I have a Gen 1 Play 5, Play 1, Boost and Connect. I know all about the disappearing “on this iphone” from a couple years ago and haven’t used my system much since. However, I saw the Port and was wondering if I can use that to replace my connect, run it with S1, and use AirPlay 2 to play music to the rest of my speakers? Essentially, a work around to make it work like before? I tried searching but didn’t find much.
Best answer by John B
View originalYou could indeed. Or you could keep the Connect and buy a Sonos One. (Not a One SL as this is incompatible with S1.)
I would also consider replacing your Play:5 (gen 1) with a used Play:5 (gen 2). The gen 2 is hugely superior to the gen 1 IMO. You would not get as big a gain by swapping the Connect for a Port/
Great, thank you. I might look into it, what’s so better about the Gen 2? Also, if I got the Port, could I still play music on the Play 5 Gen 1 but not the Port or Play 1 via AirPlay 2? I know the Play 5 doesn’t have AirPlay but if it’s linked to the same system the Port is connected to since I still want to keep my zones, if that makes sense.
Sorry I missed your reply until now. The sound is in a different league on the Play:5 gen 2. Much better bass and richer and more powerful by some way.
You could indeed use Airplay on any speaker in your system by grouping to the Airplay-compatible Sonos device. if you don’t want the sound to play on the Airplay-compatible Sonos device you would just mute it.
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