Windows 10 PC
Lyngdorf TDAI 1120 connected via Ethernet cable
Roon
Qobuz
I spend many hours listening to music in my lounge from my Lyngdorf system but now I want the facility to listen in the kitchen and dining room. Not only music but also podcasts and radio. I don’t need the same high quality I get from my Lyngdorf but just need the facility.
What is the best way to achieve this ? Can I simply buy a couple of Sonos one speakers and connect them via Wi-Fi and then control Qobuz / Roon using the app as I do in my living room with the Lyngdorf or is it more complicated than that ?
Would using a Bluesound Node or similar be better ?
Apologies if this is a dumb question but I am not particularly well versed in tech matters
Personally I would stay away from Sonos. There has been random yet regular issues affecting sonos device stability n roon for the last couple of years (since roon 1.8). If you read the board there is an issue ongoing again right now.
I replaced a couple of play 1 with bluesound and they have been rock solid.
Still have 1 play 5 and right now that is suffering the current issue.
The flip side though is that, when working, i do think sonos play 1 sounds better than its bluesound counterpart.
So all I would need to do would be to have a couple of Sonos one gen 2 speakers and connect them to my wi fi system and Roon app by Wi-Fi. Is that it or do I need to do anything else ?
If I went the Bluesound route it would be more expensive as I would need a s/h Node. What small speakers would you suggest ?
The Bluesound system would, I think, have the advantage that I could use wireless headphones. This is something I need to do occasionally and is not possible with the Lyngdorf
I replaced to 2 x Sonos Play 1 with 2 x Bluesound Pulse Flex 2i.
Do some digging around the Sonos threads before you decide to go that route and you will see the issues that Sonos has had with Roon since 1.8 roll-out.
I do not believe that any of these issues are “network related” as the only thing that is ever affected by users who report the problem is Sonos inside Roon. All other Roon and non Roon network devices / activity remains solid when the issue occurs.
Im not knocking Sonos here. I used to have a full house Sonos system before I found Roon. Just 1 play 5 left now, which is suffering issues inside Roon again.
I have 22 regular devices on my home network, every other device is solid, so like I say, the roon / sonos issue is nothing to do with the home network.
Yes was reading that this morning.
When the sonos issues occur I just run the play 5 on airplay until I see some news of sonos streaming working again in roon
Don’t know/remember as it doesn’t impact my chromecast endpoint use cases. My spouse doesn’t listen to music that needs gapless playback, just random 80s pop songs.
Single speaker output so no pairing. But, when I played around with pairing the ones I had, (for both stereo and just grouped playback in different rooms, I did it in Home which presented the paired units to Roon as a single target ouput.
Theoretically, BluOS devices would play nicer with Roon as they support Roon’s native RAAT protocol (and accept higher resolution signal). In practice Bluesound breaks compatibility pretty regularly, and then you have to do a factory reset, or not do a factory reset, or roll back firmware.
When it works, it works quite well though.
If you get Pulse Flex, it is self-contained and does not need anything else. Node needs speakers and amplifier, and PowerNode/PowerNode Edge only need speakers.