Extended Stand-By for Sonos
Hi,
I know energy is not a big topic in the US, because energy is cheap and wasted everywhere, but it is in Germany and other parts of the world. Avg spend for energy for two people in an appartment in Germany is usually anything bewteen 50 and 100 Eur/Month (energy prices are 0.25-0,30cents (EUR) per kw/h.
I my setup (Playbar, 3x Play1, 2x Play3 and one Bridge) is roughly around 40kw/h on stand-by. So im spending around 90 EUR per year just for sonos stand-by. When I see that Amazon Echo dots uses 1.5W and play1 4W it feels like it could be less. Echo Dot is also always on, its always connected to wifi and keeps listening and waiting 24H/day.
Some people might say "ok....Sonos is supposed to be like that..live with it..it has to be on and available all the time". I know many people using Sonos, most of them unplug them or use switches at the power plug. Why? Because all rooms are not always needed. I use one e.g. in sleeping room (because my GF lives abroad) and another one in bathroom (usually only use it when taking a bath)....Lets summarize....it makes sense to discuss about energy and some tweaks or updates on the software.
What could you do?
- Offer extended stand-by as an option...Keep wifi on, switch off other components by software so that energy level is around anything up to 2W...I still dont understand why stand-by of playbar is much more than play1 🙂 Then maybe it takes 20 sec for the speaker to be fully available...
- Offer some kind of check if even an app is connected. If there is no sonos app connected (because noone is home), just keep one device active and switch off the other ones. This would be really what we call "smart home". Offer in the app which device should be the one be available all the time.
I am sure something is possible 🙂 The costs for stand-by are currently my main reason not to buy 2 or 3 more play1....just saying 🙂
I know energy is not a big topic in the US, because energy is cheap and wasted everywhere, but it is in Germany and other parts of the world. Avg spend for energy for two people in an appartment in Germany is usually anything bewteen 50 and 100 Eur/Month (energy prices are 0.25-0,30cents (EUR) per kw/h.
I my setup (Playbar, 3x Play1, 2x Play3 and one Bridge) is roughly around 40kw/h on stand-by. So im spending around 90 EUR per year just for sonos stand-by. When I see that Amazon Echo dots uses 1.5W and play1 4W it feels like it could be less. Echo Dot is also always on, its always connected to wifi and keeps listening and waiting 24H/day.
Some people might say "ok....Sonos is supposed to be like that..live with it..it has to be on and available all the time". I know many people using Sonos, most of them unplug them or use switches at the power plug. Why? Because all rooms are not always needed. I use one e.g. in sleeping room (because my GF lives abroad) and another one in bathroom (usually only use it when taking a bath)....Lets summarize....it makes sense to discuss about energy and some tweaks or updates on the software.
What could you do?
- Offer extended stand-by as an option...Keep wifi on, switch off other components by software so that energy level is around anything up to 2W...I still dont understand why stand-by of playbar is much more than play1 🙂 Then maybe it takes 20 sec for the speaker to be fully available...
- Offer some kind of check if even an app is connected. If there is no sonos app connected (because noone is home), just keep one device active and switch off the other ones. This would be really what we call "smart home". Offer in the app which device should be the one be available all the time.
I am sure something is possible 🙂 The costs for stand-by are currently my main reason not to buy 2 or 3 more play1....just saying 🙂