Yamaha MusicCast CRXN470D Compact Audio System with Built in Wifi, Airplay and Bluetooth - Black

The unit is neat, compact, made of metal and understated, all of which I like.The unit works well with the Yamaha app. and streams music effortlessly.Setting up was quite straightforward once I got my phone dialed in to it... and if I can do it, anyone can!The unit fires through a pair of Dali peco speakers and sounds consistently great whichever source I choose to play from.I had to buy a wifi extender, but in all fairness the router is at the front of the house and the unit is in the garage in the back garden some 35 meters away and there are several walls between - so not the fault of the unit. Once this was installed, the unit picked up the signal straight away; I entered the password and I was done! Internet radio, stream music from my PC, and play CD's. I don't use my phone for music so I cannot comment on that particular system.In all, I think this is a fine unit that opens the doors to 'the future' of how we receive and listen to our favorite sounds; and all this, without being too complicated for a 62 year old technophobe to understand.In my view, the system is a great buy.Cheers.Barry

This is an excellent small system, which is fine sounding and has almost everything you could want. Elegant with lovely build quality. The musicast system is intuitive and works easily with other Musicast units or other suitable equipment to give multiroom facility. You can either stream music from all the many options on board or from any suitable server/laptop/phone or tablet. The only slight flaw I wasn't able to get it to randomly play back tracks from my music collection, only playlists. Would totally recommend.Having lived with this system for over a year now I can still endorse all the above. Except I have now added an audio server wirelessly and and it works so well. Access to the server's random play works flawlessly!

I purchased the system to replace an old Sony micro system that had after many years started to play up when using CD’s I decided not to buy new speakers but to upgrade at a later date.From the box it was very easy to setup as long as you downloaded the MusicCast app. Everything can be controlled from your phone which is a good thing as the remote control is the weakest part of the system- it’s dated looking too busy with difficult to read functions.After an initial firmware update I tried out the different sources and had no difficulty with all the key sources apart from streaming from a server or laptop. Here is probably it’s next weakness - you do need to download the full manual for lots of the advanced functionality in particular around the use of Bluetooth.I’ve been very impressed with the sound so far from all sources including from my Audio Technica turntable. It’s certainly a step up from my Sony system and my Panasonic system in terms of sound even through my old Sony speakers which are well burned in. Sound is also good via my Edifier Bluetooth speakers.So the good;-- Sound quality- Ease of use- The MusicCast app- Functionality - everything you need!Not so good- dated remote control- Streams everything but Amazon Music - you have to AirPlay. - please update- manual - could do with a full paper manualIn summary very impressed - just a few minor niggles.

Love this, easy to use and set up. Blue tooth to PC is so quick and has a good range. Really nice machine could do with a sub woofer but otherwise sound OK. My only comment is that when purchased from Amazon it was indicated that the speakers required Banana Plugs to plug into the speaker sockets. The one I received was fitted with screw terminal to hard wire the speakers to the player, thus the banana plugs ordered are not required. In addition the delivery was 24 early.Since purchasing the Musicast CRXN470D I have added a Yamaha FSW050 subwoofer and the difference is stunning with the base section now available which was completely missing from normal speakers. I repeat a great machine, compact and easy to use, with really good sound.

I have now purchased two of these units. one for my office and one for my bedroom. This unit has a really powerful amp so far as giving a great sound range without having to crank the volume up. The CD mechanism is sturdy. Internet radio wireless/ethernet easy to set up. DAB reception (i use external ariel) brilliant. remote easy and with three buttons for pre-setting the favourites. The sound is brilliant, I feed a TV through one and it makes the world of difference. Do not buy cheap inferior alternatives. Yamaha have a solid piece of kit. Purchase with confidence.

I bought this because the cheap airplay receiver I have been using required reconfiguring every time power was off. No other reason at the time but I liked the idea of it being built in and always available.Now, I love it. I like the Airplay of course but I also like the sound quality overall, the app, the internet radio and the Bluetooth out for headphones.The Bluetooth especially because I have the television attached via the aux1 inputs (from the headphone socket on the telly) so it looks after the telly sound too.I have to mention the ability to read 24 bit sound. This means that an incoming sound quality far better than CD can be used if you have it available via your phone or iPad.The power output is adequate in volume for the room it is in and I have coupled it to two Q Acoustic floor standing speakers. It is as good if not better than the Cambridge Audio amp they used to work from.All in all, I find it very good. I may even purchase the cheaper unit that attaches to an amplifier for our other lounge. I note that I can link them and use the CD from this to play in there etc.If I have one possible moan its that there is no digital socket such as optical or coax for the telly. The next model up has this but as I am only using two speakers, it wasn’t worth the extra money although it would have been nice.