Hi all, I've a Sonos Controller, a Marantz PM6005, a Marantz CD6005 and a pair of Wharfedale 220, I am quite pleased with my little/medium range system, however I am getting more and more frustrated by the bad user interface of the Sonos, the poor integration with Spotify and the quality of the music. I'm also fed up with not owning my music, so I've decided to go flac.
I've tried Tidal but it doesn't really suit me, the monthly price is very high, the app is not great, I often listen to music offline (tube/rural areas), so I've started buying flac files from my favourite artists.
The Sonos seems to crash after a while (the controller itself) when playing flac, plus I am not sure if it keeps the quality high.
I also have a ZyXEL NSA325 which can host the music and I wonder what would be the best way to get the two systems to talk, in high fidelity with each other.
I did a bit of googling and I still can't manage to find a resonably priced solution, stable to get the whole system playing together.
Do I need a network player? Do I need to plug the NAS with the Marantz via USB? Do I need to connect the whole thing via Ethernet to avoid problems with the network?
Any help, pointers to articles much appreciated,
thanks
I've tried Tidal but it doesn't really suit me, the monthly price is very high, the app is not great, I often listen to music offline (tube/rural areas), so I've started buying flac files from my favourite artists.
The Sonos seems to crash after a while (the controller itself) when playing flac, plus I am not sure if it keeps the quality high.
I also have a ZyXEL NSA325 which can host the music and I wonder what would be the best way to get the two systems to talk, in high fidelity with each other.
I did a bit of googling and I still can't manage to find a resonably priced solution, stable to get the whole system playing together.
Do I need a network player? Do I need to plug the NAS with the Marantz via USB? Do I need to connect the whole thing via Ethernet to avoid problems with the network?
Any help, pointers to articles much appreciated,
thanks