Sonos software11/27/2023 Look team, I’m not up on my annals of Sonos vs. And if Sonos had free or cheap PC player software that could play in sync with Sonos speakers, it wouldn’t take much for someone to package a Pi box with the software already installed and ready to sell to those who don’t want to deal with setting it up themselves. There are several Pi proponents on these forum. ![]() Seriously, for example, who is suggesting that somebody with the skills, the time, and the inclination to be coding up Raspberry Pi’s would be a Sonos customer to even begin with? And why is somebody taking the time to make up a ridiculous strawman example to dump on the original question? I honestly don’t think being able to play on PC or phone/tablet is a bad idea, and would use it myself if available. That does not at all mean the system is perfect, or that every suggestion gets shutdown. My attempt was to answer your question, and then explain why it might not be as simple as you might think. Anybody who asks anything that Sonos cannot already do today gets dumped on within mere minutes by individuals clicking refresh all day, as though any feature Sonos cannot already do must be a bad idea for all sorts of speculative reasons, the system is perfect, and we are silly for bothering to ask. What is the deal with these forums? It feels like a cult. there isn’t a lot of value in a Sonos player on your PC.” hence my objection that I do value it in this context, or I wouldn’t have taken the time to post here.Īnd again, you leave off the condition to that statement to give the statement proper context. ![]() If you really wish to hear Sonos over your PC speakers, you can purchase a Sonos Port. If it hasn’t appeared after 15 years, I highly doubt it’s going to magically appear now. But the Squeezebox name is still around, because people are still using the SqueezeSoft PC app to create their own Squeezebox devices out of Raspberry Pi computers.Īnyway, your request isn’t new, it dates all the way back to the original hardware in 2005. The Squeezebox hardware was taken off the market a long time ago. If it does that, no programming is required.Ī little history: Only one Multi-Room music system out of the dozens around had the ability to play from the software on the PC as well as their own hardware. Why would it require any special skills? You are asking for the Sonos software to mimic a Sonos device on a PC. Sonos provides quality and design paired with convenience, at a cost of the price - I thought that was the point. Your $50 Raspberry pi (do they cost that much?) example requires high technical skills and would still require buying speakers and adapters and programming the thing and lord knows what else. So is the alternative you are suggesting for Amazon or someone to just start releasing high quality Echo speakers in various form factors, shut off Sonos integration, and call it a day? ![]() Without the ability to sync you can accomplish playback without Sonos. I did not say you shouldn’t want to play in sync. I clearly prefaced my statement with ‘if you can’t play the computer and Sonos speakers in sync.’. I said nothing about your personal values and priorities. Mine include being able to play simultaneously through my Klipsch THX speakers on my PC while being able to walk somewhere else and have the Move playing seamlessly as I cross environments. Please don’t mansplain to me about what my values should be - everyone has their own priorities. I don’t know enough about all the processing that goes on to tell if that would work. The sync can be addressed with something as simple as a “lag” delay software knob. ![]()
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