Denon - Heos Link HS2 Streaming Media Player - Black and Gunmetal

Very cool that there is a HEOS Alexa Skill so I can control my zones using Alexa. If only the Fire TV Stick home theater option could connect via WiFi that would be gold.

As I have read in countless reviews, the HEOS Link stops playing, cuts off songs in mid stream, jumps to the next track without any particular reason. My internet connection is very good (1 gig), everything else on my network works fine. I never know whether this thing is going to work for 5 minutes or 5 hours. Definitely needs a reboot every day that I try to use it. The app is terrible. Other than that, it sounds great. Oh yeah, it also stops playing after a few minutes when it is playing from my MacBook as a server. And, as I sit here now, listening to Amazon Music, it just stopped playing. I sure wish I had read the reviews before I bought it. (Or, rather, didn't buy it.) But, I thought that Denon products were high quality. Well, not this one.

I Love the integration of this product with the Denon/Marantz echo system. I use the USB input to select HiRez files to play. Integrates well with my Marantz system. I also use one with another non Marantz/Denon system and it works without question. I have whole house auto in HiRez that I can play from anywhere in my house regardless of where the file is stored. The 3.5mm input is great for plugging into other systems. I would love to see better integration with the Bluetooth, controlling the unit when there is no WiFi available.

I am a professional home theater installer and I have installed many of these along with many other HEOS products. The HEOS link and the entire HEOS line is fantastic!!! If you have had any issues at all or written a bad review, I'm sorry to say that you probably just didn't understand the product or how it works. As I stated before, I have installed many of these and every single customer has absolutely loved it!!! The free app is very simple and works great! The only problem I have ever seen had to do with the network itself, the entire HEOS system runs on the network, so you need to make sure you have a good router. If your router is old, slow, or just not good... well then the HEOS system will not work properly. This is the poor networks fault, not HEOS. I highly, highly reccomed anything HEOS and I love installing it! It's easy to install, easy to use and sounds great! What's not to love!

The sound is good, but the app is unreliable. I can't really comment on the features, because it rarely works the way it should.