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User807012
Contributor I
April 26, 2013
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Multiple Sonos components in same room

  • April 26, 2013
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Sorry for the newbie question. I'm using the PC controller to add a second Play:3, and there does not seem to be a way to add it to the same room as I added the first one to. I add the first one to Office, and now Office has been replaced by Office2 in the room selection drop down. I want them both to be in Office so I can create a stereo pair.
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Axel75
Contributor I
February 6, 2018
Hello jgatie. Thanks for your reply.

I get your point. I'm just saying it may be confusing.
So my Play:1 pair with my Play:5 is not the optimal configuration ?
Should I return my Play:5 and replace it with something else. Like I don't know ... a Playbar ? My goal was to enjoy some loudness without Sub (that I will eventually buy one day).

Tks
jgatie
jgatie
February 6, 2018
Hello jgatie. Thanks for your reply.

I get your point. I'm just saying it may be confusing.
So my Play:1 pair with my Play:5 is not the optimal configuration ?
Should I return my Play:5 and replace it with something else. Like I don't know ... a Playbar ? My goal was to enjoy some loudness without Sub (that I will eventually buy one day).

Tks

To the bolded? No, it is not, at least for critical, accurate listening. A matched stereo pair, with one playing the left and the other the right channel of the stereo signal, is far more accurate than two mismatched speakers playing both channels.

Same with the rest of the configurations. Sonos has decided that the only bonding allowed is the standard, optimum configurations. Now you may not care about critical, accurate listening and just want background music that is all around the room. For that, you would group the speakers.
jamesx4
Contributor I
February 21, 2018
The use of Rooms is confusing in Sonos environment, but where it really breaks down is in using Alexa to control the volume. You can't control the volume via Alexa for a group, but you can for a room. But you can't put a couple of Sonos One's with a Play:5 in the same "Room". So there's no way with a single command via Alexa to turn down the volume for all the speakers in a physical room. You have to go the app which sort of defeats the purpose of having Alexa built in in the first place. So when I need to suddenly turn the volume down in my room via Alexa (if my phones not on me), I basically need to Pause the music and either find my phone or run around to each speaker to turns down the volume for the entire room. Really hope this scenario is high on the list to resolve better.
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