Marantz M-CR611 – playback music using a Mac?

[deansplit]

Can anyone please help with even letting me know if this is possible? Can the unit play iTunes from my Mac, or a back up HD? Manual says a PC or NAS. Had the thong 4 months now and all I'm using is radio, internet radio and CD, hardly getting the value out of it :/

Thanks

 

[insider9]

Yes, you can stream your iTunes via Airplay. You can also use DLNA with a NAS or hook up an external drive via USB. On top of which you have 2 optical inputs that'll let you use the unit as a dac.

I once had a similar small Onkyo and the number of features is amazing for little money.

What speakers are you driving with it? And what can you tell us about sound quality?

 

[jjbomber]

Had the thong 4 months now

Too much information there!*blush*

 

[MajorFubar]

If you want to stream from your Mac you'll probably have to turn on SMB sharing [on the Mac]. My dad has a '610, which was of course the '611's predecesor, and assuming its network functions are similar enough be representative, the '611 will stream from a NAS or USB drive provided both are still formatted as a Windows FAT drive and you haven't re-formatted either to a Mac-specific format such as Mac OS Extended (Journalled).

 

[jonathanbruce@me]

Hello.

I'm not sure if this helps but I am using my Marantz M-CR611 with the SPDIF from my iMac 5k headphone socket. I use a Toslink to Mini Optical Cable. I have been using that method for ever!