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Stuart_17
Enthusiast II
January 23, 2020
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Legacy and Modern systems coexistence - will I be able to group speakers?

  • January 23, 2020
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I saw a slightly ambiguous reply last night from Sonos about this, but I would like it confirmed before I start shouting from the social media roof tops please….

I can’t afford to upgrade my 2 x Play5 G1 so I am going to be forced into the coexistence model where I have two separate Sonos systems (Legacy and Modern) on my home network.

Does this mean that I will not be able to play music from a streaming service on my Modern system and then group it with speakers in the legacy system?

 

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      Best answer by Kumar

      Separate systems will not be able to be grouped together - Sonos has been very clear with that assertion.

      So, no, you will not be able to do this.

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      KumarAnswer
      January 23, 2020

      Separate systems will not be able to be grouped together - Sonos has been very clear with that assertion.

      So, no, you will not be able to do this.

      Stuart_17Author
      Enthusiast II
      January 23, 2020

      Thanks Kumar.  I was afraid of that confirmation.

      I’m off now to vent my spleen on various social media outlets.

      Stuart_17Author
      Enthusiast II
      January 23, 2020

      ….Separating the legacy and modern devices will essentially have two Sonos systems in your home, they won’t be able to group or play together, but they’ll both be controllable separately…..

      Haha,  my wife struggles with the one system in our house.  This will blow her mind!!

      There is no way this will work for me.

        jgatie
        jgatie
        January 23, 2020

        If you keep your modern units together in the same system as the legacy units, all using the old software, you most certainly will be able to group them together.  It's only if you split them into two separate systems will they not be able to be grouped.

        Stuart_17Author
        Enthusiast II
        January 23, 2020

        If you keep your modern units together in the same system as the legacy units, all using the old software, you most certainly will be able to group them together.  It's only if you split them into two separate systems will they not be able to be grouped.

        That is very true, but then your shiny modern units will not get updated and then what happens when you want to add a new product and the system NEEDS an update in order to accept it?

        Stuart_17Author
        Enthusiast II
        January 23, 2020

        Will this?

        https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/the-sonos-brexit-and-a-pragmatic-way-past-it-6836056

        Kind of, but then no.  I am in a slightly different position that I do need to expand my system so I think I will need to get updates.  That means two separate Sonos systems if I have understood correctly, which then breaks my grouping and music syncing.

         

        Smilja
        Smilja
        January 23, 2020

        @Stuart_17, you will be able to add new products to a “legacy system”.

         

        • I believe this is the answer you’re looking for: You will be able get the app that works with a legacy system to use on new mobile devices, or if you accidentally delete it.
        • You would either have a legacy system with legacy devices and modern devices, or a modern system and a legacy system. If it’s all one legacy system, than yes, they’ll group together, but if it’s two separate systems, than they’re two, separate systems.
        • You will be able to add products to your legacy systems. We'll have more to share on the experience come May. 
        • No, Sonos players are a system and won’t operate properly with different versions in one system.
        • Yes, if you mostly use the NAS drive, the only likely change with your system will be that you’ll stop getting updates. Everything else will continue to function exactly as it does today. Streaming services will work the same as well, but at some time in the future, service software changes might cause it to degrade or stop working. 

        https://en.community.sonos.com/announcements-228985/end-of-software-support-clarifications-6835969/index5.html#post16394743

        »And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
        Stuart_17Author
        Enthusiast II
        January 23, 2020

        @Smilja , maybe - but they should have had the detail of this before sending the email this week.  I for one, am not waiting until May to find out the bad news.

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