apple tv against the sony smpn100 a couple of questions

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can the sony stream spotify??

can the sony stream i tunes??

if the answer is yes the above i may get one instead of an apple tv which i getting on the 25th thanks for the help

 

[Paul.]

It doesn't work with Spotify, it only works with sony's own version Qriocity. Don't think it works with iTunes either. But as it has DLNA capability I assume you can stream your iTunes folder to it if managed manually?

 

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cheers its spotify premium why im buying it i only have around 200 cds where spotify to me and the mrs is priceless. thanks i would of found it hard anyway to turn my back on apple tv 2 gen. lots od people are loving it.

 

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paul sorry to go off the thread but im upgrading my sub in june is the t3 good i like the look and the £250 price. plus how come you changed you centre to the new bronze bx is it alot better than the older brlcr. thanks

 

[Paul.]

I built my system in a bit of a weird way, I had no intention of going AV when I bought my BR5s, I bought them for a stereo setup. I then tried to fill out the AV package about a year later when I ditched my Marantz for the Onkyo. So to answer your question, the BR centre was not available in walnut when I came to buy, but have been informed by a few people since then that the BX was a significant improvement anyway. So dumb luck really!

I only compared the T3 and the Monitor Audio BR. The T3 makes alot of noise for its compact size, is a steal at £250 and is very musical with the high level connector. It blends perfectly with the BRs. If you have a big room to fill or like shaking the house down, there are bigger subs you can buy for the same money!

 

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thanks paul was hoping yousay that i want i really good sub,but have a smallish room i to was not impressed enough with the ma bronze sub to spend £350 so i went for a stop gap but its been with me 18months its not great.where did you demo your t3 at

 

[Anonymous]

U can stream the sound output of your pc to practically any dlna/upnp enabled device using something like Jamcast or Asset UpnP,

So I see no reason no reason why this wouldnt stream whatever Spotify or Itunes is playing to a SMP100.

Something like a playon!HD mini2 might be better than an AppleTV.

Its a full blown 1080p media player with huge format support for the same money.

 

[Paul.]

I demoed at Sevenoaks, got great service. I think they are running low on T3s however, they advertise at £309 now but sure they will pricematch to £250.

Bare in mind, when I bought my sub, centre and rears, my Dad bought his Onkyo 808 at the same time, so they may have given us more collective discount than normal.

 

[Paul.]

Looks like apple TV3 will have A5 processor in it in september, so will support 1080p. That is assuming it follows a yearly upgrade cycle like the rest of the iOS products.

http://www.9to5mac.com/54821/a5-powered-apple-tv-to-handle-1080p-video/#more-54821

 

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paul i sold on that apple tv in the next 5 weeks ill have one. i was hoping it would cope with 1080p