Can I ask for some advice for someone considering starting up a Sonos collection?
I've not got a Spotify account, or anything else of the type. My intention would be to mostly play from my own collection of music. But how easy is that to do? I assume I can play from a computer on my network if it's switched on? But is there any way I could just connect an external hard drive to my network (either Sonos network or wifi network) and play from that so I don't need an always on computer?
Alternatively, I'm sure I remember one supplier (was it Google music) that uploads all your music to the cloud and allows you to play that anywhere without subscription. Am I right, and would that work?
Basically, I'm trying to avoid paying a subscription for music when almost everything I want to listen to, I already own myself. But should I suck it up and just subscribe to something?
The other question is: If I put a Sonos speaker in the bedroom, do they have the functionality that they would work as an alarm clock, waking me up to playing music?