Airplay and sorround simultaneously no-no?

Yep I’m dumb as a potato and Sonos stock is cratering as folks flee to other brands. UM, nope...

No one said you were dumb, just use common sense and quit being a Sonos disciple.  Will let you grow as an individual.  Why do you think Apple sells a ton of Pro type devices for higher prices and higher margins.  Because they are the best of the best of their products.  They don’t put that tech in the lower end products first it goes to their top line products.  Any company can figure that out and follow that model.

Consumers want that and Apple’s model has shown that as have others.  Wake up and learn.  I know I will be returning my PlayBar until Sonos updates it.  Not paying more for less tech wise and many others feel the same, as in all the forums, constantly seeing the similar comments..  Just pure laziness on Sonos part!

DBV,

I’m sure the Sonos Beam has proved to be a top seller, in the same way the Play:1’s were a top seller too… In Apple’s case the iPhone XR was/is their best selling iPhone (despite it being cheaper)… so I think these manufacturers know exactly what they are doing.

When “bonding” speakers for true Dolby 5.1 surround sound, why can’t the One speaker be the “master” so that AirPlay is still available?  Seems like a software update could enable this capability without even having to upgrade their hardware lineup.

It cannot.  The master needs to process 5.1 audio into separate streams, and the One cannot do this, it lacks the hardware.  

Thank you @jgatie 

I just purchased a pair of Sonos One to replace my  Play:1’s  and just found out i cannot have airplay2 as they are bonded to my palybar. Wonderful!  

oh there is an amazing workaround i am told...unbond the playbar and then you can use airplay2. oh and f you want to get back to your movie on surround...unbond again and resetup your Ones.

Whoever decided to release the Sonos `ones with this limitation should get a knighthood. NOT.

Sorry to hear you didn’t realise that 'surround' devices do not support AirPlay. You could perhaps return them and go back to your Play:1’s .. you wouldn’t hear too much of a difference anyway, I suspect.

Or...you could utilise one or both of the ‘One’s' elsewhere in your home, as either standalone, or a stereo pair and then AirPlay to them  and 'group' them with your PlayBar HT room, to get the best out of all your devices.

Thats absolutely wonderful advice, i purchased these speakers for airplay 2 and alexa. so what your saying is to goto  a pair that doesnt have Alexa.

I would have respected  you more if you would have said, have you  tried Bose, they probably do everything you need.

I  was a a big fan of SONOS, not anymore. 

ha ha… can I just add I’m definitely not seeking your respect here. My post was just a suggestion for you to consider. You have made the wrong purchase due to a clear lack of basic research and the fact you are now mentioning Bose devices, shows that you are most certainly still not learning your lesson from this experience and likely going to make another wrong purchase. “If at first you don’t succeed, don’t try again… just redefine success.” It will likely provide you with exactly what you want and save you a lot of money in the long term.