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Brandon_7
Avid Contributor I
June 8, 2020
Question

Split System S1/S2 -- can you move back?

  • June 8, 2020
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If I upgrade my compatible speakers to S2, is it possible to then move them back to S1 (so they can be used again with my older units) or are they forever S2?  

 

And is it a headache to switch them back?  Ideally I’d like to be able to keep all my speakers on S1, and then on occasion use a few of them on S2 and then go back to S1.  My guess is that won’t be an easy process.

 

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    arcadelt
    arcadelt
    Enthusiast I
    June 9, 2020

    Has it been confirmed by Sonos, my understanding was that when you’d updated your products to work on the S2 app there was no going back ? 🤷‍♂️

     

    The official word from Sonos is there is no going back.  However, several posters, including the former mod and holder of the most posts ever on this forum, have performed a reset on an S2 device and then added it back into an S1 system.  

    I wonder how long this kludge is going to last? Will it survive to versions 11.3 and 12.1 or beyond, or fall off as an option. Sonos certainly makes it difficult for seasoned users to help out casual users when contradictions like this present themselves and they are absent from the conversation. Trust in the company is pretty low at the moment, and contradictions, inaccuracies and direction changes are not helping.

      david82
      david82
      Collaborator II
      June 9, 2020

      I wonder how long this kludge is going to last?

      i would expect it to last for as long as the pre-June 2020 line of products compatible with S1 are sold.  if Sonos expects to sell that hardware to existing customers they’ll need to ship a product that can join either an S1 or S2 system straight out of the package.

      the only hard marker they’ve communicated is that newly released products from June 2020 on will be S2 only. so far that’s the Arc, Five and Sub (gen 3).

      arcadelt
      arcadelt
      Enthusiast I
      June 10, 2020

      the only hard marker they’ve communicated is that newly released products from June 2020 on will be S2 only. so far that’s the Arc, Five and Sub (gen 3).

      I thought this was a pretty hard marker too.

      I guess it didn’t turn out that way.

      david82
      david82
      Collaborator II
      June 10, 2020

      the only hard marker they’ve communicated is that newly released products from June 2020 on will be S2 only. so far that’s the Arc, Five and Sub (gen 3).

      I thought this was a pretty hard marker too.

      I guess it didn’t turn out that way.

      touché.

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