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Connect vs Connect S15?

  • June 24, 2021
  • 11 replies
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Is there any technical difference in a second gen Connect (2015 date) and a S15 (2019 date)?

 

 Thanks, Rich

Best answer by Airgetlam

There should be none. 

 

They may have slightly different electronics inside them, but from the outside they’d be exactly the same audio quality. 

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controlav
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  • Lead Maestro
  • June 24, 2021

What is the model # of the other Connect you are referring to? ZP90 was 2005 vintage.


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  • Contributor I
  • June 24, 2021

Both run on the S2 app. I only need 1 and want to keep the better of the 2, if there’s any difference. Thanks 


controlav
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  • Lead Maestro
  • June 24, 2021

If they can both run S2 then it really doesn’t matter, but I would keep the newer one to reduce the chance of random hardware failure.


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  • Contributor I
  • June 24, 2021

Thanks for your reply. That’s my plan.


Do you, or anyone else, know if there’s any difference in sound quality, etc. between the two units?

Thanks, Rich


Airgetlam
  • Answer
  • June 24, 2021

There should be none. 

 

They may have slightly different electronics inside them, but from the outside they’d be exactly the same audio quality. 


  • Author
  • Contributor I
  • June 28, 2021

Thanks Bruce. Have a great day!


  • June 28, 2021

I would keep both, esp if both work on S2. Brilliantly designed and built hardware and what you get by selling one will be peanuts...


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  • Enthusiast I
  • August 8, 2021

As far as I know, the 2nd Connect device is AirPlay compatible. The 1st generation, which I have, is not… unfortunately 


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No, none of the Connect generations were Airplay compatible. You might be thinking of the Port.

 


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  • Enthusiast I
  • August 17, 2021

No, none of the Connect generations were Airplay compatible. You might be thinking of the Port.

 

You’re right. I was actually thinking about Port when I wrote “2nd Generation Connect device”. Thanks for clearing this out.


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  • Enthusiast I
  • August 17, 2021

@Richmoore15 you can read a thorough review of the Sonos Port in the August issue of Macworld 2020. Observe, that there are some issues to consider like the sound quality and controls compared with its predecessor.