Cambridge Audio adds Spotify Connect to Stream Magic 6 V2

By Max Langridge
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The Stream Magic 6 V2 now supports Spotify Connect, allowing Spotify Premium subscribers to listen to music, playlists and more without needing to play Spotify on their smartphone or tablets.

A firmware update will add Spotify Connect, bringing all the benefits of Spotify to the Stream Magic 6 V2. Spotify Connect means the device itself accesses Spotify's cloud music servers, meaning you no longer need to send music from a secondary device, a phone or tablet say.

Instead, you can simply control Spotify on the Stream Magic itself.

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The Stream Magic 6 V2, successor to the Award winning Stream Magic 6, currently allows user to stream music from computer, USB and NAS devices. 20,000+ Internet radio stations are also accessible.

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All major audio formats are supported, including 24-bit WAV and FLAC files. Twin Wolfson DACs and ATF upsampling technology aims to deliver "the ultimate sound quality wherever the music comes from".

A range of digital inputs allow users to connect TVs, computers, Blu-ray players and iPod/iPad docks. An optional BT100 Bluetooth receiver provides another way of wirelessly streaming music.

Max Langridge

Max is a staff writer for What Hi-Fi?'s sister site, TechRadar, in Australia. But being the wonderful English guy he is, he helps out with content across a number of Future sites, including What Hi-Fi?. It wouldn't be his first exposure to the world of all things hi-fi and home cinema, as his first role in technology journalism was with What Hi-Fi? in the UK. Clearly he pined to return after making the move to Australia and the team have welcomed him back with arms wide open.