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Connect denon amp to sonos sub wirelessly

  • July 10, 2022
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Hi there

I have a denon amp that is sounding great, wired to speakers. I need to add bass and own 2no, sonos sub woofers. Can i connect the subwoofers to a sonos ‘box’ wirelessly and connect this box to my amp via din connectors?

Best answer by ratty

A Line-In will experience a minimum delay of 75ms. The Sub would therefore be out of sync with the Denon, assuming that's where the signal originates from. This could be noticeable. 

A 'tape monitor loop' facility, if it exists, could ameliorate this.

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Ken_Griffiths

You would need to ‘bond’ a Sonos Sub to a Sonos Speaker (or Sonos Amp), then ‘group’ that ‘room’ with a Sonos Port aswell, which in turn would connect to your Denon Amp using either the Ports RCA analog line-out, or digital coax out to your Denon Amp & Speakers (see image).

It just seems a rather expensive way to add a Sub to your setup, particularly if you do not have a Sonos device already to ‘bond’ with the Sub. It’s not a route I would personally choose, just to add a Sub only, but I would consider it if I wanted to add some Sonos speakers (or another Amp/speakers) to the same room and have all playing together.

I would check the available connections on the Denon Amp too.. here are the connections-out on the Sonos Port to maybe assist you with your decision…

 


Airgetlam
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  • July 10, 2022

To be clear, Sonos subwoofers are designed to be used only with Sonos products, and are not standard subwoofers that can be connected to an amplifier. 


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  • July 11, 2022

Ken

 

Thats super helpful, i have a couple of sonos play 5’s and sonos sub (gen 1) that i can bring out of retirement, so this make entire sense. The sonos port connections will marry with my 2 spare din outputs too, thank-you


ratty
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  • July 11, 2022

A Line-In will experience a minimum delay of 75ms. The Sub would therefore be out of sync with the Denon, assuming that's where the signal originates from. This could be noticeable. 

A 'tape monitor loop' facility, if it exists, could ameliorate this.


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  • July 11, 2022

Ratty

Thank-you i can add a delay to the sub to enable it to sink

regards

 

Nathan


ratty
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  • July 11, 2022

Thank-you i can add a delay to the sub to enable it to sink

The Sub would already be behind the Denon’s own speakers. Adding extra delay would worsen the situation.

 


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  • July 14, 2022

Thanks , I didn’t read your previous thread correctly. I’ll have a look at adding teh dealy to the rest of the system and not the sub

 

thanks