the pairing is perfect, many says Rotel has a brighter sound, here is simply astonishing, very nice setup! I wonder if this little beast could pair well with my Celestion Ditton3, that are moderately open sounding

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL SOUND AND SETUP IF YOU ADD GOOD DAC THATS GONNA MAKE MUSIC EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL...!!

One thing to keep in mind with this dac/ streamer is if the firmware gets corrupted you can loose an amplifier.The corruption affected the volume control and the gain in my system and burned the left channel of my amplifier.I recommend using this as a streamer in player mode with a seperate preamp or minimally have an amp with a volume control otherwise you may be taking a costly risk.

Sound's Good But No High Res From Spotify Yet !

Is it possible to change the volume from remote in player mode? Did you try? My topping dac that i want to use with that network player is not allowed to adjust volume in dac mode. Pre mod of topping dac is allowed to adjust the volume change, but i want to use it in dac mode. My dac is topping d70 pro sabre.

Thank you

playing music via usb, can I play all the tracks ,regardless the number of folders, at random?

Great video. Looks like a great device for use with powered speakers. Although in this situation you'd have to use preamp mode which you say is not as good? Can you bypass the Yamaha smarts and just use it for volume control? Also, your accent, sounds like it flips in and out Aussie, Kiwi and Yankee 😊

Hello. And where is your magnificent rotel? I have the same Dali zenzor 3, in white. They play with the fx audio 802s pro amplifier. The sound is great, I thought to take rotel for comparison! I wanted to know your opinion?! I will be grateful to you!

good video.

Thx for clearing up the AUX-out questions I had and that I couldn't find any answer for anywhere else. 👍

Does it works with portable speakers? Any portable speaker brand and model? Thanks

Which Sony amp are you using?

Thank you. I love you. I have spent HOURS trying to find out if i can use this unit to transmit an analogue source to Musiccast wireless speakers. Your video is the only one that specifically addressed this question!!

What about Qobuz, the best streaming service (24 bit/192kHz)!!!!?

wonderful sound demo!! There's a pair for sale here in my neighbourhood for €200 with stands in great condition. Do you think it's a good price? What did they actually cost new? thanks in advance!

No way to search? If you connect a USB with your 800G music library? That's a deal breaker

Hi, Can I use the Yamaha WXC-50 without the install MusicCast app? like a normal bluetooth device?

I wish that Yamaha had put HDMI ARC into this.

Hey mate, will this be able to accept audio in from my amp and then use airplay to Apple home pods?

dali zensor 3 with rotel ra 12? how about?

How is this affordable?

Thanks mate for such a thorough review, really appreciated! 👍

What speakers are those that you have the Sony ES paired up to? They look beautiful.

Well done ..really good info and review. Best Wishes

Excellent review and analysis… big thanks.

This is a very nice review. I got more than enough information on the unit to make my decision to buy one. What do you think of the WXA-50DS Amp?

I like the song

Was wird gespielt?

Good video.. and looks be a good quality product. But for me only one optical input is a deal breaker.

with the USB input, would dts 5.1 music files be output as multi-channel signal through the optical out (no down-mixing)?

Thanks for going over this in a lot of detail. It answered the exact question that I was looking for... I wanted the Bluesound Node, but heard that I couldn't use the optical input for my television because it has a noticeable input delay... and in your review here you covered that you're using this Yamaha with your telly and also showed off how to disable the input delay in the app. Thanks so much.

Nice Bike, What is it?

Hi. Can you tell the app that you want to go mono? Not stereo? I'm about installing in-ceiling/roofspeakers in my house, going to have three musiccast/amp diveces, and want it in mono Sound because the speakers are all over the place. Is that possible?

Can't stomach Aussies due to their ass kissing of American military. Sorry!

great vid

What type of speakers are you playing?

What's that black box with the spectrum analysis lights you're using for.

Can I use it as Headphone amplifier ? I could not see Headphone jack input ? thanks for great video .

Thanks for your reviewing, and I am now planing to get one. I just wanna ask how was it work with AirPlay Wi-Fi connection, can we play music form KZfaq tilda or other apps through Wi-Fi on it? I heard the Wi-Fi of it may lost time to time.

Does this unit give cd quality from Spotify??confused help needed

Nice review, thanks! Is there an up-to-date replacement for the (now obsolete) WXC-50 or should I get one on Ebay?

hi, does this support Qobuz? Thanks.

Excellent review 👌👍

I don't understand why there are two L/R audio outs, when the one on the right (the one you point out) is of much higher quality than the other then why does the other one even exist?

Dali zensor 3 or dali oberon 1?

This device has Bluetooth from year... 2007. Yes, hard to believe. So answer yourself if really nothing happened last 15 years in develpment of this protocol

Many thanks for the review! If you connect a cable using the trigger output on the Yamaha, are you then able to power on and off the Sony amplifier or some other amplifier just by using the Music cast app?

Is this box still worth it today... Seems pretty old (2015 or 2016 when it came out)??

Thanks for the detailed review ! When using the pre outs in "player mode", will it also prevent the volume to be changed from let's say an iPhone sending audio via Airplay ? (I hope so but I'm not sure).