standalone, fire-and-forget web radio and DOS2

[yepyepyep4711]

Hello everyone,

what's been holding me back from upgrading to DOS2 (and from buying a second Classic) is the way web radios are handled with Spark. Basically, it's like Spotify Connect. You start the app, choose what you want, start playback and then it doesn't matter what you do with your phone or PC, playback will not stop until you tell it to. The phone can lose connectivity, the app can be shut down, it doesn't matter. You've just directed the Phantom to play that source, and it will.

I don't want to lose this functionality. I don't want to worry about being the source of music for the family, making sure that my phone stays in range, has enough juice, having to figure out what other device could be a new source to switch to if I decide to go to the shop around the corner and don't want to deprive the family of whatever they are hearing.

Can this be achieved with DOS2?

Thanks all

[ragwo]

Hello everyone,

what's been holding me back from upgrading to DOS2 (and from buying a second Classic) is the way web radios are handled with Spark. Basically, it's like Spotify Connect. You start the app, choose what you want, start playback and then it doesn't matter what you do with your phone or PC, playback will not stop until you tell it to. The phone can lose connectivity, the app can be shut down, it doesn't matter. You've just directed the Phantom to play that source, and it will.

I don't want to lose this functionality. I don't want to worry about being the source of music for the family, making sure that my phone stays in range, has enough juice, having to figure out what other device could be a new source to switch to if I decide to go to the shop around the corner and don't want to deprive the family of whatever they are hearing.

Can this be achieved with DOS2?

Thanks all

With a Chromecast Audio connected to an optical input or a UPnP server running on a computer it can be achieved. Might be other ways too.

[yepyepyep4711]

With a Chromecast Audio connected to an optical input or a UPnP server running on a computer it can be achieved. Might be other ways too.

Let me rephrase that: can the functionality of needing nothing but the phantom(s) once playback has started be achieved with DOS2?

[ragwo]

With a Chromecast Audio connected to an optical input or a UPnP server running on a computer it can be achieved. Might be other ways too.

Let me rephrase that: can the functionality of needing nothing but the phantom(s) once playback has started be achieved with DOS2?

I don't think so.

[KarlMarx]

ROON live radio works well

[ragwo]

ROON live radio works well

But then you'll need Roon installed on a computer, and pay for the annual/lifetime subscription.

[eniriop]

Hello everyone,

what's been holding me back from upgrading to DOS2 (and from buying a second Classic) is the way web radios are handled with Spark. Basically, it's like Spotify Connect. You start the app, choose what you want, start playback and then it doesn't matter what you do with your phone or PC, playback will not stop until you tell it to. The phone can lose connectivity, the app can be shut down, it doesn't matter. You've just directed the Phantom to play that source, and it will.

I don't want to lose this functionality. I don't want to worry about being the source of music for the family, making sure that my phone stays in range, has enough juice, having to figure out what other device could be a new source to switch to if I decide to go to the shop around the corner and don't want to deprive the family of whatever they are hearing.

Can this be achieved with DOS2?

Thanks all

I used to listen to ABC lounge radio with Spark. Now I have downloaded their Ios App  on my Iphone and I listen to it all day long with DOS 2 and airplay. From the app I can choose between my pair of Gold or my pair of reactor 600 (but not to both at the same time). If I receive a phone call the radio is muted though.

[yepyepyep4711]

If I receive a phone call the radio is muted though.

Exactly what I do not want. Besides the fact that I'm on android I'm not the only person in the house, the music/radio should not depend on me or my personal devices. I intend to call devialet and see if they intend to restore this functionality at some point. I mean, Spotify Connect still works, right? Why stop there?

[Pioneer123]

I wish I had known about this before I upgraded, my phantoms would run web radio all day through Spark and it was perfect. Now I need to use my phone which is ridiculous when I get a call or have some notifications come through or want to show someone something on YouTube for instance.

Can’t understand why Devialet dumped such a great feature. It has certainly halted me buying anymore phantoms as I don’t want to spend extra money on further infrastructure to do it (I.e. Room or similar).

[Damon]

I hope I'm not derailing things, but could Phantoms, either Gold, Classic or Reactors, be fed music and internet radio from a Sonos? If I could go out from my W4S Connect into Phantoms, either coax or optical, that would be very interesting. Just thinking that the Sonos interface and multiple streaming service functionality would be a compelling and easy combination.

Thanks, and welcome to January.