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  • glimse@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldSonos is down…
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    1 year ago

    If you want to drop Sonos entirely, there’s still a market for even their S1 line of products. eBay time!

    I’d like to piggyback on this as I inherited tons of S1 gear (4 Amps, 6 Connects) from a client years ago that I’m considering installing when I move…

    The big selling point for me is its ability to seamlessly group zones together. For anyone who has achieved that without Sonos, what are you using? I need 2 (or more) sources that can be played at the same time in different zones and I absolutely do not want volume controls on the wall.

    [Edit] I also love having my local and streaming sources in the same app as my zone selection



  • Oh man I went through this a few years ago…though I doubt it’s the same problem.

    I was a custom integrator and one of my clients had a beeping UPS. Unstable incoming voltage. Ok, not the first one of these to kick the bucket so I do the RMA.

    Later that same week I’m at a different client for the same thing. Call my boss and tell him we should start looking at other manufacturers, he agrees.

    RMA arrived and I install it. Later that day the client calls…the beeping is back. I call my boss and he’s at yet another house dealing with the same thing.

    “Wait…you’re at [client]'s? That’s a few blocks away. And so are [other 2 clients]. Are we sure it’s the UPS…?”

    TURNS OUT IT WASN’T! There was something fucky with the neighborhood grid (the transformer? node? I don’t know, I’m not an electrician). We talked to ComEd, they and a few weeks later they did some repairs. No more problems.