opensymf — Open-Source SYMFONISK & Sonos Speaker Conversion
A whole-house project converting seven IKEA SYMFONISK and Sonos speakers from proprietary systems to Raspberry Pi-based open-source audio players — escaping vendor lock-in while keeping the original hardware intact. Source code & docs: github.com/papadopouloskyriakos/opensymf Why? Sonos ended support for older speakers, stranding them on a frozen S1 platform with no future updates or integration with newer devices. IKEA SYMFONISK speakers, being Sonos-based internally, face the same fate. Rather than accept planned obsolescence, this project replaces the proprietary brains while keeping the original power supplies, speaker drivers, buttons, and LEDs. ...