Yamaha Musiccast - experience and app issues...

JimmieP · Jul 10, 2020

Mad Fisho said: ↑

Hey, I see Yahama / MusicCast now has the Search Function sorted, but no solution yet to the crazy access to Artist songs ONLY via Album??
Thanks for any feedback in advance!
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DannyC said: ↑

Is it? Where I still dont see it
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Can anyone confirm??

Gasnets · Feb 14, 2021

JimmieP said: ↑

I have about 1TB of FLAC files (@320 mp3 right up to 24/192 Hi-res) on my NAS, and I recently switched from using:

Bluesound Node 1 through Marantz amp.... to..... Yamaha RN602N (combined amp and streamer).

Generally I'm happy with the switch, the sound quality of the Yamaha is to my ears as good or near to the Bluesound and Marantz combo. The Yamaha Musiccast control app however is not such a good story...:

First the good news, the app is really easy to use, much easier than the Bluesound in some ways, connection to Wi-Fi and the NAS is very quick and easy and just works. Also the reliability is better than the Bluesound for me, less drop-outs over Wi-Fi and the app has worked without any issues, where the Bluesound I found could freeze on me and fail to show my NAS files sometimes.

So far so good....BUT:

First problem is you can't browse and order by Album Artist. This is frustrating as it means that compilations are broken up into artist folders. You can still navigate to the compilation through the Album browser of course, but I find the Artist list is cluttered by artists with one track on a compilation. I'd rather use Album Artist to browse where I can set 'Album Artist' to 'Various Artists' for compilations and view them there.

Second problem, a bigger issue: Musiccast app has no search function and I mean no search function at all. This baffles me completely. So if I want to find a particular artist, album or song from the files on my NAS, I have to navigate to it through the artist/album/song menu (scroll, scroll, scroll......endless scrolllllllll ). Which by the way has no way on skipping to a particular letter of the alphabet, only a separate browse section where artists are grouped under "ABC" / "DEF" / "GHI" etc....

Musiccast apparently has compatibility with Amazon Alexa allowing you to request songs etc in voice command, so it must be able to search, but for some reason this is not a function of the app! bizarre.

I have contacted Yamaha many times (and through many routes, various website contact us sections, and even the app developers direct email - no response and Twitter - no response) about this to ask why and when/if an update with search is coming, but all I get are standard replies that they welcome my feedback but no detail on if it's even being considered.

It seems such an oversight, and Yamaha seem committed to the Musiccast concept as they are adding it to more and more of their devices, so it seems odd to ignore the issue.

Anyone else with Musiccast find this an issue? Any general thoughts on your experience with Yamaha/Musiccast? any workarounds anyone is aware of?
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Also have the yamaha. Both wca and wca-50. I love it. However DSD files only work if using usb drive on device. Not through streaming from phone or NAS. Not many DSD files so no big deal. I find using a android device with 1TB sd card is the way to go. Muc

JimmieP said: ↑

I have about 1TB of FLAC files (@320 mp3 right up to 24/192 Hi-res) on my NAS, and I recently switched from using:

Bluesound Node 1 through Marantz amp.... to..... Yamaha RN602N (combined amp and streamer).

Generally I'm happy with the switch, the sound quality of the Yamaha is to my ears as good or near to the Bluesound and Marantz combo. The Yamaha Musiccast control app however is not such a good story...:

First the good news, the app is really easy to use, much easier than the Bluesound in some ways, connection to Wi-Fi and the NAS is very quick and easy and just works. Also the reliability is better than the Bluesound for me, less drop-outs over Wi-Fi and the app has worked without any issues, where the Bluesound I found could freeze on me and fail to show my NAS files sometimes.

So far so good....BUT:

First problem is you can't browse and order by Album Artist. This is frustrating as it means that compilations are broken up into artist folders. You can still navigate to the compilation through the Album browser of course, but I find the Artist list is cluttered by artists with one track on a compilation. I'd rather use Album Artist to browse where I can set 'Album Artist' to 'Various Artists' for compilations and view them there.

Second problem, a bigger issue: Musiccast app has no search function and I mean no search function at all. This baffles me completely. So if I want to find a particular artist, album or song from the files on my NAS, I have to navigate to it through the artist/album/song menu (scroll, scroll, scroll......endless scrolllllllll ). Which by the way has no way on skipping to a particular letter of the alphabet, only a separate browse section where artists are grouped under "ABC" / "DEF" / "GHI" etc....

Musiccast apparently has compatibility with Amazon Alexa allowing you to request songs etc in voice command, so it must be able to search, but for some reason this is not a function of the app! bizarre.

I have contacted Yamaha many times (and through many routes, various website contact us sections, and even the app developers direct email - no response and Twitter - no response) about this to ask why and when/if an update with search is coming, but all I get are standard replies that they welcome my feedback but no detail on if it's even being considered.

It seems such an oversight, and Yamaha seem committed to the Musiccast concept as they are adding it to more and more of their devices, so it seems odd to ignore the issue.

Anyone else with Musiccast find this an issue? Any general thoughts on your experience with Yamaha/Musiccast? any workarounds anyone is aware of?
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Gasnets · Feb 14, 2021

Continued... Much better control with sd card and this device as source. My Hi Res portable player by Hiby is android based so that's a plus. My phone also is android with sd card as is my tablet. Yes I bought 3 TB cards ouch! Album search is there. I use mine in pre amp mode to take advantage of the Ess sabre dac. There are 2 dac chips in this device. Be aware!

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