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Local Superstar
May 8, 2024 12:44 PM UTC

Dumping your Sonos system? Alternatives?

So, you're dumping your Sonos devices... What alternatives are there? 

 

(OR. Install LMS - LYRION MUSIC SERVER - and keep your existing speakers as LMS endpoint players) 

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skullc
Prodigy III
May 8, 2024 12:53 PM UTC

I will be getting a WiiM amp and a pair of Dali Oberon 5 floorstanding speakers 

I will replace my HT setup eventually but any Sonos speakers remaining will be kept on S2 and 16.1.1 while they are in my house 😊

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May 8, 2024 1:02 PM UTC

As long as you have Sonos kit with line in jacks, there are options galore for using it as essentially dumb but good sounding - even HiFi quality - kit with long service life.

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castallaAuthor
Local Superstar
May 8, 2024 1:03 PM UTC

The Wiim devices are excellent value.  Their app is good too 👍😁

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May 8, 2024 1:05 PM UTC

Eversolo also looks very good. Expensive, but there may be corresponding value.

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castallaAuthor
Local Superstar
May 8, 2024 1:06 PM UTC

As long as you have Sonos kit with line in jacks, there are options galore for using it as essentially dumb but good sounding - even HiFi quality - kit with long service life.

You can use any Sonos device with LMS 😊🎶

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May 8, 2024 1:07 PM UTC

You can use any Sonos device with LMS 😊🎶

Wirelessly? No proprietary protocols come in the way?

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castallaAuthor
Local Superstar
May 8, 2024 1:16 PM UTC

Wireless - all done via upnp bridge plugin (or airplay) 

 

Here's an IKEA Frame speaker playing Radio Paradise:

 

 

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skullc
Prodigy III
May 8, 2024 1:17 PM UTC

To be honest guys I am done with this firm and from what I am reading the software isn’t beta it’s alpha release so many issues so much functionality missing and not coming for months 

shame I bought into this system as a final no need to get new audio or video sound devices 

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castallaAuthor
Local Superstar
May 8, 2024 1:25 PM UTC

Ikea Frame speaker playing a Tidal playlist:

 

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castallaAuthor
Local Superstar
May 8, 2024 1:38 PM UTC

Eversolo also looks very good. Expensive, but there may be corresponding value.

There are Bluesound speakers - not cheap, and are covered in that soft-touch plastic that goes sticky after a couple of years😝

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