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Is this a stand alone speaker, powered? Does it require an amp connection? I have a Sonos amp, but of course it doesn’t work because of all the software issues. I bought another amp I can use if required. What other Sonos equipment is required to run it?

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Stanley_4Answer

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I haven't seen one, probably a Bluetooth one would work. I'd go wired for less hassle and better sound. Any (nonSub/surround) Sonos with a line in connection would work. A newer S2 Connect is also an option.

I went the other way, ripped all my CDs to lossless FLAC and use the Music Library to play them. After months sitting unused I disconnected the CD player and never missed it.

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Dr356Author

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I managed to get as far as having the sonos amp play through my Harbeths and the Play 1 simultaneously. I took the mini to the Mac dealer who showed me that the firewall is turned off. I still cannot get the sonos system on the mini to see any of the devices. Done all the turn things on and off press buttons at the same time. Nothing fixes it. So I am stuck with playing everything through the iphone.

Stanley_4

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Are you sure the Mac is connected directly to the same network the Sonos and phone are?

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Dr356Author

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Excellent suggestion. I’ll check……

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Well, duh!

I’ll see if this makes a difference.

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Dr356Author

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It doesn’t make a difference.

Guess I’ll just run it from my Iphone.

If I had to do all this over again, expensive amp, expensive speaker, impossible to run easily. I’d never buy it.

Being told there is a 60 minute wait for customer service/tech support, having no letters or voicemails responded to, why bother?

Stanley_4

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I don’t deal with Apple stuff so I can’t help with that but every computer, tablet and phone I’ve hooked to the right network has connected to my Sonos without problem. I beat my head over one instance of plugging into the wrong Ethernet port, but when moved it worked.

Random thoughts: Is there a VPN on it? Ad blocker? Filtered DNS?

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Dr356Author

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Thank you for your help, I’ll try to work on this a bit more.

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Dr356Author

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Everyone was a great help. In the end, a guy from the excellent computer place that sold me my I mac mini got on the phone, took over my Mini, and even though he had never heard of Sonos, had everything synched and running perfectly in 5 minutes flat!

The only thing now in order to have Nirvana is to find a cd player that I could hook up wirelessly to the Sonos system…..Are there such things?

Stanley_4Answer

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I haven't seen one, probably a Bluetooth one would work. I'd go wired for less hassle and better sound. Any (nonSub/surround) Sonos with a line in connection would work. A newer S2 Connect is also an option.

I went the other way, ripped all my CDs to lossless FLAC and use the Music Library to play them. After months sitting unused I disconnected the CD player and never missed it.

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Dr356Author

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i should probably do the same. I have oh, maybe 500-600 cds that have been sitting in a few boxes for several years because hooking up my cd player to the Sonos amp is hard to do because of space limitations. There is so much music on the web now that CD’s are redundant.

Stanley_4

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Some CDs are available for streaming but I have a number that were privately released that I'd really miss.

Switched ISPs now so less of an issue, but having music when the net or your music service is down is nice too.

I use a Raspberry Pi as my library storage so the cost to setup and keep running is minimal.

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