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> The OP writes that Sonos speakers can function without an internet connection which is entirety untrue Afraid you’ve got this a little wrong. It depends enti

> The OP writes that Sonos speakers can function without an internet connection which is entirety untrue Afraid you’ve got this a little wrong. It depends entirely on what music services you use. It’s quite possible to use Sonos speakers without an internet connection if you use something like AirPlay, a local NAS, or an audio in (e.g. TV or Record Player). If you wanna use a streaming music service like Spotify, then obviously they need an internet connection. Unless of course you stream via your phone using AirPlay, but your phone will probably still need an internet connection.

rsync 6y ago
"It’s quite possible to use Sonos speakers without an internet connection if you use something like AirPlay, a local NAS, or an audio in (e.g. TV or Record Player)." Yes, this is technically true (and is my primary use-case for Sonos). However, in the 15 years that I have been in their ecosystem, the ability to play while Internet-disconnected has ranged between completely non-functional to sort-of functional to only-functions-when-Internet-perfect.[1] The fact is, they don't care about this use-case anymore and don't devote resources to testing and bug-fixing it. [1] There was a long period of time when Sonos worked fine with no Internet, and also with perfect Internet, but if you had laggy or lossy Internet they would just puke.
- gingerlime 6y ago
  Author here. I don’t disagree with you that a typical or primary use case is to have an Internet connection. I just use it wity Airplay however and it works fine. Due to the excessive tracking I don’t trust it to connect to the internet. I found your comment about devoting resources etc a bit weird. Does rsync work locally to sync files? Would it make sense not to devote resources for local sync and only support remote transfer? ;-) this is slightly in jest but I hope you see my point.

rsync 6y ago

"It’s quite possible to use Sonos speakers without an internet connection if you use something like AirPlay, a local NAS, or an audio in (e.g. TV or Record Player)." Yes, this is technically true (and is my primary use-case for Sonos). However, in the 15 years that I have been in their ecosystem, the ability to play while Internet-disconnected has ranged between completely non-functional to sort-of functional to only-functions-when-Internet-perfect.[1] The fact is, they don't care about this use-case anymore and don't devote resources to testing and bug-fixing it. [1] There was a long period of time when Sonos worked fine with no Internet, and also with perfect Internet, but if you had laggy or lossy Internet they would just puke.

gingerlime 6y ago
Author here. I don’t disagree with you that a typical or primary use case is to have an Internet connection. I just use it wity Airplay however and it works fine. Due to the excessive tracking I don’t trust it to connect to the internet. I found your comment about devoting resources etc a bit weird. Does rsync work locally to sync files? Would it make sense not to devote resources for local sync and only support remote transfer? ;-) this is slightly in jest but I hope you see my point.