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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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      Kumar
      January 23, 2020

      @Stuart_17 Ok, but what do you plan to do instead of waiting? What’s the risk in waiting?

      Stuart_17Author
      Enthusiast II
      January 23, 2020

      @Smilja no risk.. I just won’t be buying the Sonos Beam I was going to this week and most of all I will be seeing if Sonos actually respond correctly to this **itstorm.

      Oh...and I’ll actively be reviewing other provider solutions until May.

      Kumar
      January 23, 2020

      Putting any new investment in Sonos on hold till there is full clarity on all the repercussions of this event is wise, I agree. As a minimum. Longer term too it makes sense to explore all options. What this means is waiting till May, till the promised Sonos reveal date perhaps, not the opposite as you said.

        jgatie
        jgatie
        January 23, 2020

        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?

         

        @Ryan S from Sonos has stated multiple times that you will be able to add new products to a legacy system as well as reset and re-add old products.  It would seem they are going to put a system into place that allows a downgrade to legacy software.

        Stuart_17Author
        Enthusiast II
        January 23, 2020

        @Kumar yes agreed.  Apologies for my confusing rant statement “I am not going to wait until …..etc.”

        What it should have said of course is that “I am not going to invest, purchase or trade up until we get more detail (May)”

          Stuart_17Author
          Enthusiast II
          January 23, 2020

          @jgatie I still stand by the fact that they should have all this detail properly communicated and documented rather than buried in two +1000  strong negative post forum threads. 

          My guess is that they do not have that detail yet, hence this total mess and justified backlash.

            jgatie
            jgatie
            January 23, 2020

            @jgatie I still stand by the fact that they should have all this detail properly communicated and documented rather than buried in two +1000  strong negative post forum threads. 

            My guess is that they do not have that detail yet, hence this total mess and justified backlash.

             

            Backlash is justified regardless.  But yes, clarification is needed, if not to stave off some of the ridiculous statements/rumors/FUD about what is going to happen. 

            Please know that I will never post anything that is not confirmed by a Sonos rep.  So you can trust the stuff I post. 

              fairmayne
              Lyricist II
              January 24, 2020

              There was a post on facebook yesterday apparently from Sonos saying you could disconnect legacy, upgrade the current products and then reconnect the legacy and they will work together again. Can anyone confirm this?

              Stanley_4
              Stanley_4
              Grand Maestro
              January 24, 2020

              The latest is here:

              https://blog.sonos.com/en/a-letter-from-our-ceo/

               

              I’d say nobody knows for sure until closer to the May release date.

              jgatie
              jgatie
              January 24, 2020

              There was a post on facebook yesterday apparently from Sonos saying you could disconnect legacy, upgrade the current products and then reconnect the legacy and they will work together again. Can anyone confirm this?

               

              Never believe anything you read on Facebook.

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