Feature Request: Delay compensation for Port

@jgate

Of course the Port should act as time machine. Or is it called Port for nothing? :-D

It’s not like Sonos itself is zero latency (its latency is actually quite a bit more than dynaudio’s 20ms). So what you hear through your sonos speakers is always already ported back in time.

IMHO latency correction is a feature a product like a port should have. If you think different, I accept that.

The current buffer is so multi-room sync doesn't have dropouts.  Are you saying you'd prefer dropouts over the delay?

no, I’m not saying that and I’m not going to further reply on your comments. this was meant as feedback, not as discussion with sonos fanboys.

@mkey : I see. I guess I got confused by the first line of your opening post.

@mkey: Contrary then to your opening sentence of the first post - these cannot be called traditional speakers by any stretch. I am familiar with the passive Dynaudio speakers, but I have no idea about their wireless offering. But I know that combining wireless speakers from two makes is always a kludge and neither make is responsible for the outcome, because each uses their own specific - in your words - crap.

Your solution is to replace the Port and Sonos speaker with a Dynaudio wireless speaker in the kitchen. If that does not do the grouped play that you want, the solution is to replace Dynaudio with Sonos. 

And to repeat - Port works fine with every stereo amp and passive(traditional) speaker combination that I know of, and there are no delays. There are delays if an AVR is used, but these can be bypassed by using the direct mode on the AVR that is usually available. 

I’ve found that when faced with facts which stand in the way of wishes and hopes for Sonos’ features, the term “fanboy” is often thrown out there to ward off those facts.  There is a reason delay compensation has not been introduced, and the facts explain that reason.  I suggest you stop with the subjective insults and deal with those objective facts. 

So you want Sonos to make modification to their wireless communication protocol, in order to accommodate you’re desire to integrate your Sonos speakers with a different brand of wireless speakers?  Sounds like a feature, that would reduce sales rather than increase them.

If Sonos wanted to do this, which I see no signs that they do, they would just license out their tech to other speaker companies so that it could be properly integrated….pretty much what Amazon and Google are doing.  And if they did do this, it’s doubtful that your dynaudio system would want to use that license and give a firmware update to your speakers.

I too would like this feature.  Port is pretty expensive for what it is, and it is designed to integrated into existing systems and work with the Sono ecosystem.  I would assume most people are plugging Port into their AVRs which often have processing nowadays and accompanying latency.  Adding a Port into your system and being able to set a compensating delay would be very appreciated.

I get the ‘arguments’ about needing negative compensation, etc., but I’m sure Sonos could come up with a workable solution.  Sonos’s multi room sync implementation obviously already compensates for internal processing latency on individual units which may or may not be the same over the entire lineup.

The crummy thing about the situation is that I would like to move to a Port setup because my Amp has zero ability to perform even rudimentary room EQ (please provide a few bands of PEQ!) and moving to a more complicated setup in order to get room EQ with a Port might result in losing the ability to have audio playing back in sync.  I’d like to avoid spending a lot of money to find out I can’t even do what I want.