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RottenMutt
Trending Lyricist II
December 4, 2021

Please add digital tuner to Sonos Port

I would buy the port if it had a digital HD tuner built in and could whole stream content to other devices on the sonos echo system. 

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RottenMuttAuthor
Trending Lyricist II
January 9, 2022

Sonos will never add an HD radio tuner, but you can.  The Sony XDR-F1HD was by far the best HD radio tuner ever made, but it was discontinued years ago.  You can pick one up used on eBay for about double the original new price, or a NOS one for MUCH more.

HD radio is pretty much dead in the home market, since everyone has internet access.  It is primarily used in cars these days.

Except that commercial streaming is only at 80bps, that is poor.  but if your happy with that I will not crap on your party.

I picked up a sangean hdt-20 which I will connect to the port…. I’m sure the port will have really good digital to analog converter then be able to stream thru out the house inside and out. 

would be nice to have a integrated app from which to control everything, change stations, volume in rooms etc…

I would like to see sonos expand into building AV receivers or partnering with other companies because I would like a integrated app.  

RottenMuttAuthor
Trending Lyricist II
January 9, 2022

I have in fact bought hundreds of Sonos speakers, as I used to be a Sonos independent reseller..

But I don't see how that's relevant. Adding a digital tuner to Sonos is a daft idea. If you had suggested adding a kettle it would have made about as much sense.

I see sonos does sell direct to independent installers/retailers, with warranty.  Most manufactures don’t do that.  There are a lot of people selling stuff on Amazon that will not have a warranty..

I was referring to sonos products currently owned. 

ratty
ratty
January 9, 2022

Radio paradise is not a radio station

Nonsense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Paradise

Radio Paradise is a non-commercial listener-supported Internet radio station

 

so try again

Okay. Try SomaFM. Streams are available in a wide range of bitrates, up to 320k.

Oh, and just to confirm:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SomaFM

SomaFM is an independent Internet-only streaming multi-channel radio station

 

all content I want to listen to is 80bps streaming..

If such stations don’t wish to invest in additional bandwidth does that say something about their quality?

 

Except that commercial streaming is only at 80bps

Surely an unfounded generalisation. Have you actually measured a representative sample?

 

FWIW if you can locate URLs for higher bitrates on the stations of interest, you’re perfectly at liberty to add them to the ‘My Radio Stations’ container under the TuneIn menu. Playing user-specified URLs also avoids any pre-roll ads from TuneIn. Despite being listed under the TuneIn menu they’re stored in the Sonos system and don’t actually involve TuneIn.

    AdamWillis
    AdamWillis
    Lyricist III
    December 31, 2022

    I know I’m late to the party but found this because I was looking for FM options on Sonos. My use case is that the local sports radio is play by play over the air during baseball games but it’s blacked out for the digital version. The station plays something completely different in my assumption to encourage paying for the MLB subscription. I’m looking for a FM tuner to connect to Sonos to bypass this extra subscription payment. 

    buzz
    buzz
    Grand Maestro
    December 31, 2022

    Any analog tuner will play through a SONOS Line-In. Line-In is available on PORT, FIVE, AMP and a few older units.

    You may have an old stereo receiver hidden away.

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