Adding a tuner to your sonos system

Sonos used to support that but now so much of what you do locally is passed through their servers.

We now have a backup system that allows us to play our local music without announcing every song to the snoopy and marketers. Doesn't sound as good as Sonos, lacks many nice Sonos features but it is PRIVATE. 

mocha95,

These LP’s were produced before record companies started using draconian compression schemes that irritate so many of us. This is why some people are seeking the early releases that you have. We are currently seeing ‘vintage’ record stores popping up.

There is some justification for this draconian compression because it was easy to prove that it sold more records, tapes, and CDs. These compressed releases are easier to listen to in noisy environments, such as cars and out on the street. It’s hard for me to argue with people who claim that the 70’s (uncompressed or lightly compressed) releases sound better than later mass releases, but the premium releases that worked from the master tape in the vault, without any compression, are (in my opinion) in a different league.

While I don’t have access to the data, I suspect that most SONOS listeners use services and privacy does not exist. Way back when, I would not have climbed aboard if SONOS had not been private. I think that the marketers are in charge and they demand data. Privacy just gets in the way.

The thing is you can also ad favorites to Sonos, so I still do not really see the need for a tuner. But, as stated, Sonos caters for this use case by selling devices that have an analogue in.

https://www.airablenow.com/airable/radio/ This is something that Brennan has included into the higher end CD Ripper/Players. Just a thought...

This last post makes me question if you've even installed a music service like TuneIn on your system. Airable looks like it does something like TuneIn - provide acces to radio stations via the internet.

​@mocha95 

I appreciate you aren’t keen on streaming - but you could search on Sonos for each of those ten stations you like and add them to your Sonos Favourites, so that on the Sonos app home screen you just tap the station of your choice and it will immediately play - just like you’re trying to do with your tuner, cables, and remote control. 

It is by far the most efficient way to play and switch stations on your Sonos system. I don’t know why this would be less agreeable than connecting up a tuner. (I think Sonos’ lack of an external tuner is because it is counter-intuitive vs Sonos’ fundamental purpose.)

And regarding privacy, I can’t speak to the privacy policies of individual stations or Sonos, but I don’t get too concerned that a computer out there somewhere knows I listen to the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast show. If you have a Sonos account and speakers, then they already have all the info they need. Playing radio stations through Sonos won’t put you at any further ‘risk’.