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Joshv93
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September 28, 2023
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Connecting to Move 2 via $40 combo adapter in Windows 11

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How do you connect to the Move 2 via line-in or by ethernet within Windows 11? I know others are using the Move 2 as their desktop/mobile speaker. The point is to get better audio quality as opposed to Bluetooth. As far as I know, there is no “Airplay” equivalent - the Sonos 2 app for Windows is complete garbage (don’t know what the hell the vision they had but it wasn’t the right direction).

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Best answer by Airgetlam

You really want to connect the Sonos as a computer speaker system, something it’s not designed for, rather than using it as intended as a streaming music system?

You’d need to feed an audio line out from the computer (like a headphone) to the Sonos line in. There is no method to connect via Ethernet. 

Most of the data in this thread, while older, is still applicable. The major difference would be connecting to the line in on the Move, but there are lots of threads on that. The challenge would still be dueling volume controls (headphone and line in), making this not a wildly easy solution to manage. If I absolutely were forced to do it, I’d set the output level on the PC and never touch it, using the line in level in the Sonos software only. 

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Airgetlam
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September 28, 2023

You really want to connect the Sonos as a computer speaker system, something it’s not designed for, rather than using it as intended as a streaming music system?

You’d need to feed an audio line out from the computer (like a headphone) to the Sonos line in. There is no method to connect via Ethernet. 

Most of the data in this thread, while older, is still applicable. The major difference would be connecting to the line in on the Move, but there are lots of threads on that. The challenge would still be dueling volume controls (headphone and line in), making this not a wildly easy solution to manage. If I absolutely were forced to do it, I’d set the output level on the PC and never touch it, using the line in level in the Sonos software only. 

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