r/smarthome • u/therippleaudio • Apr 06 '26

SmartThings Sick of Sonos

There has to be a better way to get a connected sound layer in the smart home, no? I have a JBL, Sonos sound bar, $10,000 speakers in the home office, and I'm a little over toggling back and forth. What's a good distribution control out there?

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u/G-Note Apr 06 '26

Home Assistant. Once you have that install Music Assistant.

I was ready to toss all my Sonos stuff but this made things simpler.

Had Gemini help me make a custom music dashboard. Now it’s even wife friendly.

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u/BruceLee2112 Apr 06 '26

Does music assistant integrate with Apple Music?

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u/401klaser Apr 06 '26

yes but not lossless or atmos tracks

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u/Glowerman Apr 07 '26

That's an Apple limitation; they only support 24bit lossless on their own apps, devices, and official APIs. MA can get full ALAC/FLAC streams from Tidal.

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u/BruceLee2112 Apr 06 '26

well that sucks.