Contributor I

Switching from Squeezebox to Sonos

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Hi

I’m considering switching away from a Squeezebox infrastructure to Sonos. I’ve found some answers contained within this site and FAQ style help pages.

But one question remains…

Can I turn off an alarm from the speaker itself?

I don’t mind setting up alarms from the app but we don’t keep phones in the bedrooms and therefore would like the ability to switch off and/or snooze and alarm from physical buttons on a speaker.

In addition, is it then possible to switch to random play of my Windows music library?

Lastly, I don’t use voice services in the house, so that’s not a solution for me I’m afraid.

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chicks

BTW, if you want full SB functionality, it’s pretty simple to build with piCorePlayer and a touchscreen. Lots of examples in the DIY section of the slimdevices forum, including my own.

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114625-piTouch

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Hyde_TDSAuthor

Contributor I

Wow, that looks cool!

I'll need to re-read this tomorrow, bottle of red down already. 🤪

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Hyde_TDSAuthor

Contributor I

Doesn't get any clearer does it???

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/01/08/us_itc_google_sonos/

Can't help but feel that the technology since Squeezebox's day has got smarter, but functionality has been cast aside. 😢

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castalla

Local Superstar

A 'win' for the company whose own app can't even indicate volume level other than a clumsy slider with no notation.

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ratty

A 'win' for the company whose own app can't even indicate volume level other than a clumsy slider with no notation.

Are you still stuck in the past?

Or simply waiting for Android to catch up with iOS?

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castalla

Local Superstar

All these using Android:

I'm not inclined to invest even more cash for another overpriced proprietary product.

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ratty

I'm not inclined to invest even more cash for another overpriced proprietary product.

Then you can just wait until the Sonos app on Android offers the same features.

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castalla

Local Superstar

Or use a system which is light years ahead of Sonos already...

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ratty

Or use a system which is light years ahead of Sonos already...

I don’t know about ‘light years ahead’ nor the ‘AMC Gremlin’ [sic] bit, but if you enjoy using a hybrid system then go right ahead.

I dabbled with SBs and SqueezeCenter alongside -- and as cheap alternatives to -- my first Sonos units 12+ years ago. They were sufficiently infuriatingly unreliable that I was delighted to see the back of them when I duly replaced them with additional ZP80s.

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castalla

Local Superstar

We've had 2 portable SB radios and a Touch for years - proved very reliable. All the other units we use are third-party devices.

You can even use Echos as voice-controlled players (not my taste I admit).

The breakthrough for Logitech Media Server came with the Raspberry Pi's and especially the Picoreplayer software. The range of add-on Plugins is impressive.

Control options are also well-served compared to Sonos.

I will admit that the sound quality of our Sonos devices is pretty good, and we haven't had any major connection issues which seem to plague many contributors to this forum!

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