use?

Hi @Vincent Kars Good day to you and all here. I am beginning to catch on to your advice on going the NAS route with a simple WiiM Mini or similar hooked to my amp. Tell me, how does the connection work upstream, i.e. from the NAS to the WiiM? Also, will the computer need to be kept switched...

I read the manual. The USB feature lets one import music from a PC. I am not sure if it allows playing from a computer or a flash drive. Besides it has to be charged using the same port. Just like any Walkman. I would prefer a standalone powered device, a cheaper alternative of say the Yamaha...

S10+ seems good but unavailable at Amazon India. Will try to see other channels. I just landed upon an old WD TV streamer that I had since 2012 and had completely forgotten about. May be I’ll first try using that. Don’t know whether firmware updates will be required for USB drives to play...

Will it connect by RCA to my amplifier?

Basically after reading through all replies, I find that the chances of not requiring to use a computer are dim. Those that do work are pretty expensive. Next best option as someone said is to use a DVD player with USB ports - I think I should be having an old Philips 1080P lying around. Am sure...

Noted.

Sounds interesting, and economical as well.

Friends, I must first thank you all for the prompt sincere suggestions. However, budget is really a constraint here, so I wonder if there could be a device that cuts out all the frills of internet audio and streaming, and just lets me play audio from a USB storage. I was reading the specs of...

Read the manual. It's not very clear but seems yet again that a computer would be required to connect and play. Please correct me if wrong.

Hi good morning. I read the Wiim Ultra manual. Though in a couple of places it says it can play music from a network storage / USB, there's just one USB port, which is a digital output. I didn't find a USB In port, so I am assuming it depends on a NAS connected to a computer to play music. Am I...

I do have a couple of NAS drives but I don't think they have USB output feature. Any particular make / model that you can advise? In fact I forgot to mention that I also have an archaic product from Netgear called the MP101 which is basically an onilne / network media player but with no USB. The...

I had a brief look. Interesting product. Reading the manual now. Will revert.

Thanks and I’ll surely look into your suggestion. As for budget, I do not have an idea but may be between £100 - £200 as a wild guess.