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nw83
Contributor III
November 10, 2018

Was about to buy a load of Sonos speakers but have config questions now

So I have been looking at Sonos for a while and I've listened to a load of their speakers in shops and in friends houses etc.

My intention was to buy

1x BEAM
4x ONE
1x SUB

In the main room I wanted the BEAM, SUB and 2x ONE (the other ONE's would be throughout the house and I'd add to the system in due course)

In the main room I wanted a 5.1 set up for TV and then presumed I'd be able to use the 2xONE speakers and SUB for music which I'd stream via airplay. After reading on here I gather that isn't possible, which is a shame to say the least!

So my questions are:

- Could I use the ONE's as a stereo pair with the SUB, but though the Sonos app rather than via airplay? (in which case I may as well just buy the Play 1's as I wont need the air play function, and I already have an Echo dot anyway)

OR, if that still wont work, which is hugely annoying...

- How long a process is it to unpair the ONE's / Play 1's from the BEAM and set them up as a stereo pair with the SUB? In reality we probably only watch a film worthy of 5.1 once a week so I'd have them set up as paired speakers most of the time, but if its a LONG process to then pair them with the BEAM it will also be annoying.

Thanks in advance.
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    November 16, 2018
    Curious what would happen if you simply turn off the power switch on the beam while listening to music?

    The Beam is the coordinator for the room, and the surrounds get their content directly from the Beam via 5 GHz. So, the surrounds would play nothing. In fact, they would not even show on the app.

    Also, Sonos devices have no power switch.
    upstatemike
    November 16, 2018
    Curious what would happen if you simply turn off the power switch on the beam while listening to music?

    The Beam is the coordinator for the room, and the surrounds get their content directly from the Beam via 5 GHz. So, the surrounds would play nothing. In fact, they would not even show on the app.

    Also, Sonos devices have no power switch.

    OK thanks. I don't have any Sonos video products but thought I saw a power switch on the end of Playbar in some picture. Anyway moot point if the Paybar/Paybase/Beam needs to be on for the room to function.
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    November 16, 2018
    That's a manual volume and Mute/Pause/Stop.
    Paulw123
    Paulw123
    Virtuoso
    November 17, 2018
    Sonos need to create a new UI for this type of thing.
    Like what google home has just done where, like your house, you have permanent rooms and then allocate devices to those rooms. You can control individual volume by clicking on the permanent device.
    With sonos you could create groups, stereo pairs, surrounds by maybe ticking boxes within those rooms.
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