B3 can also play through wireless Sonos speakers in different rooms - up to 32 speakers simultaneously.

It appears that the x-14 may transmit a more reliable wifi signal to be used wirelessly with another receiver connected to another analogue or digital amplifier, but I haven't tried it yet. You can do wired connection pre-amp outputs using analogue or digital on both, which is great for interconnecting with existing audio stereo/amplifier systems and multiple surround speakers with more power. Both don't recommend using wireless speakers, but it might be more possible with the x-14? Many of the JB7 and B2 design decisions followed naturally from the decision to be as small as possible.B3 lets you compress these WAV files into FLAC files. FLAC files are about 60% of the size but there is no loss of information so the process is reversible. FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Compression. And Lossless refers to the fact that there is no loss of information.

B2 gets a few minor tweaks to the Queue function. B3 gets the Queue function and now has Bluetooth Out. Upgrade the software from a USB memory in USB A. You need to get a file called b2s.tar.gz from www.brennan.co.uk The offline database has two disadvantages. It does not have any album art and it does not know about recent CDs. But B3 has become my favourite. Sure it takes up more space on my desk but the display is just so right - I’m looking forward to working with owners to do more with the display.This release for VB1, B2B and B3 fixes a problem with the new Sonos Era speakers. (We have only tested Era 100.) New Recording facility on the original web UI - better control over record from internet radio. And now it also records from Bluetooth as well as the forthcoming Brennan ADC. I didn’t know if I’d like the B3 - you never know when you look at computer models. In the past I scrapped several products because I didn’t like them when I saw them in the flesh.

Get the latest software from www.brennan.co.uk. You can find the date of your current software in Stats. The Apps for iPhone and Android give you comprehensive control of any Brennan on the same Wifi network.In fact the music is stored as WAV files at this stage and if you are not short of disk space you need not compress them. CDs also do not contain any cover or album art. But the Musicbrainz database has links to where B3 can find suitable images.

You can use playlists to create collections belonging to different family members, different genres and moods or for special occasions. Spotify

Set the path to the Brennan B2 music folder. You can use Browse - you will find it under the network folder. As far as customer service goes, for me this was a big issue for new electronics. I read that Novatron was faster in responding than Brennan, but that could be anecdotal. Novatron is made in Korea, Brennan in the UK. I actually like the idea of supporting private innovating entrepreneurs like Brennan, but when it comes to service, I think the bigger company delivers. NAS stands for Network Attached Storage - that basically means that the music on the Brennan B2 hard disk can be seen by other devices on the same network. You will need to plug the Bluetooth dongle into a USB port to use Bluetooth. The Bluetooth dongle is usually marked V5.0.