diff --git a/NAudio.Extras/CachedSound.cs b/NAudio.Extras/CachedSound.cs
index 19beca51..cf612d5d 100644
--- a/NAudio.Extras/CachedSound.cs
+++ b/NAudio.Extras/CachedSound.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using NAudio.Wave;
 
@@ -9,23 +10,48 @@ namespace NAudio.Extras
     /// </summary>
     public class CachedSound
     {
-        public float[] AudioData { get; }
-        public WaveFormat WaveFormat { get; }
+        public float[] AudioData { get; protected set; }
+        public WaveFormat WaveFormat { get; protected set; }
         public CachedSound(string audioFileName)
         {
             using (var audioFileReader = new AudioFileReader(audioFileName))
             {
-                // TODO: could add resampling in here if required
-                WaveFormat = audioFileReader.WaveFormat;
-                var wholeFile = new List<float>((int)(audioFileReader.Length / 4));
-                var readBuffer = new float[audioFileReader.WaveFormat.SampleRate * audioFileReader.WaveFormat.Channels];
-                int samplesRead;
-                while ((samplesRead = audioFileReader.Read(readBuffer, 0, readBuffer.Length)) > 0)
-                {
-                    wholeFile.AddRange(readBuffer.Take(samplesRead));
-                }
-                AudioData = wholeFile.ToArray();
+                Init(audioFileReader);
             }
         }
+
+        public CachedSound(Stream sound)
+        {
+
+            using (var audioFileReader = new WaveFileReader(sound))
+            {
+                Init(audioFileReader);
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected void Init(WaveStream waveStream)
+        {
+            if (!(waveStream is ISampleProvider sampleProvider))
+            {
+                sampleProvider = waveStream.ToSampleProvider();
+            }
+
+            // TODO: could add resampling in here if required
+            WaveFormat = sampleProvider.WaveFormat;
+            var wholeFile = new List<float>((int)(waveStream.Length / 4));
+            var readBuffer = new float[WaveFormat.SampleRate * WaveFormat.Channels];
+            int samplesRead;
+            while ((samplesRead = sampleProvider.Read(readBuffer, 0, readBuffer.Length)) > 0)
+            {
+                wholeFile.AddRange(readBuffer.Take(samplesRead));
+            }
+            AudioData = wholeFile.ToArray();
+
+        }
+
+        protected CachedSound()
+        {
+            // no-op but makes this easier on subclasses
+        }
     }
 }
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