Components & Architectural

I have a ZP120 which I’d like to use with a turntable and wired KEF Q350 speakers.  I believe the ZP120 will put out 55 watts per channel max.  The KEF’s have a sensitivity of 87 dB and “amplifier requirements” listed at 15-120 watts.  However, when discussing this with KEF support, they recommended that I have an amp closer to 80 watts per channel.  I’m just wondering if anybody has either used their ZP120 with the Q350’s or has any input regarding this.  Seems like the ZP120 would be fine, based on the specs of both.  Thanks

Bonjour j’ai acheté une platine vinyl jvc que j’ai branché sur ma play five mais le son paraît éloigné.y a t’il une manipulation spéciale à faire ? Quand j’ajoute un peut de poid sur le bras l’es son devient nickel.merci de vos réponses et votre aide  

With the recent upgrading of our whole system to S2 it’s time to sell my old kit. And with it being Boxing Day I thought I’d dig right to the back of the boxes cupboard.  Does anyone remember unboxing these? It was a launch into the unknown back then. CR100 live and well and running with S5 on v8.4. 

Sonos recently announced 24bit audio output for Amazon Music on some devices…Does the Connect (The one compatible with S2) can output 24bit audio through optical ?Any idea ? Thanks, Denis 

I have just noticed the red LED above the white status LED comes on when volume is off. It goes off when volume is turned up. Why has it started and can I turn the LED off (I know I can turn the status LED off but it's above that)? Thanks. 

I have seen a ton of articles coming out within the past day regarding a potential mini Sub. Just wanted to throw that out there for discussion. Good/bad idea? Pricing? Interested? Etc..?

Hi,I have a Sonos Amp currently running 2 outdoor Sonance speakers. I understand the Amp can run 2 pairs of Sonance speakers wired in parallel.My Amp is right in the centre of the house and it is a very tortuous route to outside, also our house is 300+ years old and the walls are enormously thick. I managed to get the cable for the current Sonance speakers through the house when we had floors up and through the wall using a redundant Virgin media hole which had been drilled previously by an engineer.To add a second set of Sonance outdoor speakers, I don’t really want to have to take up floors and try to drill through the wall (it’s close to 1m thick in places). Could I simply cut the current cable outside the house and add one of these:https://www.richersounds.com/qed-3-way-speaker-switch.htmlThen use the existing cables from it off to the current speakers and a new cable from it to the new speakers? Appreciate it will play the same music etc, but that’s fine I won’t ever want to have

There are a lot of people with questions regarding Sono Port sound quality, and the topics always seem to be closed.  I just acquired a Sonos Port because I was excited about adding that capability to my HiFi setup. I was excited about the functionality, and the Port accomplishes the connected and streaming tasks just fine, love the automatic input selection for the Aux input.But the sound: It’s flat, lacks detail, it even sounds like there is an arbitrary roll-off on high and low frequencies.  The imaging is horrible. Music sound “canned” and “lifeless”. For those just using background music while they have a dinner party, you wouldn’t notice. But if you intend to just sit back with a glass of wine and listen to music on purpose, the sound is sorely lacking.I’m using “good” quality components: vintage Marantz Receiver (restored) and relatively new BW Speakers. I’m not trying compare Spotify to listening to vinyl (which sounds great on my system), but I expected the Port to sound as go

Hi, I think it would be great to add the same HDMI ARC input to the SONOS PORT as the SONOS AMP have today so PORT can be seemlessly integrated to a TV set in the same way as Sonos AMP can but then use an amplifier and spreakers of choice. This would be a great upgrade in my eyes. Thanks /Fredrik

Hi I will get a Sonos Port for Xmas in order to integrate my analogue sound system based on Martantz PM8005, B&W 601, Turntable with Sonos world.Turntable is played only via Marantz and will only goes to B&W without entering digital world.Digital sources are the TV Philips ambilight that via optical fibre and a DAC goes in one of Maratnz RCA input, and Spotify either via TV or via Sonos App.I need to keep the TV via optical fibre to DAC and Marantz because when watching TV this is the way to have the audioWhat I would like to implement is either when I stream from TV or from SONOS app the source goes in the Marantz and in parallel wireless from the Port to Sonos One SL avoiding delay. First question is there a possibility in SONOS App to tune the delay to avoid echo effect between analog world (Martantz) and digital world (Sonos)What could you  suggest as connection layout ? 

Je voudrais connecter ma platine pioneer avec pre amplificateur à mon système sonos. J'ai lu de nombreuses questions-reponses mais je n'ai pas trouver la réponse sûre à mon besoin.Ma platine étant pré-amplifiée que dois- je nui ajouter :  sonos five ou bien sonos amp ou encore une autre chose ?Je précise que mon installation sonos constitue à avoir depuis des années 1 à 2 enceintes de base par pièces. Soit 6 enceintes.C'est la première fois que je pose une question sur un forum, je remercie d'avance ceux qui voudront bien m'aider Ryvale.

I own 4 Sonos AMP and they do not go on stanby, never.I’m measuring power consuption and its always 64W.They are connected by ethernet cable and with wifi disabled.Any idea how to put them on standby?PS: I know they supposedly go in standby after 3 minutes without usage. Not my case :(

I have a Beam (1st gen) and two supporting One SL speakers left and right of my TV, in a compact set-up in a small room. I also have a Blu-ray player connected to the TV. I recently dug out my old CD collection and realised I’d like to play them again through my Beam and One SL speakers, but independently of the TV i.e. not using the Blu-ray player. The idea is I’d like to play my CDs without switching the TV on, or to have something else on the screen without needing to keep it on the Blu-ray input for the sound.Is there any way I can do this, if I was to purchase a small standalone CD player which could just connect directly to the Beam? I realise I only have the HDMI port at the back of the Beam, which is currently connected to the ARC-compatible port on the TV.Ideally I wouldn’t want to disturb my existing set-up too much, as it’s a compact space and hard to access at the back. I appreciate there’s probably not a workaround for what I’m looking for, but thought I’d give it a chance

Found out that my Connect:AMP is dead after 3 years.  Was told by support that “It happens” when something is “always on”.  I can’t help but wonder what will die next.  I’m looking for alternatives to the Connect:AMP from another vendor that stands behind their products better than Sonos.  Does anyone have any suggestions?Thank you!

Hi, I have the Sonos AMP with in-ceiling speakers, it supports Airplay 2 but I can not find the amp on any of my iOS/iPadOS devices. I’ve cycled power on the AMP, yet I do not see the AMP when I try to connect via Airplay. The sound is set to stereo and not surround, Is anyone else having this issue? Any tips or recommendations are welcomed.  In the Sonos app settings > System > Airplay it shows my device as compatible.

Hi,My son’s bedroom has ceiling speakers which are wired back to an amplifier in the living room. We currently have a Sonos Connect connected to the amplifier which he uses to stream music to listen via his ceiling speakers. He is now keen to get a turntable, and I’m thinking the best thing to do would be to get a 2nd Sonos Connect, wire that up to the turntable in his bedroom and group it with the Connect in the living room so that the audio comes out of the speakers in his ceiling.Would that work? Would it matter that the Connect in his bedroom would have an input (the turntable) but no output? I guess the other option would be to get him a 2nd hand Play 5, but it seems a shame not to make use of his ceiling speakers. Thanks

Picked up an Amp for home theater use and have been really impressed with the phantom center. Really liking the full sound of large speakers and a powered sub better than the Arc in my living room. I know that current A/V receivers with Atmos support also offer Atmos Height Virtualization, which seems like it would be a perfect fit for the Amp home theater use case. Any idea if that feature would be possible with gen 3 hardware and/or has been discussed as on the table for a future update?

I would like to know the number of Sonos AMP to power 6 bose freespace 360 II.Thank youTechnical Specifications     Frequency Response (+/-3 dB)1 Frequency Range (-10 dB)1 Nominal Dispersion Recommended High-Pass Filter Loudspeaker EQOverload Protection Long-Term Power Handling2 Sensitivity (SPL / 1 W @ 1 m)3 Maximum SPL @ 1 m4 Nominal Impedance Transformer Taps (70/100 V)Driver ComplimentPhysicalEnclosure Environmental Connectors Suspension / Mounting DimensionsNet Weight Shipping WeightGreen70 Hz - 10 kHz60 Hz - 15 kHz360° H x 50° V60 Hz high-pass filter RecommendedPTC80 W (320 W peak)87 dB SPL100 dB SPL (106 dB SPL peak) 4 Ω (transformer bypassed)10 W, 20 W, 40 W, 80 W

Quel type de branchement faut-il prévoir pour les enceintes sonos encastrables au plafond

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 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 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)

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.

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