u/SpaceChallenge

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.

Our quartz countertop was dinged on the edge. Wondering if anyone in the community has a repair specialist recommendation? We contacted an installer and he thought it could be repaired but didn’t have any contacts.

From following fire/ finance subreddits it’s pretty clear that most people think that it’s much safer not to assume a future windfall in calculating our fire number. My wife and I are on track to be within the chubby fire range by 45 (4-5mil), we’re currently 38 and 35. Our spend is $150-$200k/ year.
The unique reason to assume this windfall and plan for it is that myself and my two siblings each have loans (legally secured by property and recorded with the county) from our mom that have 30 yr terms. She’s 71 and living off of the interest and social security. Mine is $800,000 and my siblings have loans of a similar amount. Who here would assume an $800,000 windfall at around 60 years old with this info?
Asking because I don’t want to save too much and if we assume this windfall, we would have a larger lump sum to spend in the next decade on fun things!