CD player to Sonos speakers?

Yes, a Connect will work. Stereo Ones is a great start and they are on sale now.

However, I just want to say that in almost every case I've seen, the CD player goes the way of the Dodo. Rip a few CD's to your local library and show the wife how much easier it is to search, play, make playlists, etc. She will also get the benefit of seeing the track information and album art on the controller. All without leaving her seat. It is just like a carousel, except even better. And it costs nothing but the time it takes to rip the CDs. No streaming service required.

I'll concur with jgatie, if you migrate to a digital music library you'll be entering the 21st century! Start off with a few, drop into your local library & get more CDs for your collection. Its pretty darn easy, maybe takes 2min per disc. If you're a power user over time you may want to get a NAS server to store your pictures, movies, and music (I did)

just to make certain, do I need a Connect or a Connect: Amp? (btw, completely agree...I've ripped all my CDs and use a NAS to stream them...for me. My wife? Not so much. She's allergic to tech...doesn't even use a cell phone, let alone a smart phone)

You could use either.
A connect to get music from cd into sonos system, then to a pair of sonos play1s.
Or a connect amp if you already have or fancy some normal HIFI speakers.

I always think a Play:5 is much better value if the Connect would be used purely for line in

Perfect! I don't have any current speakers (I had Bowers & Wilkins in the old house), so just need to pump the CD music to Sonos speakers. And John B...thanks for the tip on Play: 5s.

It is quite easy to build a system that incorporates a hard drive or NAS for ease of playing but also to incorporate a CD player or record player.

Whilst streaming may be the 21st Century, it is also characterless, dull and unexciting. You may like to own CDs and still want to keep them. If so, do it. Sonos allows things to be done your way.

I will always advocate owning CDs or vinyl, if thats your preferred way of listening to music.

Interesting. I’ve recently gone back to CDs are six years of streaming. I found it soulless tbh and more importantly it doesn’t support artists, labels, record stores.
I’ve bought a Rega CD player which is amazing, considering connecting it to a Connect or Play 5 now.

Alexa voice, or App, controlled streaming with access to 40 million plus tracks, or/and playing your local digitised music over several grouped Sonos stereo speakers. With accompanying light sequences, via Philips Hue (or similar) ...and the automatic changing of Album art covers and artist info. displayed on a TV screen via Apple TV/TunesMap App ... what’s not to like about that in the 21st century?

I have gently coaxed my Wife into the modern era. ? My CD's are boxed and gathering dust in the loft.

Streaming doesn't support artists? It's actually the only current model that does.