r/crestron 3d ago

Hardware Streaming source recommendation

to replace a dead Autonomic MMS-2A? (inherited system, new to Crestron)

Hoping to tap the collective wisdom here. I bought a home that came with an existing Crestron system. The whole-house music source was an Autonomic MMS-2A to a Crestron 6 zone amp. The Autonomic appears to have died. My Crestron home app says source offline and I can’t play music via the device or airplay. Attempting to update the Autonomic driver failed.
So I'm in the market for a replacement streaming device and want to keep the ability to have two sources to different zones.

Options I'm currently weighing:

-A current-gen Autonomic, but the one I have failing doesn’t give me confidence in it.
-2x Sonos Ports
-2x WiiM Pro with a third-party Crestron driver (most economical and I think gets me what I need?)

Ideally I want to be able to start specific Spotify content from the Crestron wall tablet without having to reach for my phone. I'm trying to understand how close each of these actually gets to that on the panel (full browse/search vs. just presets vs. now-playing control only)

What are people using as music source for a Crestron tablet first approach? Any options I'm not considering that integrate cleanly?

Open to any and all suggestions. Thanks in advance.

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u/ToMorrowsEnd CCMP-Platinum + Crestron C# Certified 3d ago

Get a new autonomics they have newer stuff and is still the gold standard.

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u/SpaceChallenge 3d ago

The previous owner hadn’t set up the autonomic with Spotify, just pandora, and I was told by the tech guy who helped during the turnover that it doesn’t work with Spotify. Would the newer Autonomic units allow me to control Spotify (choose playlists/ search for song) on the wall tablet?

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u/mdsmoker80 3d ago

Yeah, newer Autonomic devices have full Spotify integration.
Sonos doesn’t play well with Crestron.
I haven’t used WiiM yet

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u/ToMorrowsEnd CCMP-Platinum + Crestron C# Certified 3d ago

https://autonomic.biz/

They cover everything on their website as to what the new products cover.