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I use it and find it really good. I have it running in a Docker container on my media server rather than a HomeAssistant add-on.
The interface is a bit clunky, but that's my only real complaint. There are some third party apps available that ease the pain of this a bit - I use Ensemble on Android.
The main strength is the ease with which you can add multiple different sources and have them work side by side. I do get some duplication, but that's usually because the Spotify version of an album is the deluxe or something along those lines.
HomeAssistant integration is great. You can easily automate playing tracks/albums/playlists - I have a wireless button under the kitchen table that triggers my choice of playlist on a double press and my wife's on a single press.
Sendspin is fantastic - it's practically effortless to have multiple players with different protocols playing in sync. Really looking forward to this protocol developing more, since the unfinished version is so good!
Do you know what the resource usage is like? I'm wondering whether to do docker on my big machine or an add-on on my Home Assistant Yellow (Pi 4).
Is the main use case here to stream from your own library like a plex for music? Or something else?
I’m not sure what you mean by connect different sources, I generally just use Spotify so maybe I’m not the ideal user here. I’d definitely see value in transitioning off of Spotify but that would require me to keep my own library of music and while I’m sure a sonar/radar pipeline exists for this I’d find it limiting for finding new music. Spotify’s discover weekly and playlists of stuff I’ve never heard before keep me hooked.