Yamaha may be better known for its AV receivers and home theater systems, but the company was one of the early entrants in the digital-audio-receiver category, with audiophile-centric products like the Yamaha MCX-1000 MusicCast server. MusicCAST 2 is the second iteration of Yamaha’s digital-audio-streaming platform, and it enters a product category that is now much more mature, with several recommendable products such as the Sonos BU150, Logitech Squeezebox Duet, and Apple TV.
Read about the MusicCast on Yamaha’s site.
source: CNet
A bit disappointed in Yamaha’s offering here. They had things right on the money with the cutting edge launch of MusicCast 4 years ago but this offering was a total waste of good R&D dollars.
When you have products like Sonos around surely the likes of Yamaha would have taken notice and tried to better it, with this new version of the MusicCast they seem to have taken us back a few years, I mean in the days of touch screens everywhere why would you even consider putting a mouse pad on the controller???!!!!
No current access to online services either, apparently this is a wait and see feature. Not to mention the drawn out operation and setup process, you kind of have to wonder what on earth has Yamaha become when they let this sort of boat anchor out of the bag.