MÜZO Cobblestone Wireless Music Receiver for Streaming Music

Let me first start out by saying I'm not your average techie, I spend my life enthralled with gadgets and networks, both personally and professionally. I originally purchased two of these devices to check it out and love the idea of what these devices are trying to accomplish. After a week of having two fully working (the first go around, I had to return because a firmware update malfunctioned and wouldn't connect to a network), I ordered two more for a total of four cobblestones I live in a 1200 square foot condo and desired to make use of various awesome stand alone speakers for a total home music playing power house. One of the main reasons I was really impressed with the capabilities of these is the smooth integration with Pandora.The static from the in-box stereo cables is ridiculous considering they are all junk straight out of the box (all four were the same), but I swapped out the cables for new ones and it wasn't a big deal.I had some hiccups from time to time with the devices not sync'ing to each other and occasionally had to reboot them, but hey, they're inexpensive and it's technology (things happen, I get it). For about 3 months, I dealt with the occasional glitches and applied firmware updates as soon as I was notified there was one.About a month ago (4 months after I had purchased them), things started going really wacky. Disconnects became more frequent and reboots started requiring every device to be reset several times before everything was back up and in sync, the sporadic loss of signal in multi room mode became almost intolerable and I just started using only single room mode which was a frustrating reality considering what I had originally set out to accomplish with them. I even tried creating a separate "Muzo" wireless network (completely separate vLAN on wired network for wired Cobblestones) and prioritized all traffic on my Cisco meraki router for the devices. I have a 350 Mbit connection at my house and have two separate ISP's with failover enabled. I only mention my home network config as it often would seem like they devices wouldn't just lose a network connection but would lose the ability to pull music from the Internet.After dealing with the more than frustrating issues, I noticed there was an iPhone app update and figured that surely an update is better, right? WRONG. After applying the update, Pandora completely disappeared from the App and in thinking I was crazy and perhaps missing something, I contacted support. To my surprise, Pandora isn't supported anymore. REALLY? I did explain the other issues in the email support conversation and was told they were working on a firmware fix for the issues described.Now, I have 4 devices that have become almost useless bricks as they don't stay connected at all and I've lost all hope for multi room mode. The app seemingly gets confused in discovering devices and the idea support provided to use AirPlay to play music is a horrible solution as I primarily use my phone for the app and if I leave my network or receive a call/text, the music is interrupted and the delay of music playback of this method is unreasonable (especially if you have guests that you're entertaining...very annoying to be a techie with something that doesn't work as it should!).I am still very much in love with the idea behind these things and am left baffled behind why "updates" would consistently make something worse or eliminate features that were advertised selling points of the device when purchased. I even get that sometimes updates can come with pitfalls but don't understand why they would consistently make something worse and provide no actual fixes.If you're thinking of buying these devices, take all this into account. I'm sorry and disappointed to write such a harsh review but it's worth the time spent so others don't make a mistake. I'd love to return all of them and would even repurchase once the glitches are worked out and features added back, but unfortunately for me, it's too late to return and I'm stuck with cute little white bricks...ironic they're called Cobblestones...

Works fine for my Spotify use. I start the Spotify app on my phone, it sees a device available, and I set that device and hear tunes. A relatively inexpensive way to add Spotify (or other services) to an existing stereo system. Ensure that you have the latest updates for the device when you install it.

Works great as described, small but mighty little device.

I installed two of these little jewels. They work perfectly and have very rich detailed sound. The app for iPhone works flawlessly and set up is very easy. A real bargain in every way.

I went all in on this product and bought 5. I have a large masonry home and wanted music throughout. So far 2of 5 devices are a failure. One has a corrupt mirco jack and the other fails to connect to wi fi. I will continue to search for a wireless solution to my music needs, but not from Muzo or AmazonUpdate. Now none work. I echo others here in embracing the idea of this system. Just not ready for deployment.

I am a Home Theater integrator by profession. These days clients most frequently opt for Sonos as this allows control from many phones and pads via wifi. It has been our experience that reliable service is achieved by a hardwired connection to the device. Wifi is repeatedly problem ridden and the more complex the network, the more likelihood of problems. Sonos in general is very fun and effective installed in this manner. The only hiccup, a deal breaker for me, is that Sonos will not play my music library as I upload my music in 96/24 Apple Lossless, WAV etc. Come the Cobblestone, which does what the Sonos does and like the Sonos is operated from most phones and pads via a simple downloaded app. The important differences are as follows:1. The Cobblestone costs less than 1/5th the price of the Sonos Connect and requires no other additional gear to connect to my network. More money saved not to mention a much simpler integration process.2. Both units provides a good stereo signal to my amplifier but only the Cobblestone will play the music in my iTunes library because the Connect can not play the higher fidelity 96/24 files.3. The Cobblestone doe not require additional devices to connect to my network like a Boost.Simpler to use and one less expense. Neither device is truly highend but since I am able to use my nice amplifiers and speakers, the sound quality is quite good. It sets up easier than the Sonos and is very easy to use. I have not made use of it for multiple zone playback and it is a recent addition to my system so its a bit up in the air how reliability will work out. I think that avoiding a wifi hookup will make it a more reliable performer but having a truly robust Wifi router is always a must if you actually plan on using wifi for much and will likely make wifi operation a non issue.