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SOCalistic
Renowned Enthusiast I
November 21, 2018

Who pre-ordered the new Sonos AMP and what are your plans for it?

  • November 21, 2018
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I'm a little surprised pre-orders opened up and nobody is taking about it 🙂 Delivery by Dec 3rd according to Sonos which is awesome.
I'm currently using a Beam and two Sonos Ones for rears and two stereo HomePods for music in the living room and bedroom as well as smart speakers for Homekit etc.
I was planning on buying a Sonos sub tomorrow since they will be on sale for $599. I'm not sure if I will do that now since I am getting the Amp so soon and can use any sub so there seems to be little advantage to the Sonos sub.
The Elacs are on sale right now so I could get tower speakers and sub from them for $669 from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B4WFWZF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DL7XWBZ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
I will continue to use the Sonos Ones as rears.
Any thoughts on any of that? Any advantage to buying a Sonos sub for the app? I can't think of one.
What are other peoples plans for the Amp?
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    SOCalisticAuthor
    Renowned Enthusiast I
    November 27, 2018
    I hope to receive a Sonos AMP on Monday (11/26/2018) and use it to create a multi-room music zone in my dining room. Here are some details…
    Protocol: Apple Airplay 2
    Streaming amplifier: Sonos AMP
    Speakers: Klipsch R-5800-W II
    Cable: Mediabridge CL2 14AWG SW-14X2-200-WH with Pomona 5170 banana plugs
    LAN connection: ethernet, Belden 2412 cable
    Streaming music service: Apple Music
    I have no plans to use the analog or HDMI ARC inputs. Perhaps a SUB in the future. This is my first Sonos product.

    Interesting. I just got the sub and its just as amazing as everyone says. A little boomy but works great with the Beam and rear sonos ones.
    I want to listen to Apple Music and Pandora from their apps on my Apple TV as I like to see the album art when something is playing. But since my Amp will be connected to the Apple TV by HDMI and the ATV is set to 5.1 sound it sounds like I won't be able to use the two front speakers for music without it also coming through the rears.
    I am surprised how much better the Sonos One rears, set to full, sound after I added the sub.
    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    November 27, 2018

    I have not pre-ordered the Amp yet, but my plan is to use it to power 4 outdoor speakers, and connect to an outdoor TV whenever I put one out there.


    I went ahead and preordered, looks like it should arrive on Thursday.

    To be clearer about my motivation for replacing my existing amp + connect is really two fold.
    1 - I like new toys.
    2 - I cannot easily control the volume of the existing amp when watching TV, since TV audio is not currently passing through Sonos, and the amp is buried in a closet outside the IR range of the remote.

    If I'm honest with myself, #2 is less motivation than the 1st.

    If I repurpose the existing equipment, it's either going to go to a sitting area that's already covered pretty well, or to the side yard that is mostly used as the dog's bathroom. Not exactly a high traffic area.
    Danny
    SOCalisticAuthor
    Renowned Enthusiast I
    November 27, 2018
    #1 is all the reason you need 🙂
    lewisc
    lewisc
    Headliner I
    November 27, 2018
    Im contemplating the Amp for my current setup and so I can add further things down the line. Do you think it would benefit / upgrade my current setup?



    Maybe have the TV connected via HDMI and then the others (vinyl + mp3) via RCA

    Also what is the reason for 2x ethernet ports?
    Authorised Sonos Installer
    SOCalisticAuthor
    Renowned Enthusiast I
    November 27, 2018
    I was just going to ask if anyone is planning on vinyl.
      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      November 27, 2018
      Previously had outdoor speakers on a 2-zone amplifier - moving Living room audio to Sonos Amp and then outdoor speaker onto their own.
      Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
        lewisc
        lewisc
        Headliner I
        November 27, 2018
        My setup works 99% and is great. The 1% is if the internet is down or the wifi is struggling (I usually have 20+ devices connected at once :D) then some of the grouped speakers drops out for a second, Play 5 continues as should as autoplay is enabled. Not sure if it's worth the extra money
        Authorised Sonos Installer
        SOCalisticAuthor
        Renowned Enthusiast I
        November 27, 2018
        I assume the two ethernet ports are for daisy chaining one unit to another?
        Chris
        Chris
        Lead Maestro
        November 27, 2018
        You can also use the ethernet ports to provide internet/network connection to other devices. Such as if you had a smarttv or NAS drive etc. It provides a lan port to other devices - stipulation is though you have to be running sonosnet (doesn't function this way if you are wifi only with no Sonos unit hardwired at all).
        Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
        lewisc
        lewisc
        Headliner I
        November 27, 2018
        That's a pretty cool feature though, could save some people some wires
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