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I have 2 feature requests:

 

  1. allow Sonos Amp (Moderator note: corrected from Sonos Sub) to connect to wireless front speakers. Not all setups can use a soundbar (eg TV over fireplace)
  2. allow hdmi remote to control volume of grouped Sonos speakers 

based on community feedback and web discussion, these features would be useful to many

 

thanks.

Hi @Hjm1 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Thank you - I've marked this thread as a feature request and it will be seen by the relevant teams for consideration. Keep the ideas coming!

A couple of points, however:

allow Sonos sub to connect to wireless front speakers. Not all setups can use a soundbar (eg TV over fireplace)

You can bond a Sub to any speaker (or pair) that is not a portable (Roam/Roam 2/Move/Move 2).

 

allow hdmi remote to control volume of grouped Sonos speakers 

This has been requested before, and not implemented - as such, it can be considered intended behaviour. The intent is that the remote only changes the volume of the room you are in.

Your feature requests will be recorded nonetheless - thanks again for the feedback!

Thanks Cory. Ooops, I meant Sonos Amp connectivity with wireless front speakers (not sub). Is that something in the pipeline? Can’t understand why the amp happily does rear wireless speakers but not front (like Era 100s). Thanks again.

Thanks Cory. Ooops, I meant Sonos Amp connectivity with wireless front speakers (not sub). Is that something in the pipeline? Can’t understand why the amp happily does rear wireless speakers but not front (like Era 100s). Thanks again.

Amp drives passive “front” speakers so you couldn’t use them to drive active speakers like Era, whether they’re wired or wireless. 

Hi @Hjm1 

To rephrase what @nik9669a has said a little, the whole point of an Amp is to connect passive speakers. The ability to bond wireless speakers as surrounds is just that - for surrounds. 

However, given that none of our wireless speakers (well, those that are not soundbars) have HDMI connections, I suppose I can see a use-case for it. However, passive speakers are (generally) cheaper than active speakers, so unless you really don’t like cables, purchasing 4 wireless speakers to work with Amp would be more expensive and have no real advantage. I personally have a Amp and (Sonos One) surrounds and am happy that my passive speakers have much bigger drivers than any Sonos speakers.

I’ll edit your initial post so it reads a bit better for whoever it is that checks all these feature-request-tagged threads for ideas.

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