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Well, I was considering getting some Sonos speakers for my new home, but now probably not.

Any recommendations for multi-room alternatives? I have a pretty substantial personal collection of ripped music, so I suppose Bluetooth would be sufficient to cast from my phone or HTPC, but something with Tidal support would be ideal, since I'm paying for it.

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I turn old mini pcs into airplay 2 receivers with https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync , using wired Ethernet multi room playback worked like a charm.

Debian is rock solid platform, I never have to tinker once they are setup. Depending on the speakers and what location I use USB dacs and speaker amps(these have gotten SO good in the last 5 years, topping, smsl etc). All of the pieces are interchangeable , flexible, and reusable.

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