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Feature Request - Sonos Amp.

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December 24, 2020
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Hi everyone,

I am an happy owner of the Sonos Amp that would love to be even happier :-)

I love my Sonos Amp for a lot of reasons but to be even more amazing it would be unreal to be able to play uncompressed audio. I know that’s not possible on this device as it needs earc but why not a New Sonos Amp, and why not at least 1 HDMI input, that would be incredibly useful for people that do not have an earc compatible TV.

As an improvement of the existing one, the ability to play Dolby atmos tracks (compressed DD+) would be a game changer and a reason for many Sonos owners to buy the Sonance or even another Amp (I would).

The ability to add a center channel with some of the existing Sonos lineup or other party would also be out of this world but again that requires new hardware.

I hope this gets considered, thank you!

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Paul A

Retired Sonos Staff

Hi @ant0.

Welcome to the Sonos community and thanks for the feedback and feature request. We appreciate it a lot as these type of feature request helps us to know more about how to improve our products. I will be more than happy to send this to our engineering team as a feature request. I would suggest subscribing to our announcement topic for any feature release, feature updates, and bug fixes.

If you have any other questions, concerns, or feature requests, please do not hesitate to reach out or create a topic. We highly appreciate it.

Thanks,

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Kaps

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Own arc sound bar and 2 sl shadows. Want to increase volume with tv and speakers at the location. Should I consider purchasing amp? Will that increase sound to these speakers? I get the sub will increase bass. But I want an over all increase in sound.

melvimbe

Own arc sound bar and 2 sl shadows. Want to increase volume with tv and speakers at the location. Should I consider purchasing amp? Will that increase sound to these speakers? I get the sub will increase bass. But I want an over all increase in sound.

No, this won’t work as you are imagining it will. Sonos doesn’t have the funcationality for you to configure a home theatre room with an Arc, 2 SLs for surround, and an amp for additional front speakers. If you setup the amp as separate Sonos room and then group the two rooms together, the speakers connected to the amp would play slightly behind the other speakers, creating an echo effect. For music/streaming playback it would be in sync, that’s not typically what people are looking for when they ask this question.

Danny

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Kaps

Lyricist III

Then what may be my best options to increase the sound in this room. The room is medium size with high ceiling. But not unusually large and do not get large enough volume from arc and 2 sl’s?

melvimbe

Then what may be my best options to increase the sound in this room. The room is medium size with high ceiling. But not unusually large and do not get large enough volume from arc and 2 sl’s?

The Arc should be plenty loud enough for that size room. It certainly is for me in what I’d consider a large room (about 20’x20’). Is the volume too low for all sources or just watching TV, perhaps an aux source connected to a Port or 5?

Danny

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Kaps

Lyricist III

Not load enough for us, it is a 20x20 room. Ceiling is 14” feet. What other options is out there from Sonos?

melvimbe

You could probably get more volume from the amp, depending on what passive speakers you use.

So the volume issue is for all sources?

Danny

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Kaps

Lyricist III

Yes, I guess my options would be amp plus more speakers?

melvimbe

Unless there is something wrong with your Arc. You would need to talk to Sonos directly for that. I really can’t tell what you consider to be reasonable volume for a soundbar.

Danny

Airgetlam

I’m amused to think how large the room would need to be for my Arc not to fill it with sound. 50 feet on a side? 100 feet on a side? I rarely hit around 20% in my 20x20 space.

Bruce

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