![]() ![]() Let's get into measurements and answer these questions. How well was something I needed to figure out. all networked streaming/rendering DACs), I was very happy to read that Roon can now talk to Chromecast Audio. Since I use Roon for my personal music enjoyment and for testing devices that don't act like a sound device in Windows (i.e. Previous tests used PLEX media server which I have also used in other testing but I still preferred to use something more known and better.Įnter Roon's support of Chromecast audio as a remote audio device. I have procrastinated testing the Chromecast Audio because I was not happy with using Google Cast software due to fear of it not being "bit exact." The protocol Google uses for streaming is proprietary so until recently, you were stuck with whatever opaque data path Google provided. After that, in my admittedly limited testing it has proven to be very reliable in being recognized and streaming audio. The device requires setup for its Wifi functionality which I won't dig into. Here, you see it connected with my switching USB power supply and the special Toslink to 3.5 mm cable: It has a USB jack for power and the aforementioned 3.5 mm jack. The Chromecast Audio is a tiny round dongle. In a future article I will measure its DAC and analog output performance. In this article, I will be digging into this aspect of the device. Concern however has been raised that the Toslink output has too much jitter to be a good interconnect. The appeal, and the scenario for testing in this article is that by addition of the Chromecast audio to your own DAC using Toslink you immediately turn your DAC into a networked streamer. The other, by use of a cable you need to buy, is Toslink digital optical output. The retail cost is $35.Ĭhromecast Audio has dual outputs in the same 3.5 mm jack. The audio version as the name implies, foregoes the video functionality and provides audio streaming. The Chromecast is a tiny dongle that allows one to "cast" (stream) audio and video to a remote device. This is a review and detailed measurements of Google Chromecast Audio digital output. ![]()
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