jamietrew wrote: > Interested in your experience with this. I have been struggling with > this myself. I have used a Squeezebox setup for more than a decade and > as much as it pains me, I want something simpler, with better streaming > media integration. The dealkiller on the Sonos, Bluesound, and > apparently some others is the 65K (or similar) limit. I just don't > understand this. > > My perfect system has direct support for popular streaming media, a good > app, and no absurd limit for files I host locally. It should ideally be > able to seamlessly integrate between sources, e.g. I'd want to be able > to play a song from Spotify, then queue up a song from my local library > to play afterward. Sonos can do this. As long as my local library isn't > that big, which it is. > > If Sonos had direct Plex integration, I'd buy it, and just use Plex to > host my own stuff. But it doesn't, and in their forums they've said they > have no intention. I have no idea why they are trying so hard to prevent > people from being able to use their system effectively, but there it > is. > > So I've been trying to figure out which way to go... Heos also looks > interesting. My major concern with the Sonos-like competitors is that > they won't last; I don't want to be stuck with an orphan that doesn't > get updated as new services and technology evolve. I've also been > considering just getting a generic DLNA networked music receiver which > supports Spotify Connect, and just serving all my own music from Plex, > but I lose the integration between sources/services.
Use the squeeze2upnp plugin and any Sonos becomes a squeezebox player - use LMS and a squeezebox control app. Job done. Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Smart Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker O2 Joggler + SqpOS + Aune X2 T-amp + Mordaunt Short ms-3.40 speakers IBOX + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker Squeeze2upnp - Sonos Play1 & Vistron internet radio (Reciva) Pure One Flow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96241 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
