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

I ordered the Amp today and it arrives tomorrow.
I will use it with a Sonos Sub and Sonos One rears and it will also replace my Beam.
For now I am going to use Elac B6 2.0's that were on sale on Black Friday for $150 but will replace them with tower speakers when I figure out what I want.
I see in the CNet review they set the sub crossover at 100hz so will have to play with that. Not quite sure how to tune things but I guess it will be by ear. I'm spoiled by auto tuning of everything I have bought for awhile now including AV receivers. Any tips on tuning?
They also claimed very high treble and I don't like treble at all so will back that down.
I like loudness off on everything now so will turn that off too. I'm not sure why Sonos enables it automatically. Seems to get in the way of detail a little bit.
I'm thinking I don't actually view 5.1 content that often except for movies so maybe it will be OK to keep the rear ones ungrouped unless I want to use them for a 5.1 movie. Especially since I won't have to Trueplay again after rebonding them
I'm after better music quality than I get right now. I will also try out Roon access via Airplay.
This is going to be fun 🙂

@SOCalistic

Hi

Congrats on getting your Sonos Amp! :D So it sounds like you intend to use your Sonos Amp in an HT setup and you have a slight concern about the rears being involved when listening to music.

Tip:
Go ahead and bond the rears to the Sonos Amp. When listening to music all you need do is go into the Sonos app under room settings for the Sonos Amp and do one of two things:

Option 1. Place the rears on ambient for music (although you will still get a phantom sound)
Option 2. Do Option 1 and lower the volume level (push all the way to the left when listening to music)

Option 2 has the advantage of always keeping the rears at the ready for movies 🙂 (i.e. eliminates the vicious cycle of bonding for movies, un-bonding for music and re-bonding for movies and so on and so on…whew :P)

In the event that you decide to go back to your Beam for HT check out my post on using the Sonos Amp strictly for music. Here’s the link: https://en.community.sonos.com/what-to-get-228989/sonos-amp-get-more-enjoyment-with-ir-control-6817369

Enjoy your new toy(s)! :8

Cheers!

Thanks for the advice. I currently have the rears set to full but don't care for the music coming from the rear plus some still coming from the Beam. I had not heard of doing it the way you describe.

Got my Sonos Amp :-)
Sounds really great 🙂

@SOCalistic

Great that you received your Amp! 🆒 Now we need pictures :8

Enjoy!!!

I have 3 Sonos Amps now.

1 - replaced a Connect:Amp previously in my bar area that I am going to use to power some additional speakers at my vacation home. I think the Sonos Amp has a little more warmth to the sound and I fits better with the high end speakers I have in the bar.

2 - replaced a Connect hooked to receiver at my main living room TV. Moving the connect/receiver setup to my vacation home.

3- replaced the Zone 2 I was running off that same receiver to my outside speakers … now making them their own zone

All done added one additional zone to my primary house and 2 additional zones to my vacation home.

I have 3 Sonos Amps now.


You win 🙂

Anyone replacing a Connect:Amp with an Amp? Is the difference significant? I have a ZP100 driving Yamaha outdoor speakers in my deck/pool area, not sure if it's worth replacing it or not. Frankly, as the ZP100 has line level outs, I could probably find a generic 100W/channel amp and put it in line for much less.