This bad boy rarely goes on sale, and was lucky to get mines at a cheaper price (you can wait for TGG $20 Concierge Store Discount). It will help bring your studio monitor or HiFi system into the digital age and has served me well since I got it.
Original PGUYS20 20% off Storewide at The Good Guys on eBay Deal Post
I'm well aware they're EOL but Australian retailers haven't started selling them any cheaper unfortunately. :(
I also looked at used ones on eBay and Gumtree and in metro areas they sell north of $40.
However even though they're EOL don't think casting function to CCA would stop any time soon, unless they change the APIs and backend.
This annoys me as well. I ended up picking up one last week at 10% off, couldn’t wait, thought we wouldn’t have another 20% off in ages. Of course it had to be the very next damn week didn’t it!
It the audio version any better than using a normal Chromecast with a hdmi - vga adapter?
I thought about that myself but I preferred a direct connection. Also there's a full dynamic audio range setting on the CCA, which supposedly sounds better on a good audio system. So I'm not sure if that is also offered as a setting on regular Chromecasts
Not sure if it does.
I'd prefer the audio version but I already had a Chromecast I wasn't using.
FYI CCA supports optical out (TOSlink)
If you're only after audio, the real difference is the 3.5mm dual plug - for analog headphones and mini-TOSLINK, which is digital. A good alternative to the Apple Airport Express.
Also, it has a surprisingly good DAC inside, too.
It the audio version any better than using a normal Chromecast with a hdmi - vga adapter?
It depends on the DAC in the hdmi-vga adaptor. I would expect the DAC in the Chromecast to be better.
You've got 2 options when it comes to setting up a decent sound system with Chromecast - the Chromecast audio which will give you better sound and needs a direct connection, or a home mini which needs your audio system to have Bluetooth which won't have as good sound but as a bonus you get all the functions of the home mini.
Nope, there is a third option: shove a Chromecast into an HDMI receiver. No need to even turn on a tv. I think many people don't realise you can actually do this. I do this with a first-gen Chromecast as well as my MiBox.
Or link you home mini to you Chromecast audio to get the best sound and full functionality!
Forget Home Mini with Bluetooth if you want to do speaker groups. Bluetooth latency is often higher than what the Home app allows to compensate for, sounds terrible.
I’ve been waiting for this :)
Put two in my cart last night. Awaiting 10am and the wife to go pick them up!
Don’t forget you can run Toslink you optical/toslink with these! Which is superb! Extra purchase though!
For those that purchase this, here is a method to allegedly improve the audio quality of the CCA. I say allegedly because I have not tried it, nor do I possess a CCA to try it. YMMV, proceed at your own risk.
https://darko.audio/2018/07/letters-to-the-editor-3-ways-to-…
This is a good product. Works well for what it advertises to do. Could be a bit cheaper though.
http://www.ebaystores.com.au/The-Good-Guys-Australia/_i.html…
all chromecast are available if people are looking
It's EoL and should be ~$20 (consider when it first went EoL in the US they were selling them off for $15 a shot)