Sonos Amp line in

@RMG64

Here’s a small tutorial on the Sonos Amp specific to your use scenario; (with the Eversolo DMP-A6) as there are others for home theater:

• The Amp can power wired 3rd party speakers which will provide left/right channels. The Amp in this case is a stand-alone streamer
• The Amp can use its RCA inputs to accept a pre-amped device (or one using a 3rd party pre-amp in between) to send source audio to the wired speakers. This option is widely used with Turntables; but will work with Eversolo DMP-A6
• The Amp can use its RCA inputs to send source audio Wirelessly from a pre-amped device (or one using a 3rd party pre-amp in between) to any single, stereo pair of matching Sonos speakers or Sonos home theater setup by activating line-in feature in Sonos App and selecting the room to which the Sonos single, stereo pair or Sonos home theater is located

Less expensive (*) options other than purchasing a Sonos Amp specific to your use scenario; are:

• Purchase any single or pair of Sonos matching speakers with line-in capability for a direct connection. Using a stereo pair provides adjustable left/right channels.
• Purchase the Sonos Port (**) and use its RCA inputs to send source audio Wirelessly from a pre-amped device (or one using a 3rd party pre-amp in between) to any single, stereo pair of matching Sonos speakers or Sonos home theater setup by activating line-in feature in Sonos App and selecting the room to which the Sonos single, stereo pair or Sonos home theater is located. 

Note: Grouping with other Sonos rooms is possible with any option selected

(*) Less expensive will depend upon which price points (and number of components) are selected 

(**) The Port can also be used as a stand-alone streamer to send audio to Sonos speakers wirelessly by activating line-in feature in Sonos App

Not true. I tried that…. I originally set up the Era 100’s as a stereo pair, tried to connect them to the Amp and the app told me to I had to break up the pair and use them as surrounds instead. Wouldn’t let me do it.

Almost seems as if the app thinks I’m using it in a TV setup? Maybe I should do a factory reset on the Amp and then reinstall? Would I have to reset and reinstall the Era 100’s too? And would it matter which order I do them in?

Since you aren’t using words for your setup that directly relate to Sonos it is hard to follow what you are doing.

How are you trying to “connect” to the Amp, Bonding as surrounds (one Room) or Grouping (two Rooms) as they are very different things.

As surrounds the inputs to them is disabled. As grouped speakers the inputs are enabled.

If you chose to add them as surrounds (called bonding is Sonos speak) the system would indeed advise you to break the stereo set up apart and bond the speakers as surrounds. If you want to group the stereo “room” with the Amp “room” you need to take a look here: https://support.sonos.com/article/group-and-ungroup-rooms

@Stanley_4 : the Amp and Era 100’s are in the same room, please see attached.

That shows the Era 100s as Surrounds (LS and RS) in that mode all the other functions are disabled and they are just Surrounds.

If you don’t want them as Surrounds then you have to remove them from the Room. Once removed as Surrounds the other functions will once again be available.

@Stanley_4 

I tried that earlier today, and again just now. Once I remove them as surrounds I lose all audio output through the Eversolo/Amp using line-in. No sound at all. They still show in the “Main Bedroom”, though… should I move them to another room and group the rooms?

If you group them with the Amp they will play what it is playing.

Doesn’t matter what room of your house they are in, or the name you assign the Sonos Room, they work the same way in either case.

GOT IT, finally. I re-established the stereo pair of Era 100’s, then ended up with two “Main Bedrooms” listed under “Autoplay Room”… one apparently containing the Amp and one apparently containing the L/R stereo pair of Era 100’s. Under System/Products, they read Main Bedroom and Main Bedroom (L + R), which is self-explanatory, but under Autoplay Room they both just read Main Bedroom. I selected the other “Main Bedroom” than I was using before in Autoplay Room and now it works. I’m tempted to try renaming the rooms somewhere to make things easier in case the settings change and I forget all of this later on, but I’m afraid I might screw something up. Anyway…

Thanks for all of your help!