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I am considering to buy a BS5 or BS5E. Have a few questions about the feasibility to integrate it into a multi-room setup:
1) In absence of ML, I assume this is not possible with the BS5E, but very easy with the BS5? I can just connect the BS5 via ML with my BV7, which is already in multi-room via ML/NL converter. Assume ithe BS5 is the also automatically in?
2) Can the BS5 act as DLNA client or is this only feasible with the BS5E?
3) I remember there were some issues with BS5 and alac files. Is this also an issue when streaming alac over DLNA?
4) Can I distribute spotify from the BS5 to multiple rooms?
5) Does the BS5 also support Deezer, TuneIn?
6) Does the airplay work-around still work (installing shariport)?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Steve
steve1977:1) In absence of ML, I assume this is not possible with the BS5E, but very easy with the BS5? I can just connect the BS5 via ML with my BV7, which is already in multi-room via ML/NL converter. Assume ithe BS5 is the also automatically in?
Yes, you can add it to the ML network and distribute the audio to netlink multiroom devices via the NL/ML converter. Bear in mind that masterlink can only carry one audio signal at a time so you can't distribute sound from a BV7 source to one NL room whilst also distributing sound from the BS5 to another (unless you also add a second NL/ML converter).
Whether the NL/ML converter would need to be reconfigured depends on which ML role it is currently assigned.
steve1977:2) Can the BS5 act as DLNA client or is this only feasible with the BS5E?
The BM5 can act as a DNLA client / renderer.
steve1977:3) I remember there were some issues with BS5 and alac files. Is this also an issue when streaming alac over DLNA?
I don't know as I've never tried. You may be able to configure your DNLA server to transcode on the fly to say FLAC if this is an issue.
steve1977:4) Can I distribute spotify from the BS5 to multiple rooms?
Yes. The spotify client on the BS5 doesn't support spotify connect though, so you can't control it from a mobile / tablet device.
steve1977:5) Does the BS5 also support Deezer, TuneIn?
No to both. BS5 does have internet radio (N.RADIO) though but it is not based around TuneIn.
steve1977:6) Does the airplay work-around still work (installing shariport)?
No idea, sorry.
Hope the above helps.
Kind Regards,
Martin.
Clear, thanks so much for your quick reply!