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Nifty50
Trending Lyricist I
December 3, 2019

What does the future hold

  • December 3, 2019
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Without wishing to go over old ground as I am sure this will have been discussed before, I have grave concerns about the longevity of my system components.

Like many of you I bought into the Sonos experience back in 2008 and invested a few thousand pounds to get up and running. Over the years I have added other components to enhance the experience. Back in those early days and over the next few years I have to say that the whole experience of Sonos was fantastic. The build quality of the components being right up there with Apple.

A few years ago the CR100 dedicated controller was rendered obsolete; a few months ago my iPad was rendered obsolete as a Sonos controller; I am informed that my iMac desktop has less than a year to go as a controller because it cannot support many more updates. I have received an email today telling me that my bridge is no longer able to support the demands of my system and I guess, like many of you the emails have been coming in thick and fast about “trade ups”.

All of this tells me that the older and original components are not far from the end of their shelf lives. Perhaps I am naive but this steady progression towards obsolescence leaves me feeling quite bitter to the point where I will not invest another penny with this company.

The big question is; do I offload my existing components while they still have a value or do I just sit tight and hope that I get a few more years before the entire system is defunct.

Any thoughts, comments, opinions would be appreciated.

Seasons greetings to all.

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    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    December 13, 2019

    glkay

    Look up in your router’s manual how to set reserved IP adresses, and do so for all your Sonos devices. That should solve your issue.  

    Bruce
      glkay
      Contributor I
      December 13, 2019

      Thanks, Bruce (Airgetlam)

      Look up in your router’s manual how to set reserved IP adresses, and do so for all your Sonos devices. That should solve your issue.  

      Have gotten that advice before, only to find the manual shows a DHCP Reservations page, but the firmware doesn’t. Classic, eh? Who has time for these battles?

      Griping aside, a real question ( sorry if this is too off-topic for this thread): why doesn’t the Sonos Boost, which is a wired connection and has it’s own channel to the devices, solve the issue?

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      December 14, 2019

      No battle, it’s exactly the same thing. The DHCP table stores the reserved IP addresses.

      SonosNet is still a wireless communication channel, and is subject to the same interference as your Wi-Fi channels. It’s why they say that the SonosNet channel should not be the same as your Wi-Fi, and if your router has auto selection, you should turn it off, so the two signals don’t clash. 

      Bruce
      Nifty50Author
      Trending Lyricist I
      December 14, 2019

      glkay

      Look up in your router’s manual how to set reserved IP adresses, and do so for all your Sonos devices. That should solve your issue.  

       

      Forgive me but isn’t all this BS?

      Not what is being said but the fact that people should have to go to any trouble in order to listen to or operate Sonos. 

      Why oh why shouldn’t it be like buying a TV; open the box, install, set up and watch with the only interaction being to change channels. What else is there to do with Sonos; please tell me! I either listen to the radio or to music that has been stored by me. Sonos could deal with this 10 years ago and I see no reason why it shouldn’t be able to deal with it for ever. 

      Would someone please explain how any single update in the last 10 years has been to my benefit?

      As I see it the updates thus far have only managed to render my two CR100 controllers useless and make my iPad ineffectual. 

      RBM
      RBM
      Lyricist III
      December 14, 2019

      10 years ago, my house was filled with Sonos. I sold it all because my listening habits were changing and the system felt stale and dated.

      Last month I bought a beam. Things escalated quickly from there:

       

      I would not have re-entered the fold if the system had not made major leaps in usability over the last few years. New services offer new functionality that cannot be covered in the Sonos app. Take Idagio, which offers excellent UI to classical – and Sonos direct control for output. Basically – for me Sonos is the great consolidator all digital sources: throw a stream at it and it sticks.

      I commend the company for staying relevant in these rapidly changing, service-oriented times while still for the largest part supporting their modus operandi of yore.

      Living: Five (Pair) & Sub (Gen3) – Bed: Move – Office: One SL (Pair) – Kid: Symfonisk Lamp – Control: iPort xPRESS (Kitchen) + Symfonisk Music Remotes (six and counting... ;-))
        Nifty50Author
        Trending Lyricist I
        December 14, 2019

        10 years ago, my house was filled with Sonos. I sold it all because my listening habits were changing and the system felt stale and dated.

         

        What do you do today that you couldn’t do 10 years ago? I do exactly the same today as I did 10 years ago but without the ability to control the system as easily as I used to; that surely is a regressive step?

        glkay
        Contributor I
        December 14, 2019

        I feel the same way as Nifty50 here! It’s not that Sonos hasn’t come out with an amazing suite of devices and continues to keep pace with the market (we are all avid Sonos customers here, obviously) BUT I should NOT have to become proficient at programming IP addresses and god knows what else in my router, or constantly refresh my wifi settings etc etc just to listen to Bach in two rooms at once. One thing for damn sure: I’m not buying into any other “smart” devices for my home.

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