Why Can't I listen to my music through my Computer?

Read the thread, the explanation is in there, it'll never happen.

My only disappointment with the Sonos system is a big one: why can't I listen to the music playing on the Sonos system through my computer? is there a way to do this???

Before the idiots reply why don't I add a Sonos Play in my home/office it's because I have a nice sound system on that computer (again I say you idiots who want to offer stupid suggestions). Anyway, if I'm playing music throughout my house (I have 2 Sonos Play 1) I want it to be in sync with the music playing on the computer (maybe it's just an iHeartRadio thing).

Not going to happen, no matter how many times you call people who try to offer you help "idiots".

Not going to happen, no matter how many times you call people who try to offer you help "idiots".
The people trying to help I don't call idiots, it's the idiots that don't understand people who already have an investment in their computer sound system (mine is a home office) want the music their playing throughout the house to be in sync, it's very distracting to have it out of sync when you are trying to do your work.
People that make comments like "why would you want to", that's my category of IDIOTS!!
I think it is an oversight that SONOS has not added this feature to their excellent sound system. As proof of the number of people who want to see this feature added.

Ok, I'm going to help. Buy a Sonos Connect. It is designed to take analog output (the audio out from your soundcard) and digitize it for play though the Sonos system. It is also designed to output to powered speakers, like those you use for your computer. This is the Sonos solution for getting computer output to play over Sonos. No "oversight" on Sonos' part, they already have your solution.

So then you will complain about the price of a Connect and after that . . . Countdown to you calling me an idiot in . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1.

So whatever. But you just aren't going to get is Sonos playing over your computer without investing in a Connect, for all the reasons discussed in this and other threads by some very knowledgeable people for the last 8+ years.

Ok, I'm going to help. Buy a Sonos Connect. It is designed to take analog output (the audio out from your soundcard) and digitize it for play though the Sonos system. It is also designed to output to powered speakers, like those you use for your computer. This is the Sonos solution for getting computer output to play over Sonos. No "oversight" on Sonos' part, they already have your solution.

So then you will complain about the price of a Connect and after that . . . Countdown to you calling me an idiot in . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1.

So whatever. But you just aren't going to get is Sonos playing over your computer without investing in a Connect, for all the reasons discussed in this and other threads by some very knowledgeable people for the last 8+ years.

You have a good since of humor, so no more idiot jokes, but if this has been talked about for 8+ years, well then.....3.....2.....1 I'll have to call SONOS the IDOIT!!!

Take care and thanks for your help with a solution (well to spend my money) and your time. Merry Christmas!!

You have a good since of humor, so no more idiot jokes, but if this has been talked about for 8+ years, well then.....3.....2.....1 I'll have to call SONOS the IDOIT!!!

Take care and thanks for your help with a solution (well to spend my money) and your time. Merry Christmas!!

If you are interested, there is a long, contentious, (and probably overly technical) thread about this request linked on page one of this thread. What the whole issue boils down to is both financial and technical.

The financial is that the only multi-room streamer manufacturer who ever allowed a software "zone" (Logitech Squeezebox line) was discontinued for lack of sales. Curiously, Squeezeboxes now live on in the form of that software zone on Raspberry Pi computers costing 1/3 of what the Logitech hardware players cost. Does one really have to ask why a product line fails when they supply a piece of software that lets their users to build a version of their product for 1/3 the price?

The technical reason is the underlying PC architecture, specifically the clock. The PC clock is notoriously inaccurate, and simply cannot be relied upon to sync music (indeed, the sync feature with the Logitech software was non-existent, even worse than the fairly poor sync on their hardware players). So no matter what the case, you would need a hardware upgrade for the PC to be a fully compatible Sonos player. Sonos has decided that hardware is the Connect.

That is really too bad. I guess I'll have to keep my Squeezeboxes and Server then. At least I can use the server and Squeezeplay to play music on my computer.

As for using a Connect to do to this, it seems excessive and quite expensive. Adding another set of speakers is at least $1,000 for an amp, the speakers, taking out drywall, installing speakers, etc. Had I know you couldn't do this, I'd have selected a different system.

Had I know you couldn't do this, I'd have selected a different system.
An informed buyer knows what he's buying.

Frankly, not being able to listen to my Sonos library on my computer speakers is just idiocy. It's easy enough to do that---there are many free apps (from Nightingale to VOX to iTunes) that will happily access a remote library, but it's an annoying hassle to have to deal with two music applications. Streaming to my computer speakers directly through the Sonos app would be a convenience that would improve this customer's loyalty at no cost to them at all, given that I'm not about to buy a Connect for this purpose---I don't have money to burn, and there are free, though annoying, options). So, the policy has annoyed a customer without improving sales. Seems dumb.