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Has anyone found a cheaper way to get stereo digital output (than the Port) to replace an old Sonos Connect? I have a nice DAC in my pre-amp, so I’d like to use

Has anyone found a cheaper way to get stereo digital output (than the Port) to replace an old Sonos Connect? I have a nice DAC in my pre-amp, so I’d like to use that with streamed digital audio. My original Connect was very expensive and is now incompatible with newer S2 functionality. I have never understood why Sonos devices costs more without an amplifier or speaker! Presumably because they can?

ska 4y ago
Would this same approach work for you? I haven't looked, but presumably you could pull the signal before it hits the amplifier, and make it work that way...
- tpmx 4y ago
  This IKEA wi-fi/Sonos bookshelf speaker has a stereo DAC (per the article), but I would assume it's designated as a mono Sonos output device in terms of software, so only one channel (left) is probably active.
  - ska 4y ago
    That's a good point. If it's like the other Sonos mono speakers, you can (in software) designate them as a stereo pair working together in arbitrary configurations - which would suggest that there may be a way to do it.
  - jeffbee 4y ago
    Sonos uses a software DSP and crossover and its two channels are used for low and high frequency drivers instead of left and right.
    - tpmx 4y ago
      Ah, now the instructions in the article make more sense.