Muzo Cobblestone WiFi Audio Receiver Adapter with Wolfson DAC Airplay DLNA Multiroom 24Bit 192kHz Free App

This product has a lot of potential and is essentially the same device as the Pyle PFI23 and the AudioCast M5. They all use the same app (just rebranded). And they have the same problem connecting. The ethernet port(RJ45) on the Cobblestone does work and it connects to the local network when plugged in. The problem is that the app can't find the device at that point and you can't manually point the app to the device's LAN IP. And, apparently the app uses port 80 to communicate with the device, which is probably the busiest port there is, and there's no way to change it. On top of that, this version of the app does NOT support streaming Pandora - despite what the screen shots show. (The AudioCast app does support Pandora, albeit poorly.)Anyway... too many strikes against it. It goes back.

When I purchased this product the compelling features were AirPlay support and multi-room function via WiFi. I had previously used Bluetooth adapters on my speakers but that approach is tedious, connecting, reconnecting to one speaker set at a time which is not practical.Multiroom - It wasn't clear to me if AirPlay and multi-room advertisement meant supporting AirPlay2 which is Apple's native multi-room support that allows a user to select multiple speakers. The answer is no but the Cobblestone supports multi-room by configuring it to synchronize Cobblestones in their apps (4stream or Muzo player) but this is not native AirPlay2. Two Cobblestones don't show up in AirPlay configuration that can be checked together, but once configured to work together via their apps a single speaker system shows up in AirPlay configuration, for instance in the iOS control center or music where multiple Cobblestones behave as a single sytem playing together.Setup - The setup on my network was a bit painful because Cobblestone requires that your phone and Cobblestone devices are configured via a 2.4Ghz radio even if your network supports 5Ghz band. The support team was helpful (via chat) but they are not going to be able to diagnose your network or every router. Before you leap make sure you are able to use only the 2.4Ghz radio on your network for setup (either because the SSID's are distinct or your able to turn off 5Ghz temporarily during setup).Some routers show separate SSID network identifiers, one for each band so you can connect your phone to the 2.4Ghz band, configure the Cobblestones and then reconnect your phone to 5Ghz. I happen to have a Netgear Orbi router which does not use a distinct network SSID so I had to turn off the satelite network nodes, use a terminal to disable the 5Ghz radio temporarily in the main router, reset the network settings on the phone, and then reconnect to the network which is then only 2.4Ghz. The instructions for disabling the 5Ghz radio on a Netgear Orbi can be found on the web (search for "Orbi temporarily disable 5Ghz"). Once I did all this their apps were able to configure the Cobblestones to my network and I enabled the 5Ghz radio and network satellites again. That configuration may be over most people's head...I'm a software developer so I didn't give up. Some routers will have a web page feature to disable 5Ghz if your fortunate.Function - Once configured the Cobblestones work as advertised. I used the 4stream app to join the Cobblestones and left them as one unit because using their app is just another complication if your using AirPlay. The Cobblestone can also behave as a WiFi hotspot although I have a mesh network so did not go down this path. If you did go down this path I assume the SSID would be different from your own network so that is not a transparent mesh solution.Overall - For the money, if your able to setup on 2.4Ghz Cobblestones are a solid and affordable solution for multi-room WiFi speakers. My hope is that they will eventually be able to a) support setup on any band and b) natively support AirPlay2 which would require licensing from Apple which could drive up the price???

TLDR - If you are looking to add streaming audio capabilities to your Home Receiver and/or active powered speakers, look no further! Especially if you have an iPhone to use Airplay!Recently, I joined a book club at work and I just couldn't get around to reading the actual book. Due to the high demand, there was an audiobook that was made available in lieu of the book. I never tried audio books before, but listening while driving (in traffic) ended up being really awesome!! I was so hooked, that I wanted to listen at home, too.Unfortunately, the audio book app was not Google Chrome Cast capable. I couldn't "cast" it to any of my devices at home. It did, however, support Airplay. But I did not have anything "Airplay" capable, so that's when I went online to search for a product that would.A lot of the products out there seem to have iffy reviews. I am overall biased by the reviews and ended up finding this one. What stood out about this was that the company took the time to advertise things like "Wolfson" and 24bit 192KHZ, etc. They also cared to make their product look like something that can stand alone in a bedroom and not looks clunky or cheap. This drew me in. When I received the device, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it did look high quality ... though a little bigger than I had anticipated. As my picture shows, the device is sitting on top of my Edifier 1280T speaker. It works beautifully with it and the speakers are now "standalone" due to me upgrading my PC speakers to the Edifier 1850DB.What I Like- The quality combined w/ my Edifier speakers is awesome. Super clear and no distortion. I have yet to pair it with my Home A/V unit to test that combo out!- Airplay works great! Pops up nicely on my iPhone. More on this in "What I Didn't Like", though.- Device also shows up in my Spotify list of devices so that is great too! I already have a ton, but this will be great when I'm not playing on my PC or my Home A/V.- Small / light enough that I probably could take it everywhere ... but one bit on that in the "What I Didn't Like"- The app for the iPhone is nice enough. Looks like I could add multiple of these devices in my house if I wanted to and control them all from my App. There are links to play songs from my phone and variety of supported apps like TIDAL, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, etc as advertised.What Might Be Improved- Setup was a struggle! Maybe on Android it would be an easier experience, but I could not get the setup to work. I tried everything ... resetting over and over, even resetting my phone and WiFi. I connect to the device WiFi directly and go back to the app, but then it doesn't recognize it. If I close the app and get back in, the App recognizes the device. The problem is that it does not connect to my router. I think the WPS feature would work well or maybe for Android. But unfortunately, I have Ubiquiti and it has no WPS feature and I have an iPhone. I think a future update to the App will fix this issue. Also, if the App supported the ability to edit the WiFi SSID and password directly, then that might help too. In the end, I figured it out :) I was able to access the device via my web browser using the IP address it assigned me. When I got there, it was waiting for me to finish WiFi setup. Boom, done!- The one other thing is initial latency. When I Airplay into the device and play a source, it takes a little bit to start. I did notice that once it began playing something, everything else was quick! Might not be this device only and maybe other factors.Overall, this device checks off a lot of boxes for me. I needed something I could "cast" to for Airplay and be wireless, standalone and play high quality sound. It does all that!

Since Google discontinued Chromecast Audio, I needed a way to get streaming music (Spotify, Iheart Radio, etc) to play on the home stereo. The Cobblestone does this perfectly. Setup was straightforward as described in the user's manual. Once I completed setup, the Spotify app identified the Cobblestone as a music device that it could stream to. The sound quality is very good, though I wish it had a digital output rather than being limited to RCA connections to my stereo receiver. The associated app also allows playing music from my DLNA Networked Attached Storage Drive. Overall, I'm quite satisfied with the Cobblestone.

Unfortunatels minimal includes the tech too. It didn't seem have the airplay 2 functionally so while 1 of my airplay 2 speakers sounded good, I could never play to multiple speakers simultaneously ylike "whole house sound" is what Im looking for and was disappointed .