-
Ok. There are plenty of other hifi streamers available that support airplay 2 but it seems like you’ve discounted this in favour of a NAS. So I would be looking at any cheap DLNA client, lots on amazon for little money
Edit: i still think a NAS is overkill for what you’re doing. Better to get a little Yamaha streamer and put a usb stick in the back of it, or if you really want multiroom then build a NUC (or a Mac mini) and run plex Media Server with chromecasts in the other rooms. Much more reliable and better SQ. You can get a Gigbyte Brix with optical and analogue out with 512Gb SSD which will kick seven shades out of a cheapo NAS and Sonos Connect. Both of these solutions are within your budget. If you go with the NUC you won't spend more than £250 all in.
freddo-
Hey man, thanks again for your posts. I knew this was going to be a rabbit hole, and i’m fully in it now so may as well see it through!
So, about this part:
You can get a Gigbyte Brix with optical and analogue out with 512Gb SSD which will kick seven shades out of a cheapo NAS and Sonos Connect
In what sense will it be superior? It’s a genuine question: I don’t want the source in my Hifi to be compromised. I’m guessing processing power, which translates to streaming capability? A consideration with high demand applications e.g. video, multiple users etc?
Edit: my late night baby-cradling Internet trawling also indicates that increased ability to buffer audio is beneficial to sound quality.
Olly398
Ok I done a bit of digging and this doesn’t seem to be possible. You can stream from an iPad, iPhone etc, but only to supported receiver devices e.g. active speakers, smart TVs etc. So I don’t think this option would be a cheap fix.