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the bouscy
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April 20, 2022
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Loss of functionality with Amp vs Connect:Amp?

  • April 20, 2022
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I have just “upgraded” from Connect:Amp to Amp.

Previously, I had a Connect:Amp working as a main music player, but when I played the TV through a Playbar, the Connect:Amp would feed surround sound to the attached speakers.

I now find with the new Amp that there is only the option to use the Amp as a main source OR as surrounds (front or rear). 

Can it really be that Sonos has removed functionality from the new product or am I missing something?

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Best answer by Ken_Griffiths

@the bouscy,
Whilst I no longer have the devices here to physically test this, just like jgatie mentions, I too have never heard of the case where a ‘bonded’ Connect:Amp in a Sonos Home Theatre setup could be switched and used as a standalone music player - the only way I can see that happening is if the Connect:Amp was ‘grouped’ rather than ‘bonded’ as a ‘surround’ to your Playbar - in which case they would be listed as two separate rooms in the S1 Sonos App.

Either way, the new Sonos Amp performs in the same way as the older Connect:Amp as far as I’ve ever seen and the only difference in a ‘bonded’ (not grouped) HT setup is the Connect Amp needs to be wired in one of two configurations, as clearly detailed in this support document:

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/2237

The new Amp on the other-hand does not need to be cabled and will operate wirelessly.

It really sounds to me like you may have had the two Sonos rooms ‘grouped’ when using the earlier S1 setup. If not, then to be honest I’m baffled here by your comments too. 🤔??

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Ken_Griffiths
Ken_Griffiths
April 21, 2022

@the bouscy .  Did you have your Connect:Amp wired to your Playbar?  Or did you have both the Playbar and C;A wired to your router?

Hi John,

They were both wired via ethernet cables back to the router.

You’ll perhaps (kindly) have to explain to us here how you did this then, because it’s not something I’ve personally ever seen, where you can have a Sonos ‘bonded’ HT setup and be able to play music just to the Amp speakers only as a separate room from the Playbar, at least not without unbonding the Amp from the Playbar and even if that were the case, you could go onto do the same with the new Sonos Amp.. so I’m still really interested to see how the old Connect:Amp differs from the new Amp.

John B
April 21, 2022

Ditto what @Ken_Griffiths said.

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