Given everything I've read on this seems to be relative gibberish and/or doesn't answer what I consider to be sensible questions...
I'm looking for some (wireless-in-some-shape-or-form speakers - as in, music on a device that we can "cast" to one or more speakers in different rooms. Sonos is the "obvious" path to go down, but I know they've been somewhat crap in the past (support, obsolescence etc), and I'm also not sure they do what I want.
Requirements:
- No need to dock a device (we want to be able to continue using phone/tablet while it's playing music) hence wireless requirement
- Doesn't use Alexa/Siri
- Can play back from our extensive already ripped mp3 collection without needing to fiddle-faddle around with a new service and/or re-buy things
- Not tied to one/very few streaming services (we don't have Spotify etc, but might want to)
- Comparatively easy to set up (I was reading some guides on using airplay and it seems like a nightmare)
Any suggestions/advice with reasoning?