StreamMagic by Cambridge Audio

Name: StreamMagic by Cambridge Audio
Rating: 3.7 (195 reviews)
Author: Audio Partnership

Music

Free · Designed for iPad

195 Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Audio Partnership
Language

EN
+ 12 More
Size

63.5
MB

The StreamMagic app is the ultimate in control for your Cambridge Audio Streaming products. Compatible with EXN100, CXN100, MXN10, AXN10, Evo 75/150/One, CXN (v2), Edge NQ, CXN, CXR120/200*, 851N and StreamMagic 6v2 the StreamMagic app gives you fast access to devices, playlists and internet radio. YOUR MUSIC AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Access the music in your digital library on USB, network drives or even your TIDAL or Qobuz accounts. Build queues from multiple sources. FULL CONTROL OF MULTIPLE DEVICES Whether you own one or more than one Cambridge Audio network player, StreamMagic handles multiple devices with ease. Change volume and select sources all over the home. THE BEST OF INTERNET RADIO From stations on your doorstep to those on the other side of the world, browse, search and save functionality makes finding and playing your favourite programmes and genres fast and simple. CONFIGURE YOUR DEVICE Set-up your network player the way you like it. Rename, set volume limits, change standby modes and much more. Some features may vary by product. Contact us for details. *zone 2 not supported

Ratings & Reviews

3.7

out of 5

195 Ratings

Good tool
02/06/2021

Doug Brehm
So I recently picked up a 851N music streamer. It allowed me to replace my pre amp and DAC separates with a all-included unit. The DAC section of the 851 is pretty good it’s much smoother than the DAC magic plus which it replaced. The AD DACs were a major upgrade coming from the wolfson. Switching sources is easy in the app and makes it easy to pick usb, air play or Roon which is what I primarily use. Sound quality is good on Sirius symphony hall and met opera radio using air play. The Roon ready is easy to use just select Roon ready in this app and add it as a audio end point on your Roon audio settings tab. It will display album art and track title and artist on the display which is nice. I primarily got this to replace my separates and be able to control the hifi system all from my iPad. Only giving four stars as the app interface could be improved. Really happy with the 851 will give me many years and hours of listening enjoyment. Compared to competitors products which I also looked at this was the best and most stable app at the price point. You could go to blu os but that app has terrible reviews. I’ve been a Cambridge customer since 2010 and have never had a bad product from them. This is the streamer you want to get at this price point because the integration is all managed in house for the app and the hardware. Really pleased with my purchase.

Developer Response
Hi, thanks for this great review, we're very pleased you're enjoying your 851N. If you have any other feedback, or ideas on how we could improve things please let us know at streammagicapp@cambridgeaudio.com. Happy listening, Cambridge Audio
Good tool
02/06/2021

Doug Brehm

So I recently picked up a 851N music streamer. It allowed me to replace my pre amp and DAC separates with a all-included unit. The DAC section of the 851 is pretty good it’s much smoother than the DAC magic plus which it replaced. The AD DACs were a major upgrade coming from the wolfson. Switching sources is easy in the app and makes it easy to pick usb, air play or Roon which is what I primarily use. Sound quality is good on Sirius symphony hall and met opera radio using air play. The Roon ready is easy to use just select Roon ready in this app and add it as a audio end point on your Roon audio settings tab. It will display album art and track title and artist on the display which is nice. I primarily got this to replace my separates and be able to control the hifi system all from my iPad. Only giving four stars as the app interface could be improved. Really happy with the 851 will give me many years and hours of listening enjoyment. Compared to competitors products which I also looked at this was the best and most stable app at the price point. You could go to blu os but that app has terrible reviews. I’ve been a Cambridge customer since 2010 and have never had a bad product from them. This is the streamer you want to get at this price point because the integration is all managed in house for the app and the hardware. Really pleased with my purchase.
Developer Response 02/08/2021
Hi, thanks for this great review, we're very pleased you're enjoying your 851N. If you have any other feedback, or ideas on how we could improve things please let us know at streammagicapp@cambridgeaudio.com. Happy listening, Cambridge Audio
Works well, could use a few enhancements to be perfect app
08/02/2023

Pharmdogg
App works seamlessly with CXN V2 and can browse through my SSD FLAC and DSD music collection fairly fast. Could use a few tweaks to make it perfect. Wish list: 1. Volume dial doesn’t show relative position in app despite being connected to CXA81 via control bus. 2. No way to play all of music collection with a push of a button via app 3. No ability to create a favorites list 4. No ability to create playlists These added features would make the system more amazing than it is already

Developer Response
It's always great to receive feedback and we're so pleased to hear that you're happy how the app works with your CXNv2. Unfortunately, due to some hardware constraints, it isn't possible to get the relative position of the volume knob for display in the app. However, your other suggestions will all be raised in our next planning meeting and we hope we can incorporate a few of them in future releases. Kind regards, Cambridge Audio
Works well, could use a few enhancements to be perfect app
08/02/2023

Pharmdogg

App works seamlessly with CXN V2 and can browse through my SSD FLAC and DSD music collection fairly fast. Could use a few tweaks to make it perfect. Wish list: 1. Volume dial doesn’t show relative position in app despite being connected to CXA81 via control bus. 2. No way to play all of music collection with a push of a button via app 3. No ability to create a favorites list 4. No ability to create playlists These added features would make the system more amazing than it is already
Developer Response 10/25/2021
It's always great to receive feedback and we're so pleased to hear that you're happy how the app works with your CXNv2. Unfortunately, due to some hardware constraints, it isn't possible to get the relative position of the volume knob for display in the app. However, your other suggestions will all be raised in our next planning meeting and we hope we can incorporate a few of them in future releases. Kind regards, Cambridge Audio
This App has gotten much better
11/01/2022

CrossEyedAntelope
This App has really been streamlined and made much easier to navigate and use in the last year or so. I primarily use it with my 851N connected to an external hard drive containing about 5 terabytes of music. The user interface is intuitive and the ability to see artwork on the App makes moving around a massive music library relatively simple. The one feature I would love to see added is the ability to edit folder structures and file names on the drive from the App. Now, when I find a subfolder in the wrong spot or a song that is out of order, I need to disconnect the hard drive and reconnect it to my PC to edit the drive. I know, that’s a first-world problem, but if I don’t make a note of what needs to be fixed, I’ll forget. Thanks Cambridge Audio

Developer Response
Hi, thanks for this great feedback, we're really pleased to hear you're enjoying your 851N and the updates we've been making to the app. Thanks also for your suggestions. We've always been a little worried about the idea of making changes to any USB drives attached to the player as for many users this is a precious, and carefully curated music collection and we'd hate to disrupt that! That said, we'll definitely take your ideas to the team for discussion and see if there's a way that we could offer this feature. Kind regards, and happy listening, Cambridge Audio
This App has gotten much better
11/01/2022

CrossEyedAntelope

This App has really been streamlined and made much easier to navigate and use in the last year or so. I primarily use it with my 851N connected to an external hard drive containing about 5 terabytes of music. The user interface is intuitive and the ability to see artwork on the App makes moving around a massive music library relatively simple. The one feature I would love to see added is the ability to edit folder structures and file names on the drive from the App. Now, when I find a subfolder in the wrong spot or a song that is out of order, I need to disconnect the hard drive and reconnect it to my PC to edit the drive. I know, that’s a first-world problem, but if I don’t make a note of what needs to be fixed, I’ll forget. Thanks Cambridge Audio
Developer Response 11/04/2022
Hi, thanks for this great feedback, we're really pleased to hear you're enjoying your 851N and the updates we've been making to the app. Thanks also for your suggestions. We've always been a little worried about the idea of making changes to any USB drives attached to the player as for many users this is a precious, and carefully curated music collection and we'd hate to disrupt that! That said, we'll definitely take your ideas to the team for discussion and see if there's a way that we could offer this feature. Kind regards, and happy listening, Cambridge Audio
User experience can be challenging.
02/21/2021

Pt1976
Adding a single song to the queue is more miss than hit. It usually just plays the song instead of adding it to the queue. Essentially I cannot use it. Qobuz (also Tidal, I use Qobuz) does have a better experience and rather Cambridge having to do so much work on their solution, a suggestion:Qobuz can be the drivers for selecting and managing queues. They essentially are designed for that purpose. Your app in the background connects then to the network player for HiRes playback. (Basically a vampire tap pulling the info from Qobuz)Win - Win - Win. You save on resources and the Qobuz / Tidal do the heavy lifting on interface (which we pay for dearly, their win) and happy customers. Pretty sure you have a backlog of features you then could work on. (No, I will not use Apple airplay, low quality, sorry. Maybe if Apple would solve it. Then you also have a headache less I guess.)Cheers. My scoring:3 stars as it technically works4 stars if the experience and the user interface would be up to date 5 stars if it would have all functions of Qobuz, or better yet, I can use Qobuz and don’t have to deal with any other interface.

Developer Response
Hi, thanks for your detailed feedback, and explaining your thoughts clearly for us. Our streaming service integrations are somewhat governed by what the service allows us access to, but there is always room for improvement and it sounds like Queue management is an area you feel we need to focus, so we'll take that on board and look in to it. If you have any further thoughts or feedback please send them to streammagicapp@cambridgeaudio.com. Kind regards, Cambridge Audio
User experience can be challenging.
02/21/2021

Pt1976

Adding a single song to the queue is more miss than hit. It usually just plays the song instead of adding it to the queue. Essentially I cannot use it. Qobuz (also Tidal, I use Qobuz) does have a better experience and rather Cambridge having to do so much work on their solution, a suggestion:Qobuz can be the drivers for selecting and managing queues. They essentially are designed for that purpose. Your app in the background connects then to the network player for HiRes playback. (Basically a vampire tap pulling the info from Qobuz)Win - Win - Win. You save on resources and the Qobuz / Tidal do the heavy lifting on interface (which we pay for dearly, their win) and happy customers. Pretty sure you have a backlog of features you then could work on. (No, I will not use Apple airplay, low quality, sorry. Maybe if Apple would solve it. Then you also have a headache less I guess.)Cheers. My scoring:3 stars as it technically works4 stars if the experience and the user interface would be up to date 5 stars if it would have all functions of Qobuz, or better yet, I can use Qobuz and don’t have to deal with any other interface.
Developer Response 02/23/2021
Hi, thanks for your detailed feedback, and explaining your thoughts clearly for us. Our streaming service integrations are somewhat governed by what the service allows us access to, but there is always room for improvement and it sounds like Queue management is an area you feel we need to focus, so we'll take that on board and look in to it. If you have any further thoughts or feedback please send them to streammagicapp@cambridgeaudio.com. Kind regards, Cambridge Audio

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