Yamaha MusicCast 20

Music cast poor connectivity – I have 2 different yamaha speakers (both music cast) pluse a home stereo (music cast as well). The sound is great but the connectivity is absolutely rubbish. It is a rare day I can get all 3 speakers to connect. I would be lucky to get all 3 speakers to connect once every 20 attempts. The music cast app is clunky and glitchy, it really needs redoing from the start. The speakers will only bluetooth some music from my phone, I find myself using my UE boom if I want to play music from my phone as it will play everything I am wanting to listen too (the yamaha speakers don't play it for some reason). I wouldn't waste your money on yamaha if you would like a multi speaker set-up.

Caution: Only use under strict medical supervision – If you have high blood pressure, or if you have a dicky heart, or even if you're a reasonable person who is pretty tech savvy, avoid the Yamaha MusicCast. It just will not hold the connection, so I have to set it up almost every time I use it. I bought two for about $330 each.

This Is A Great Little Speaker - Surprisingly Loud For Its Size – I have one of these little speakers that I use as a 'portable' speaker - it does not have a battery and needs 240 Volts, but it is great to move around the house wherever I want some music. It is surprisingly loud for its size, but more importantly, the sound is clean and clear. It has all of the connections that you would expect from this type of speaker - Bluetooth / WiFi / Airplay , but most importantly - MusicCast. This is a brilliant app which will allow you to play music from your home network or from your device, or all of the audio streaming services (Spotify / Pandora / Tidal / Deezer etc). If you have other MusicCast compatible devices, you can play different things to each of them, or the same thing to all of them. It really is a great app!

This type of speaker has a lot of competition (Sonos / Bose / UE Boom etc), which are very close in most areas, but where this speaker stands out is if you have any other MusicCast compatible devices - once I started down the Yamaha MusicCast path it just got better and better. You can even use this speaker as a surround speaker for another MusicCast compatible device!

There are cheaper / louder / smaller speakers just like this one on the market, and as a stand-alone purchase it might be difficult to justify the Yamaha MusicCast 20 over it's competitors, but the bigger picture of whole house audio with simple control and incredible flexibility really makes it stand out in a crowded market.