So I'm going to be getting one of these Raumfeld Connector devices tomorrow and thought it might be useful (to myself and others) to start a little thread about it....
thewinelake. said:So I'm going to be getting one of these Raumfeld Connector devices tomorrow and thought it might be useful (to myself and others) to start a little thread about it. Just wondered whether to put it here or in the "Network Players" sub-forum of Computer-based media (which I only just discovered the other day)?
Seems that the latter is the most obvious place, but it seems rather dead over there!
davedotco said:That I particularly wanted a streamer/dac/pre-amp with comprehensive remote control. This 'total' functionality is pretty rare, The Sonos Connect does not have built in support for Spotify Connect, my straming service of choice so not for me. The Cambridge CXN does everything I want but I consider it's pricing to be obscene.
The new Yamaha WXC50 looks good but is still £300, still 'rip off' territory in my mind though the sub output and Airplay might be useful.
Were I using, as you are, an integrated amplifier, I might look elsewhere, there are often decent offers on conventional streamers and some CD player/streamers are well priced.
thewinelake. said:Dave
Have you set it up with your own server?
davedotco said:It is the cheap, currently £119, German equivelent of the Sonos Connect.
davedotco said:The price of the Sonos unit is absurd, even when compared with other Sonos options, but it is the 'hi-fi' solution so appears to be priced accordingly.
The_Lhc said:davedotco said:The price of the Sonos unit is absurd, even when compared with other Sonos options, but it is the 'hi-fi' solution so appears to be priced accordingly.
There are as many people on the this forum complaining that the Connect is not "hi-fi", in part because it's not expensive enough, so can't possibly be good enough for amps and speakers costing thousands of pounds, as there are people saying it's overpriced.
The_Lhc said:davedotco said:The price of the Sonos unit is absurd, even when compared with other Sonos options, but it is the 'hi-fi' solution so appears to be priced accordingly.
There are as many people on the this forum complaining that the Connect is not "hi-fi", in part because it's not expensive enough, so can't possibly be good enough for amps and speakers costing thousands of pounds, as there are people saying it's overpriced.
thewinelake. said:Progress...
Well, no reply from Raumfeld tech support - other than (a rather tardy!) auto-response.
However, setting up a Samba share and using that seems to have proved rather more successful than a Plex server so far.
thewinelake. said:I did eventually get a response
The suggestion was to use Minimserver if I wanted DLNA. So I tried it and it works. I'll have to see which works best with the app, but at the moment, it's looking as though a simple Samba share has the potential advantage of allowing me to create my own hierarchical structure.
expat_mike said:thewinelake. said:I did eventually get a response
The suggestion was to use Minimserver if I wanted DLNA. So I tried it and it works. I'll have to see which works best with the app, but at the moment, it's looking as though a simple Samba share has the potential advantage of allowing me to create my own hierarchical structure.
Any chance of an update on your experiences with the Raumfeld?
I was looking at their website last night, interested in the possibility of linking a Connector via optical to a mojo, and then on to my amp. Unfortunately it was not clear if there is an optical output from the Connector.