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streaming players like wiim/eversolo with sonos

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September 27, 2025
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In another post (which has been closed) the op asks about using a streaming player like wiim or eversolo with sonos. The op asks if apple music can be streamed lossless. A response post says that any sonos device with a line in can take 48bit music from the streaming device via the line in. Since my arc doesn’t have line in, i’m trying to wrap my head around this. I have arc and era 300s. So in I route the line in into one era 300s, it will play the music over the entire room? (arc and eras) or just the 300 (s). If the music is spacial audio (or atmos), will it play it as such?

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jgatie

Why would you use a streamer like Wiim or Eversolo when you already have a streamer in Sonos? And if you have a Wiim or Eversolo, why would you want to play it through Sonos? It makes no sense.

Either way, if your Era 300’s are being used as surrounds, the Line-In is disabled.

Airgetlam

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Bruce

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

If you remove your 300 as a surround you can then use the line in.

Why anyone would choose to use an external streamer at high bit rates, convert to analog stereo and send that over a pair of RCA cables to a Sonos line-in is beyond my comprehension.

You have added unnecessary congestion to your network. Thrown away the benefit (if any) from the high bit rate source. Lost anything beyond 2.0 sound. Added a digital to analog conversion, followed by an analog to digital converson to further muddy the sound.

What am I not understanding here?

R

Raguu

Enthusiast II

What am I not understanding here?

Leveraging the line-in input on a Sonos device enables integration with external audio platforms, allowing you to take advantage of their software features and processing while maintaining the existing Sonos ecosystem, thereby avoiding the expense of a full hardware replacement.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

What am I not understanding here?

Leveraging the line-in input on a Sonos device enables integration with external audio platforms, allowing you to take advantage of their software features and processing while maintaining the existing Sonos ecosystem, thereby avoiding the expense of a full hardware replacement.

I sure hope that is an AI generated response, if not you missed a lot of the discussion's points.

jgatie

Definitely AI generated.

R

Raguu

Enthusiast II

What am I not understanding here?

Leveraging the line-in input on a Sonos device enables integration with external audio platforms, allowing you to take advantage of their software features and processing while maintaining the existing Sonos ecosystem, thereby avoiding the expense of a full hardware replacement.

I sure hope that is an AI generated response, if not you missed a lot of the discussion's points.

This isn’t AI-generated. I only used AI to clean up my writing because my English isn’t great. I was responding to the point you made that I quoted. The Sonos software doesn’t suit everyone, and adding a dedicated streamer can solve this.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Thanks for the reply, I'll try to be clearer here.

They are adding a streamer that duplicates functionality that already exists in the Sonos system. Maybe it has some features Sonos or the various supported streaming apps provide, I didn't look to see.

Adding a streaming device using the analog line-in option is the second lowest quality connection method possible, superior only to Bluetooth. Surrendering quality and multi-channel options for some control functions just doesn't seem a wise choice.

jgatie

This isn’t AI-generated. I only used AI to clean up my writing because my English isn’t great. I was responding to the point you made that I quoted. The Sonos software doesn’t suit everyone, and adding a dedicated streamer can solve this.

What makes you think Sonos is not a "dedicated streamer".

R

Raguu

Enthusiast II

This isn’t AI-generated. I only used AI to clean up my writing because my English isn’t great. I was responding to the point you made that I quoted. The Sonos software doesn’t suit everyone, and adding a dedicated streamer can solve this.

What makes you think Sonos is not a "dedicated streamer".

I do not believe I stated that it was not.

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