Components and Architectural

I am trying to work out whether the following wall volume control is suitable for a Sonos amp running four speakers. https://www.cyberselect.co.uk/product/russound-alt-126r-volume-control/ My set up will be two pairs of speakers wired in parallel to a Sonos amp. One pair will be in one room, the other pair will be in another. The speakers are 8 ohms. The purpose of the switch is to be able to turn down the volume independently in one of the rooms. I know that the power output of the Sonos amp is 125 W. The RMS rating for the volume switch is 42 W per channel. I can’t seem to find the RMS rating of the Sonos amp or is this 125W? As I will be running two speakers from each of the left and right channels will this reduce the power going down each speaker cable to 62.5W? Sorry for all the questions and if anyone else has any recommendations for a different volume control switch then please do say.

Hello, Looking to purchase two Sonos Connects for outdoor speakers. I currently have a spare receiver that has two "zones" for speaker outputs. My question is, is it possible to wire two sets of speakers to the receiver. Each going to their own zone for different areas outdoors. Then use a Y splitter in reverse to combine the connects to one input on the receiver. My thinking was that I would be able to use one receiver instead of two when the wires and connects will be side by side. Is there a better way to accomplish this? I have concerns about using a splitter in that it may degrade the levels. Thanks!

Did I miss a notice that the Connect Amp was being dropped? I went looking for it to answer a question and couldn't find it.

I received an email from Sonos this week ' Action Suggested' 'Remove Bridge'. I'm not technical minded so I'm asking the question 'Why?' What has changed that Sonos are suggesting I don't need the Bridge anymore? Have anyone of you done this and is the Bridge really not required, if so, why was it required previously? Thank you.

I have a Sony STR DE 895, I have a turntable and tv hooked up. TV is hooked up via digital connection. Receiver is connected to Connect via the tape out. I can only get the record player and radio to play to the connect. The tv will not. I'm thinking it might not be possible, since it's a digital signal from the tv. Is there anything I'm doing wrong, or anyway I can make this work? Thanks

I have a nice surround audio system operating on Onkyo TX-NR609 receiver. Would love to hook a Sonos connect to be able to control and stream via sonos app. My Onkyo TX-NR receiver, however, is not under Onkyo’s “works with Sonos” list. Does it mean that there is no way I can have my current audio system work with Sonos connect? Please assist as I truly wish to have the Sonos streaming “cooperating” with my system. Thanks!

Is it possible to pair a sonos sub to a connect amp in the same way when pairing to a playbase?

I have connected my play 5 to at-lp60 turntable. It does play but is pretty quiet compared to when I play tracks normally. I’m not saying it is unbearably quiet or unclear, just a bit quiet for my liking. Is is this normal? Any suggestions how to make the audio louder. Sorry for basic terms. I am a novice thanks

What is the watts output on the Sonos Sub?

HI, I am wondering if the new Sonos amp bought in USA that has 110/120 voltage work in Europe with 240V? In other words is it Dual voltage?

I have several Play 1, PLAYBASE and a Boost and a friend gave me an old ZP100 as I wanted to connect my garden speakers to my Sonos system. However, I have connected and factory reset and I can't update the firmware. Once I remove the ZP100 from the system it all works perfectly as before, when I do connect it start the update process but won't complete it. I suspect the version it is on may be to old to communicate with my controller, any ideas would be great as I am not in a position to go and buy a new Amp yet. Thanks in advance.

I just obtained a pre-owned PlayBar and the cloth is fraying at the ends. It looks like maybe it has rubbed against something on both ends and the cloth is frayed and curling. I suppose just cutting the frayed ends is the best fix or does anyone have any other suggestions?

I'm bringing my Sonos New Amp to a cottage that has no wifi for it to connect to. I'd like to be able to stream Spotify music to the Amp. I believe the only way to do this is to use the line-in from my iPhone (i.e. dual RCA l/r from Amp to 3.5mm male to iPhone 3.5mm female to lightning dongle to iPhone). As a side note, I know I could bring a little router and setup a local wifi (with no internet access), but this would only allow me to wirelessly stream the music on my phone, since my phone would be connected to this local wifi and cannot be then connected to the internet (for streaming Spotify) at the same time. So my questions are: Can someone confirm that the line-in method is the best method for this situation to achieve my goal? In connecting in this way, would there be any compromises in terms of sound quality vs. using the amp as per normal on a wireless network connected for streaming to from the internet, etc.? Prior to leaving for this cottage, is there anything I sho

I may need to move from Canada to Singapore in the next year. The two countries have different electrical standards and plugs. My two part question is: 1) Can I simply buy power cables compatible with the local market (Singapore) and swap out my existing ones? 2) Where can I buy the cables locally in Singapore?

Hey just thought I'd share as I've just made a big mistake when buying a turntable for home - I looked around for something to match the colour scheme of my apartment (I needed a Red one so couldn't get from the SONOS shop) and found this "budget" turntable that would hook up to my SONOS speaker system in every room - A perfect solution so found an AV provider and purchased it but what I didn't notice is that there is a Pro-Ject Essentials III A and a Pro-Ject Essentials III Phono both of which are the same price and the latter comes with a built in pre-amp which you need for the CONNECT which I also purchased so be warned peeps or you'll end up banging your head against the wall like I did today 😢

Hello, The house I moved into has 4 previously installed Bose (wired) surround sound speakers, so I plan on hooking them into the Sonos Amp to keep things clean. I also now have a Sonos Beam connected into the HDMI (ARC).. I have 3 Questions.. Apologies for so many, but this is a pretty purchase and I wanna make sure I do it right the first time. 1) Because I'll have 4 speakers hooked into the Amp, will I still be able to eventually hook in a Sonos sub to that Amp or am I maxed out? If maxed, do I have any options to hook in a sub down the road? I read somewhere that you can't connect 2 AMPs to a surround sound set-up, so I'm not sure my options. 2) I also have 4 outdoor (wired) speakers which I plan on hooking into another Amp. Will I be able to do this since I already have an amp utilized for my LR (within question 1). I guess my main confusion is where I read about not being able to use multiple amps in a set-up. I'm guessing I can since they sell racks, but I want to make sure.

Hello, I just bought a Sonos Connect (July 14, 2019) to connect to my Marantz SR6011 Receiver. It works fine from a functional perspective. However, the sound quality is not very good. It lacks the richness and quality that I would expect. I'm using high quality and expensive Bowers and Wilkens speakers so it has nothing to do with my system. I used optical output from the Sonos Connect and attached it to the TV/Audio optical input of the receiver. There's a CD optical input on the receiver as well, but I would imagine there's no difference in quality. I updated the SW on the Sonos. Please provide any advice or is this the best that Sonos could do? Thank you in advance for any guidance or words of wisdom.

I'm selling a pre-owned ZP90 on eBay (in order upgrade to Connect:Amp) and a prospective purchaser is asking the age of the unit. Can I tell the age of my Sonos unit by the serial number or hardware version?

I have an existing system that I have been very happy with it. I am about to add the Sonance outdoor speakers powered by a sonance amp linked to my existing system via Sonos Connect. I'll be using in-ground speakers with 14 gauge 4 wire in-ground speaker wire I'm pretty clear on how to set this up and really only have one technical challenge I am hoping others have solved and can provide some advice on. My specific question - in a house with no basement or crawl space and limited attic access, what is the best way to get my speaker wires from my amp inside the house to the outside area where the speakers are buried? The good news is that all my equipment sits on an exterior wall inside the house and on the other side of this wall (i..e outside) is the perfect spot to begin running my speaker wires for the in ground speakers. So I just need to figure out the cleanest and most structurally sound way to pass those speaker wires from inside to outside. Most of the videos I have

Hey, I have a Play 5 connected to my Pro-ject essential III Phono. The problem I now have is that I cant listen music with my headphone. What is the cheapest solution to be able to listen music via headphone? Its a Audio-Technica wired headphone, so no bluetooth. is it possible to use a headphone amplifier and put it in between my turntable and play 5? Will that make it possible to listen my lp's via the headphone?

So, i currently have a Sherwood RX-4105 stereo receiver with a Chromecast Audio in my shed. Its been in there and working for a couple years without issues. WiFi strength is enough for wireless streaming. (shed is about 40 ft from a Google WiFi in the kitchen) I'm getting ready to finish out my rooms by replacing all my Google Homes with Sonos speakers and just needed to make sure the Sonos Amp will survive the heat and cold in my shed. (I live in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S.) I currently have a pair of Sonos Ones (stereo pair) in the kitchen that will be about the same distance away. Maybe slightly closer. So the SonosNet signal should make it. I think it'll be fine, just wanted a few other opinions. Thanks in advance!

Hi Does anyone know if it's possible to put some sort of In Line Volume Control when running 4 speakers from the new Sonos Amp Setup is 2 speakers in Kitchen and 2 outdoors. Issue is would like to be able to adjust the volume of each pair separately as the outdoor ones tend to be turned up more but then it's too loud in the kitchen. Any ideas? Cheers

I purchased an audio technica turntable and have tried to connect the audio in to my Sonos connect. I’ve read that I should be able to plug in to the audio in and the “line in” will show in my app under browse. But nothing is showing up...

I have a feature request for Sonos and couldn't find where to post it. Apologies if this is in the wrong place. I have been a Sonos customer since 2010, love the products and use them everyday. My request is that Sonos engineer its products for better "error recovery". Answers to Sonos support questions, as well as responses on this community forum, often recommend something like: "Power down your router, turn off every device connected to your wifi network, then turn everything back on." I work in Corporate IT, and I understand why this advice is given, and I understand why it works. But with my Corporate IT hat on, where one manages 10's or 100's of thousands of hardware devices and software platforms around the globe, we simply would not purchase any device that required a reboot of the network to solve a problem. The products have to be engineered with better resiliency and recovery options. Home networks, of course, are much simpler, with only 10-20 devices on average. Bu

I have a Sonos Amp wired to 4 ceiling speakers. I also have a TV installed on an adjacent wall without the ability to attach an HDMI ARC to the amp. Is there technology, or a solution to link my TV into the AMP wirelessly to create my ceiling speakers as a sound output for the TV. (im thinking HDMI ARC wireless adapter) or something similar? Appreciate any pov's