Sonos connect or DAC?

[mccormw]

Why bother with a Pi? All you need is a DAC and you can get one these days for next to nothing - no idea what your budget maybe.

Personally I am not a fan of the Sonos, the one I heard was an all-in jobby, speaker, amp etc and did not sound very good. It also (currently) will not play 24bit files, not sure if it ignores them or renders them down to 16bit. But that settled it for me.

Go and buy one of the NAIM Unitis!