mungler
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I’m considering buying a few cheap S1 Sonos amps as a cheapish whole home audio upgrade.
Background: moved to a new house which had a legacy Linn Knect system, didn’t like the sound and found it a bit clunky. Handy for me it used CAT-5e cabling so re-terminated the ends and now have a whole-home network at least.
I initially replaced the Linn RoomAmps with Raspberry Pi 3B units with HifiBerry Amp2 add-ons, running HifiBerryOS. We really like the sound quality and convenience, and using Spotify Connect works fine. Multi-zone sync is where the problems start - the open source AirPlay2 implementation is very flaky, things will randomly stop working and essentially it’s not meeting that Wife Acceptance Factor. So I’m left with unamplified ceiling speakers in each room, and network cables in place, looking for a solution.
I’m not finding many options out there, unless I’m willing to get seriously spendy. There are six places I’d need amps and I don’t have the budget for eg the Sonos S2 Amp.
I’m not very familiar with Sonos gear, but I think I’m getting my head around the S1 / S2 split.
I’m wondering, since the S1 stuff is still supported, and it’s possible to pick up ZP100/ZP120s fairly cheap on eBay, might this be a solution?
All I really need is the ability for family members to stream Spotify to one or more zones in the house, ideally with EQ controls from iOS.
Thanks a lot in advance for any wisdom!
Background: moved to a new house which had a legacy Linn Knect system, didn’t like the sound and found it a bit clunky. Handy for me it used CAT-5e cabling so re-terminated the ends and now have a whole-home network at least.
I initially replaced the Linn RoomAmps with Raspberry Pi 3B units with HifiBerry Amp2 add-ons, running HifiBerryOS. We really like the sound quality and convenience, and using Spotify Connect works fine. Multi-zone sync is where the problems start - the open source AirPlay2 implementation is very flaky, things will randomly stop working and essentially it’s not meeting that Wife Acceptance Factor. So I’m left with unamplified ceiling speakers in each room, and network cables in place, looking for a solution.
I’m not finding many options out there, unless I’m willing to get seriously spendy. There are six places I’d need amps and I don’t have the budget for eg the Sonos S2 Amp.
I’m not very familiar with Sonos gear, but I think I’m getting my head around the S1 / S2 split.
I’m wondering, since the S1 stuff is still supported, and it’s possible to pick up ZP100/ZP120s fairly cheap on eBay, might this be a solution?
All I really need is the ability for family members to stream Spotify to one or more zones in the house, ideally with EQ controls from iOS.
Thanks a lot in advance for any wisdom!