top | item 33510412 (no title) psalminen | 3 years ago It was also an spdif optical out which was super nice to hook into a better DAC. discuss order hn newest JohnBooty|3 years ago Yes, although the actual streaming was lossily compressed, which more than negates any gains from using a better DAC.(edit - this is incorrect; the Chromecast Audio was apparently updated at some point to support lossless streaming) jensgk|3 years ago No, that is not true. Chromecast streaming is lossless, so it is certainly possible to stream hi-res flac files bit-perfect. load replies (1) Melatonic|3 years ago Still using mine to this dayYou can also put multiple chromecast audios in a group in google home and they will perfectly sync audio across multiple rooms like a ghetto Sonos setup!
JohnBooty|3 years ago Yes, although the actual streaming was lossily compressed, which more than negates any gains from using a better DAC.(edit - this is incorrect; the Chromecast Audio was apparently updated at some point to support lossless streaming) jensgk|3 years ago No, that is not true. Chromecast streaming is lossless, so it is certainly possible to stream hi-res flac files bit-perfect. load replies (1)
jensgk|3 years ago No, that is not true. Chromecast streaming is lossless, so it is certainly possible to stream hi-res flac files bit-perfect. load replies (1)
Melatonic|3 years ago Still using mine to this dayYou can also put multiple chromecast audios in a group in google home and they will perfectly sync audio across multiple rooms like a ghetto Sonos setup!
JohnBooty|3 years ago
(edit - this is incorrect; the Chromecast Audio was apparently updated at some point to support lossless streaming)
jensgk|3 years ago
Melatonic|3 years ago
You can also put multiple chromecast audios in a group in google home and they will perfectly sync audio across multiple rooms like a ghetto Sonos setup!