[Solved] USB Soundcard to Sonos

[JPHebert]

Hi everybody,

 

Looking to optimize things and currently using a pcie sound card from Asus w/ spdif to output sound to my Sonos Beam and wish to free the slot in that PC, so looking for a USB one w/ SPDIF. Any viable suggestions?

I'm using Linux Mint and Windows 11 btw.

 

I can't use an HDMI port on my 4060 for that (tried) - and the connection is done through the Sonos Beam HDMI interface and their HDMI-SPDIF connector. No need to break the bank either.

 

Thanks!!

[JPHebert]

On 6/15/2025 at 11:11 AM, JPHebert said:

Hi everybody,

 

Looking to optimize things and currently using a pcie sound card from Asus w/ spdif to output sound to my Sonos Beam and wish to free the slot in that PC, so looking for a USB one w/ SPDIF. Any viable suggestions?

I'm using Linux Mint and Windows 11 btw.

 

I can't use an HDMI port on my 4060 for that (tried) - and the connection is done through the Sonos Beam HDMI interface and their HDMI-SPDIF connector. No need to break the bank either.

 

Thanks!!

I ended up trying this low-cost thingie and works.. great. Even in Linux (yes they say it does but amazon items can be .. iffy)