Description

YAMAHA XDA-QS5400RK MUSICCAST MULTI-ROOM STREAMING AMPLIFIER (4 ZONE, 8 CHANNEL)                                                                                        XDA-QS5400RK MusicCast Multi-Room Streaming Amplifier (4 Zone, 8 Channel) Specially designed for custom integration of whole home audio systems, the “QS” (Quad Streamer) provides four zones of audio streaming and eight channels of high-performance audio amplification in an ultra-slim, 1U-high, rack-mountable enclosure.

Yamaha has the whole multizone MusicCast thing going now. There are nifty little speakers, fancier stereo speakers, soundbars, home theatre receivers, compact stereos, hi-fi stereo amplifiers and a subwoofer. There’s even a turntable, which can feed audio from vinyl to anywhere in the house where a MusicCast device (with speakers) is installed. But here is one for the professional installer: the Yamaha XDA-QS5400RK multi-zone amplifier.

What is it?

Well, it’s a little more than an amplifier. It’s also a MusicCast streamer. Or, I should say, four Yamaha MusicCast streamers.

The Yamaha XDA-QS5400RK has eight amplifier channels. They are grouped into pairs and each pair can be bridged to double the power output. It can be enhanced by the companion Yamaha XDA-AMP5400RK multizone amplifier. It looks the same and has the same 1U height with rack fittings and flexible audio buses and jumpers.