Components and Architectural

I would like to get a in wall subwoofer possibly from sonos if they have one i want to connected  to the amp. I currently using one amp for two passive in ceiling speakers. I would like to know if sonos have an in wall subwoofer or bass, and if t you guys dont what would you recommend, when it comes to size and power. I

I am doing an outdoor sound upgrade and running four Sonos amps to 8 Klipsch AW-650 speakers to create 4 zones.  One question - The Sonos Amp is rated at 125w but my speakers (8ohm) are rated for 85w RMS and 340 Peak.   Should I be using Volume Control to protect the speakers? Or is the power close enough to not be a big deal?  Any idea what Volume Control % to use?  Thanks! 

Hello,Can someone advise if the Sonos Amp will power the Marantz PM6005 Speakers sufficiently? I just want to check the Amp will work as intended with these speakers before I purchase it.Thanks Jonathan

I see a few questions about whether the sonos outdoor speaker is better than the Sonance Mariner series. I had the same questions as the speakers look pretty much identical.  I called Sonance technical support about this. I was told the sonos product is a “lower end” product. The woofer, for example, uses lower quality items than the Sonance equivalent (I can’t remember exactly what was said, but the construction of the woofer uses a lower quality material, among other technical differences).  I ended up going with the mariner 86 as it was pretty close to the same money for a much higher end speaker (albeit a bit bigger).   

Hi Sonos friends. I am considering connecting a Sonos connect gen2 or port to my Control4 ea-3 to stream music from my Control4 tidal to my Sonos arc. this way I add an extra room to my Control4 ecosystem. Has anyone seen this done before and am I right in assuming that I can stream (no hard connection ) from the connect or port to the arc?

Hi everyone I am about to finish setting up my home theater room and I’m only missing the placement of my One SLs, I bought two wall mounts for them and I was wondering which space would be the most fitting for them, I have a very tiny room, about 110 sq ft, ceiling is about 10-11 feet high. (Surrounds for a Sonos Beam Gen 2)

My current layout is I have a Sonos Amp with 4 in wall speakers 1 left front, 1 left rear, 1 right front, 1 right rear.  The left front and rear are on the left channel and the right front and rear are on the right channel.  The amp is connected to my TV via HDMI ARC and the tv controls the volume of the Amp.  My question is if I purchase a Sonos Beam Gen 2, is it possible to connect the Beam to the Amp to “act” as a center channel?  The tv currently controls the volume on the Amp, I would like the Amp and Beam to both work with the volume control of the tv.  Is this possible?  If so how would I connect this all together?  My TV does not have two HDMI ARC outputs it also has an optical out but I do not believe this works if the output is already designated to the HDMI ARC.  I don’t need the Amp to power the Beam, I would just like it to act as a center channel.  

hi there. For my husband’s 50th I want to buy him a turntable to connect to our current Sonos system.  I don’t want to spend so much money so thinking of buying a non-Sonos turntable.But when I’ve read the Sonos blogs, if we have a turntable then it says we need a Play5 Speaker - does anyone know if this is correct? We only have a Play 3 speaker, a Beam, 3 Play 1’s and a Roam.  

I have a mix of new and old devices currently all running on single S1 system.Now I find that if I want to add a new device such as the FIVE I can’t.I have a Play:5 (Gen 1) that lowers the volume without me doing it. Randomly does this and I can not solve the issue.So I thought just buy a new FIVE to replace it but if I stay on S1 I will be prevented from adding the new FIVE to my system.But if I change to S2 so I can add the FIVE then 9 of my original devices will stop working on the same system which basically kills my entire system. (I first got SONOS with the CR100 controller, that is how old it is. They killed those off ages ago.)So it seems this policy PROHIBITS me adding or replacing devices to my system and effectively STOPS me buying anymore of their products.What a great business model, piss off your early adopters.

Hi new to the communityi have a Russ sound amplifier system with 6 zones in house. I use older white Sonos Connect device to pipe music to each zone. Can I use the new Sonos Connect Amp to the Russ Sound system to get that additional wattage and better quality or just go with new Sonos Connect.  Thanks 

I have a Bridge hard wired into my router, and a Connect Amp connected to an existing AV Receiver. Over the last 2 months, the Connect Amp has dropped off my system completely and had to be added as a new product whenever I want to listen to any music.I’ve resorted to completely resetting the system, and it worked for 24 hours!! I’ve turned everything network based off, rebooted my router, turned added the Bridge, waited 10 minutes, added the Connect Amp, waited 10 minutes then added other WIFI items individually - and it worked for another 24 hours.Before I put everything in the bin is there anything else that can be done to get the system working - it was working fine until the last update was released and support no longer provided.

I have an Amp hooked up to our living room TV in our house. (I also have a home theater setup using Sonos in our barn/guest house with the big screen TV.) I’m really fed up with the Amp, after any blackout or power flicker, losing all settings. I’ve been using regular stereo audio input pulled from an HDMI switcher to feed the Amp. Whenever we get a power flicker, my Sonos devices lose their groupings and settings. (Which, really, is pretty sad considering that pretty much any device, in 2021, can save such settings in non-volatile RAM - except the high priced Sonos!)Every time we start up the TV and there’s been a power flicker (which we often don’t know has happened), we get silence. So, instead of using my IR all-in-one remote, I have to pull out my phone and run the Sonos controller and change the Amp input BACK to “Line In,” where I always leave it. What’s amazing (and sad) is that this system is on a UPS. Everything on that UPS keeps behaving normally during an outage or power fl

Hello - I am connecting the Sonos Connect to my Bang & Olufsen Beosound 9000 so I can stream music wirelessly from my iPhone.  I used the 7-pin RCA cable but the sound is barely noticeable when I use the Aux function on the B&O system.  I tried to raise the sound to the max on my iphone and on the B&O system.  Does anyone knopw how to fix the issue?  thanks for your help.

Would like to ask if any suggestion on where to get a 90 Degree Up Angle Fiber Optic 2.1 HDMI Cable for new generation Beam as the maximum space allowed for the plug is only around 2 cm if flush mounted onto the wall. 

I am a new Sonos user. I have 4 B&W in-ceiling speakers and a Sonos amp. Am I able to add the Sonos sub without adding another amp?  Thanks in advance!

I’ve got an iMac with an external Mac CD-ROM Superdrive attached. Works fine for playing CDs that I don’t want to rip onto my hard drive, for various reasons including that I like listening to redbook audio rather than compressed and don’t want to use a crazy amount of storage to rip lossless lots of cds I listen to infrequently. I work in the music industry, so get a lot of music that’s just an occasional listen. My external Superdrive CD-ROM works fine playing through my computer speakers. When I try to choose my Sonos Port as an output, all the controls in the Apple Music player stop working (play, skip, etc.). Sonos has confirmed that this isn’t supported and I have to rip any music I want to listen to. Anyone aware of a hack to get around needing to rip all of my music? Happy to experiment with devices, cords, etc. that’ll make this work for my needs. Thanks!

has anyone used two sonos amps to power a pair of speakers, one for the left and one for the right to eliminate speaker wires ?

I finally got my hands on a Sonos Amp as I cannot get a Sonos Port for the life of me. I have a customer who I am installing a large outdoor 70V system for and I want to use the Sonos Amp as a line out source and not an amp. I know this isn't "recommended", but Sonos really can't blame integrators for looking at alternate solutions given their serious shortage of products (and they also just canceled my large order through Anixter as with all their orders so I have no choice).  The customer wants to use the Sonos app so I need to make this work.Please assist with solutions.  Thank you!

Well the title says it  can I stand the port on its side? Will it cause issues with heat build up or anything? cheers 

I’ve read that the Boost is not compatible with Move.  Is it compatible with all other current speakers? Or, does anyone know what products it is not compatible with?  I want to add One SL speakers to my system but will need help from the Boost to make it worth a purchase.

HiI have got 5 speaker rough ins done in my new home for surround sound. 3 in the back and 2 in the front. I want to use Sonos AMP with those speakers but I am not sure how I can connect them the right way. I was told that Sonos amp can connect only 2 left and 2 right speakers. not sure how to handle the central speaker in the back

Hi,the outcome with the turntable wirh pre-amp is very low. Could I achieve a higher volume in using the sonos amp? I have the TEAC TN300 turntablebest regardsmichel

Hey all, I’m redoing our main family room and looking to go Amp+Bookshelf speakers. We mostly listen to music in this room, but want to be able to pipe the TV from time to time, so looks like Sonos amp. I haven’t shopped for HiFi speakers in years. Prior to switching to Sonos, I had a Focal 5.1 that I really liked. Curious what lines I should be looking at? KEF Q150 is on my radar. It’s a little more than I wanted to spend, but hoping y’all might help me narrow the field a bit. TIA!

Hey all, I currently have a beam and really like it, for more esthetic reasons, looking to move to an Amp plus bookshelf speakers. Wondering if anyone can speak to phantom center on Amp vs Beam. Obviously the quality of the sound you’d be getting with an amp would depend on what you’re using. I am leaning toward Q Acoustics 3030. I feel like you’d get better stereo separation with two speakers vs Beam, but wondering what the dialogue experience is like with the Amp. We use the dialogue boost on all our Sonos products. Thanks all!

HelloI am planning my KNX Smarthome and am wondering how to power all the ceiling speakers. For different tasks, I need to be able to control the speakers with Airplay-2 and via Sonos. If I got it right, the new Sonos amp covers both, but a combination of connect. amp and (existing) Airport Express stations connected to the analog line-in should do the same at half of the price. Are there any reasons not to use this connect-airport combination and buy the new amp with an integrated Airplay-2?