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I currently have a large amount of music stored on my WD Home NAS in various formats.  I’m able to stream MP3s to Sonos but FLAC files, although visible on the Sonos app (Music Library), bring up an error stating they don’t exist.  I guess this could be down to the NAS (which is a few years old) or the device I’m using to connect to Sonos.

I also use Spotify but again, this doesn’t allow lossless audio.

If there’s no workable solution, one option I am considering is buying a Brennan B2 or B3.  I have a large CD collection so streaming from Brennan to Sonos in lossless is appealing.

However, if I take the plunge on a Brennan, I believe I would need to set that up as the designated Music Library.  So my question is - can two folders be set up within the Music Library on the Sonos app?  I don’t want to lose access to my existing NAS as that has some unique recordings (albeit on MP3) but would love the option of streaming lossless from another device.

I guess my other question is does anyone know of  a solution to play lossless from WD Home, which has limited features.

Thanks

 

 

Make sure your FLAC files meet the Sonos requirements.

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/supported-audio-formats-for-sonos-music-library

Sonos is happy to play from any NAS that supports the required version of SMB networking.

I have no trouble with FLAC files. SONOS will support up to 16 network shares.

I’ve had no luck while attempting to use the newer WD products with SONOS. Maybe they are usable, but I ran out of patience.

Thanks for the reply Stanley_4 and the link.

Having looked into Brennan products a little more, I can see that to integrate them into the Sonos ecosystem, the Brennan needs to be attached to the router and set up in the Sonos app as a NAS.

So I guess this goes back to my initial question of whether I can have two NAS links in my Music Library, one to my existing WD NAS (which works fine btw and I don’t want to lose) and also a second NAS link to the Brennan? 

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