HEOS Software

I have been an audio and home theatre enthusiast for many decades. We also have a wired whole house sound system. We added the streaming music source to it via a PC with a remote control PC app and streaming has become our main source. The problem is that using the remote app for the PC with security log ins and navigating the various music sources was really clunky and inconvenient. I ended up being the only one who understood it well. this app in the new Marantz home threatre preamp has changed everything for the better. The audio quality is far superior. The variety and easy access to streaming sources is amazingly comprehensive. Control is super easy and intuitive. Our local radio stations streaming feeds allow us to enjoy local programming with the same ease. The Home theatre sources are all available as well. My wife and children love being able to use it as well as I can. I can’t tell you how much of a game changer this has been. We love this app. Note: We do have strong WiFi everywhere.

I have had this for about six months now and absolutely love it. I built a new house and spent allot of time researching what I would put in. My wife was insistent that we not have speaker enclosures visible so i needed to support in wall and in ceiling speakers. After some research I quickly discovered that this app was the only system that supported a wired center channel. I was nervous considering so many negative reviews of the app. After using it for six months I can honestly say I have no idea what the negative reviews are talkinG about. The app is intuitive. There are 3 steps 1) select what you are controlling, where you can easily combine zones to create a multi zone sync. 2) select your source, which can be any streaming service or any input on any of your physical devices and 3) control, volume, pause, skip. One thing that took a bit to find was how to expand the volume control so you can set individual zone volume. It is right under the master volume.

I have 2 this app 1 and 3 this app Amps connected to Boston acoustics speakers. Have owned them for 2-3 years. The app works in coordinating the sound. The biggest problem has been with intermittent WiFi. On the this app 1 speakers they sometime just drop off the network and fail to reconnect. I have to remove the battery base and the power cord then reconnect the power. Then the speakers come back online. So the firmware in the speakers probably needs to be reviewed so they reconnect to the WiFi better. I hope they add a sleep timer to the firmware so the speakers turn off after streaming. However you can just play an album or a play list. 2019-nov-03 Upgrading the mesh network and the internet gateway has helped the connection problem. I have also moved all the connections from a managed switch to an unmanaged switch.