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Hey folks, I just made the leap to Windows 8, and I'm determined to to avoid iTunes (for the standard performance reasons). I've had a bit of a look around and initially I was leaning towards Foobar or something similar, but I'm also after something that will airplay to my receiver. From the looks of it, AirFoil and AirParrot don't work at this point. Something to do with applications being sandboxed when they run in metro. I've still got an iPod, so syncing ability would be good, but I can use DoubleTwist or something to get around with that. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience in doing this? I'm two days old with Windows 8, so forgive the ignorance if there is an easy fix here. Cheers.

Further Information: I'm the original owner, only selling due to going down a more classic 2 channel audio setup. In excellent condition. One tiny chip on the front corner as seen in the last image of the receiver. Power and Processing: 7-channel amplifier 90 watts per channel into 8 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.09% THD, with 2 channels driven Dolby® TrueHD, and DTS-HD™ Master Audio, Dolby® Digital Plus, DTS-HD™ High Resolution Audio analog-to-HDMI video upconversion (up to 1080p) YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) for easy automatic speaker setup and more precise surround sound (microphone included) Cinema DSP modes add richness and presence to music and movie soundtracks Adaptive Dynamic Range Control limits the volume level on sound effects and commercials for more discreet late-night listening Silent Cinema for simulated surround sound via standard stereo headphones Digital Music Options: Internet-ready — access music from your PC and Internet radio stations listen to music from iPod®, iPhone®, iPad® or thumb drive through the front-panel USB input Built-in Apple AirPlay® for ultra-convenient music playback Multi-room Audio: dual-room/dual-source output powered and line-level stereo audio output for 2nd room (using powered 2nd-room output allows 5.2 home theater in main room) optical and coaxial digital audio sources are not output to Zone 2 USB and network-connected sources cannot be played back in different Zones at the same time Audio Performance Features: 192kHz/24-bit Burr-Brown digital-to-analog converters for all channels Ultra Low Jitter PLL circuitry reduces timing jitter from digital sources, for improved sound quality back surround speaker channels re-assignable for bi-amping compatible front left and right speakers Pure Direct mode switches off front-panel display, tone controls, and DSP circuitry for cleaner sound with analog audio sources Compressed Music Enhancer for better sounding MP3s and other digital music files Connections: HDMI 1.4a audio/video switching: 6 in, 1 out (including 1 front-panel input) Component video switching (2 in, 1 out) Composite video switching (5 in, 1 out) — including the front-panel input Digital audio inputs: 2 optical and 2 coaxial 2 analog stereo audio-only inputs No phono input — to connect a turntable you'll need to add a phono preamp Ethernet port for music streaming from a PC network USB port for audio playback from USB flash drives, hard disk drives, and portable MP3 music players 1 pair of main speaker outputs General Features: Free Yamaha remote app lets you use your iPhone or Android device as a remote over the home network Four SCENE presets for easier source switching Full-color on-screen display lets you browse movies and music, including album art (via HDMI only) HDMI standby pass-through allows HDMI switching without powering up receiver