docs.sonos.com
Yes, and some implementations of services are horrendous - Spotify and BBC Sounds are awful - just one endless scrolling page.There is already a licensable Sonos API and partner program which some OEMs use
Connected Home
If you don't own or serve content, but want to use your hardware or app to control Sonos speakers, follow the steps below to get started with the Sonos platform. Plan Look through our sound experience guidelines . We’ve spent years thinking about how people enjoy sound in the home. These...
Sonos does not officially support DLNA, but I find that I can connect to their speakers with DLNA pretty well.
Pretty well! I've had Play 1s for over a decade and they've been faultless in a UPnP setup. They pass my 5 second gapless track test
I assume people like Sonos but have fallen out of love recently.
I run the exact same setup: I use Apple Music on my Mac to store/organise all my local music. The library itself is stored on my NAS. The same NAS is also running Plex server, which indexes the Apple Music library and some other folders. All music from my Apple Music library shows up nicely in Plex & Plexamp. Even albums which are still incorrectly tagged in Apple Music, are indexed & matched correctly by Plex in most cases.
I got the Plex server to index my files, but I had to turn off all the indexing defaults. I’m sure that Plex exists because 95 percent of people do not have classical music. Album/artist are not important. It’s composer/work. And, it mostly ignored my album art, even though I told it to use mine.
Too late by months for me, I've already replaced all my Sonos gear. And it will probably be months more before the app gets back to its previous responsiveness, and then only if they give up on routing volume changes through the cloud. It's a shame, because the hardware is still quite nice.
I currently use a WiiM ultra plugged into my pair of Sonos 5s and sub and agree it sounds better to me than using the Sonos app
I would agree. If Wiim would get DLNA casting working I could use my Sonos system pretty much just as a set of speakers and use Wiim Home for my app. I have little interest in replacing my Sonos speakers. And, I have a Sonos sound bar for my TV and to provide music for a large open living area. The sound bar also controls 2 rear Sonos speakers. I don't see any easy way to replace that functionality with Wiim.
I am not dumping nor will I update the app 16.1 works well enough for me
Same here on replacing all Sonos gear, although where I had Beams, a PlayBase, and a Play:5, my WiiM setups sound better because I bought real speakers. My back porch and garage have crappy speakers and listening environment to tell the difference, although I enjoy knowing that my WiiM Amps are a lot less expensive than the Sonos Amps that they replaced.
How did you replace your Beams and Playbase? Did you use rear speakers with them? I want a at least pseudo surround sound system.
My beams were replaced with passive soundbars and WiiM Amps--used Pinnacle Quantum QP9 in the Living Room because I had room for a subwoofer and a Dayton Audio BS41 in the Keeping Room because I don't have room for a subwoofer there without going in-ceiling (not good wall space without pipe, electrical, or exterior insulation interference). My Playbase in the master bedroom now has a WiiM Amp and an Atlantic Technology 3.1 HSB sound base, and I use the built-in subwoofer. I currently don't have surround sound in any room at my wife's request because she hates it, although I wouldn't mind WiiM adding a surround option so that I can upgrade from 2.0 or 2.1 to 3.0 or 3.1 to use the center channels in the soundbars and soundbase.
