Anyone using Sonos? - external DAC question.

[Staxxx]

Hello
I am planning to buy a Sonos to distribute music to the bedrooms and LR.
I was planning to buy the Bridge and Connect Amp and use some bookshelf speakers.
However, can someone explain the configuration to use an external DAC. I have a good DAC in my CD player (which is rarely used currently) and would like to be able to use it for this purpose. I do know the CD player offers various in and outputs, including asynch USB and external word clock capabilities etc.I am therefore hoping I can put it to good use configured with the Sonos.
Any thoughts please?
Thanks

 

[rajagopal_j]

Contact FM [email protected] he is using Sonos.

 

[sarge_in]

Need more details on what you are trying to do.

- If you want to play a CD in the CD player, use its inbuilt DAC and then send analog audio out to Sonos so it can distribute it - yes technically that would work fine as Sonos has analog inputs. But there are probably cheaper ways to do this, and you are not utilizing the convenience of Sonos to play files from a network drive.

- If you want to use Sonos to play files from the network but use the CD player DAC instead of Sonos DAC, then Sonos Connect Amp is overkill for the purpose, and I don't think it is possible. For this purpose you should get the (cheaper) Sonos Connect (not the amp) - that has Optical and Coax outputs that you can then feed you external DAC as long as it has those inputs. You will then also have to use the preamp/amp section of the CD player and feed the speakers from it directly, or use another external preamp/amp to drive the speakers.

 

[Staxxx]

Thanks Sarge: I think it is the latter. What I was thinking of doing is using the very expensive DAC in the Esoteric K-03 player that is not in use in some way to process the signal from the Sonos (mainly for internet radio). Not sure if there was a way of putting it in the loop.