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Access sonos connect directly through native application of the streaming provider

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February 26, 2024
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I use my Sonos Connect as a streamer connect to my Hifi, and I am currently using Amazon music as a music provider. The problem is that I cannot use the Amazon music app to select the music to stream through my Sonos Connect, I am forced to use the Sonos app; this is a serious limitation since in this way I cannot use most of the functionalities provided by the Amazon music app, which are useful in discovering new music.

Do you know which HD music provider (e.g. tidal, deezer, etc.) would give me direct access thorugh their native app to my Sonos Connect streaming functionalities?

Thanks a lot!

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Best answer by jgatie

Thank you, but unfortunately this is not possible, at least for Sons Connect, which is the only Sonos device that I am using

You should probably contact Sonos about this, because it is possible for all Sonos devices.

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/stream-audio-to-sonos-from-another-app

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MicheleReAuthor

Contributor I

That raises the question: why is Apple evil?

I this is is an off topic question. Anyway... It’s not evil, but it’s not my choice, at least for two reasons:

it’s a closed, non-standard platform
it’s very expensive

That’s enough for me to go elsewhere

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MicheleReAuthor

Contributor I

Thank you jgatie, as a matter of fact yesterday afternoon I have contacted Sonos support and they gave me the same link as you. If you look from the list, Amazon music does not support Sonos Connect (at least, my device has no microphone nor Alexa support), and the only CD-quality service supporting direct streaming of music from native app, in Italy, is Tidal. As soon as my subscription to Amazon ends, I will try Tidal to check it. Thanks again,

Michele

controlav

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Thank you jgatie, as a matter of fact yesterday afternoon I have contacted Sonos support and they gave me the same link as you. If you look from the list, Amazon music does not support Sonos Connect (at least, my device has no microphone nor Alexa support), and the only CD-quality service supporting direct streaming of music from native app, in Italy, is Tidal. As soon as my subscription to Amazon ends, I will try Tidal to check it. Thanks again,

Michele

Is your Connect running S1 or S2? Tidal on S1 Connect’s has some limitations: https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/comments/ywpbom/tidal_master_quality/

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melvimbe

Unless something has changed, you do need to go through the Alexa setup in order to cast from the Amazon music app to a Sonos speaker. I understand that you might not have any Alexa capable devices in your home (other than your phone) but Amazon uses the same communication pipeline to Sonos for both Alexa voice commands and the Amazon music app.

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/set-up-an-amazon-alexa-device-to-control-sonos

Danny

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MicheleReAuthor

Contributor I

Thank you jgatie, as a matter of fact yesterday afternoon I have contacted Sonos support and they gave me the same link as you. If you look from the list, Amazon music does not support Sonos Connect (at least, my device has no microphone nor Alexa support), and the only CD-quality service supporting direct streaming of music from native app, in Italy, is Tidal. As soon as my subscription to Amazon ends, I will try Tidal to check it. Thanks again,

Michele

Is your Connect running S1 or S2? Tidal on S1 Connect’s has some limitations: https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/comments/ywpbom/tidal_master_quality/

Thank you controlav, my Connect is running S1, so I hope it will properly manage FLAC CD-Quality streams from Tidal. Thanks for the information

Schlumpf

Virtuoso

@MicheleRe

I think testing Tidal will be your best chance. As mentioned Amazon realizes the functionality via Alexa cloud what would mean a limited quality. If there are problems with Tidal, imho best alternative would be Spotify even they still don’t offer HiFi quality, but they seem to use a quite good codec because often I can’t hear a difference between Spotify and Flac CD quality of other services.

Ralf

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MicheleReAuthor

Contributor I

Thank you Schlumpf, I will try Tidal for sure; I personally don’t think Spotify is an option, since its lower quality should be evident with a good Hifi (as mine is supposed to be).

Thanks

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