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Re:Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so th... by aidos on Friday December 27, 2019 @07:03PM (#21895987)
Unfortunately Sonos just seems to work well out of the box.

Since we’re here, does someone have a good opensource alternative? Plug and play multi room audio streaming from Spotify et al?

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Re:Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so th... by dsr_ on Friday December 27, 2019 @07:28PM (#21896125)
Have you seen volumio.org ?

You can do everything from running it on a Raspberry Pi to buying a fully put-together high-end system. Open source software.

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Re:Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so th... by ObsoleteNerd on Friday December 27, 2019 @07:45PM (#21896213)
I love Volumio. I have a couple of RPis around the house plugged into external powered speakers (PC style Logitech 2.1 sets) and one in my kids room plugged into a little mini speaker.

It can play everything from MP3s to Spotify to Internet Radio, and has a really nice web interface.

It’s such a great project that deserves a lot more attention.

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