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MF 031
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August 23, 2023
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Possible to add an external speaker w. Airport Express to the Sonos system and control it from the app?

  • August 23, 2023
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Hello all, I would like to try to add a Transparent Speaker which has an Apple Airport Express of the 1st generation https://www.lifewire.com/apple-airport-express-overview-1847427 to connect to my Sonos system and be visible in the Sonos app.

Anyone tried this?

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Best answer by Airgetlam

I wouldn’t think any third party speaker would show up in the Sonos app. The only way you might be able to push Sonos content to a third party speaker would be by connecting it to either a Sonos Port (line out), or a Sonos Amp as a speaker, in both cases it would be the Sonos device that shows up in the controller, and not the third party speaker itself. 

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Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
August 23, 2023

I wouldn’t think any third party speaker would show up in the Sonos app. The only way you might be able to push Sonos content to a third party speaker would be by connecting it to either a Sonos Port (line out), or a Sonos Amp as a speaker, in both cases it would be the Sonos device that shows up in the controller, and not the third party speaker itself. 

Bruce
MF 031Author
Contributor I
August 23, 2023

Thank you Bruce, yes that’s most likely it!

 

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