Apparently some of the older and more recent Sonos gear will no longer get software updates, will this make them useless?
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Apparently some of the older and more recent Sonos gear will no longer get software updates, will this make them useless?
novafidelity x40 music server/pre/dac, Arcam A39, roksan k3 power amp,Monitor Audio Monitor 50, Dali spektor 1, van damme interconnects and speaker cable, roskan k3 CD player
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Apparently the public backlash has made Sonos backtrack https://kirkville.com/tag/sonos/
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I'm Barrington.
Apparently the public backlash has made Sonos backtrack https://kirkville.com/tag/sonos/
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I'm Grant.
Won't be useless but won't work with software that gets updated like streaming services, if I read it right.
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I'm Mike.
It's not a back track, your legacy Sonos devices will still work only as long as the streaming services don't update their software, which if you see how many times Sonos had updated due to Spotify and Qobuz updating in the last year then it's not difficult to see it won't take long for them to become merely speakers.
The 'backtrack' relates to the fact that if you have a legacy device connected to your up to date Sonos devices then they will still work, yeah that's right, because then you'll able to control everything via the newer device, just as you do now, however I'm pretty sure that legacy won't be controllable on their own.
Apple have been doing this for years, old iPhones still 'work' just don't expect to be able to install new apps or update the apps.
It's just another way, same as their trade in programme to get you to buy new kit.
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Rule of thumb with me is dont use anything that relies on Software apart from your PC that is. Another thing, most Recording studio stuff is now USB, i stay clear fo that too. I stick with the old MIDI for that.
I had Souns for a bit, i hated it.
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I'm Grant.
I rarely buy units that rely on software updates as they can become junk overnight.
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Grant
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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I'm Neil.
Indeed, but DACs which need drivers can become a problem when your software on you computer updates.Originally Posted by struth
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Not hit that issue as of yet Neil. Fortunately. All mine use generic Windows drivers, which update if needed with Windows.
Problem is usually streaming services embedded in hardware.
I keep my streaming services in pc
Regards,
Grant
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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I'm Lawrence.
An alternative is to buy devices that use open source software which have large support networks. LMS/Squeezebox seem to fit in that category for now at least.
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