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george99
Enthusiast I
June 10, 2020
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Another let down and dump from sonos

Suddenly my sonos app became S1. I looked and saw that there is an S2 app also. Apparently it has new features, etc. But of course, they are crapping on customers with older devices and it won’t work.

The excuse is that older devices can’t handle the new app. Really? We are talking about streaming audio. Let’s not make more of it than what it is.  A few IF AND ELSE statements in the app, and Sonos could have made the new app work with old devices.  This is just a way to get people to drop their old devices and buy new ones. Kind of like how Apple slowed down iPhones. Sonos was selling the Connect up until about a year or two at most ago. Now those are considered old.

 

Then there is all these new devices, but still not

much for 3rd party speakers. The Amp is only 2 channel. Still no solution for real 5.1 or better sound with 3rd party speakers.  I have some speakers that are built into my custom wall unit and a sound at is out of the question as well as other speakers. So I have to use the amp or connect:amp. But neither of those have the option for 5.1.

So instead I run it thru a denon. Royal pain with the multiple volume, etc.

 

common Sonos!

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    RickInHouston1
    Trending Lyricist I
    June 11, 2020

    Sonos also said high resolution was coming to Sonos.

    We get 24 / 48.  Would be nice to get high resolution for headphone setup.  Allo DigOne Signature is fantastic.

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    I think I was the first person to buy a Sonos. At least I feel like it.
    krismusic
    Avid Contributor III
    June 11, 2020

    It seems to me, from your swipe at Apple that you would be better off buying audio gear that is not hi tech. Apple didn't ”slow down” thier phones to cheat thier customers. They made them able to operate when the battery was older and did not support full features. Sonos have taken nothing away from you that you bought. 

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    John B
    June 11, 2020

    The AMP is proving to be a huge disappointment -  and by no standards an honorable successor to the Connect:Amp. 
     

    Not only is it only two channels (three if you count the sub) but despite its very recent release, it doesn’t support any of the new formats supported by the Arc. Good old DD 5.1 is the limit.
     

     

    A very strange criticism.  You describe the Amp as a successor to the Connect:Amp, then criticise it for its limitations with AV applications.  The Amp is primarily a Hifi amp, for playing music.  And the Connect:Amp wasn’t designed for TV sound at all, with its buffered, analog line-in.  The Connect:Amp could not do surround sound of any type. Weird.

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    Tejs Dyrvig Ernst
    June 11, 2020

    The AMP is proving to be a huge disappointment -  and by no standards an honorable successor to the Connect:Amp. 
     

    Not only is it only two channels (three if you count the sub) but despite its very recent release, it doesn’t support any of the new formats supported by the Arc. Good old DD 5.1 is the limit.
     

     

    A very strange criticism.  You describe the Amp as a successor to the Connect:Amp, then criticise it for its limitations with AV applications.  The Amp is primarily a Hifi amp, for playing music.  And the Connect:Amp wasn’t designed for TV sound at all, with its buffered, analog line-in.  The Connect:Amp could not do surround sound of any type. Weird.

    I assume that post was intended as a sarcastic remark?

     

    A successor should of course not just do the same thing as its predecessor. If that was the case, there would have been no need to introduce a successor. 
     

    The Connect:Amp was a fantastic product because it managed to stay relevant and useful for it’s entire 10-year lifetime for those who looked for a way to connect their third-party, passive speakers to the Sonos Ecosystem. 
     

    Since the Connect:Amp was released, Sonos has added multiple new functions to their system and ventured into the home theater world when introducing the Playbar in 2013. 
     

    When the Amp was released last year, it came with HDMI-Arc and surround capabilities equal to Sonos’ most recent home theater speakers at the time. It was just as much a home theater product as the Beam. 
     

    But Sonos failed to future proof the Amp. The release of the Arc is a clear sign of what the future holds for home theater - even for casual users such as the Sonos fanbase.

     

    My point is that I don’t see the Amp staying relevant as long as the Connect:Amp. The Amp is simply too limited in Today’s market and I expect that it will receive an upgrade in not too long if Sonos wants it to stay relevant in the market it was intended for.

     

    I don’t see many people being willing to pay the premium price for the Amp to use it in the expensive home installments which is was intended for. At least not for home theater. The cost for one Amp, which is limited to stereo, is already higher than most equivalent surround receivers and stretching for surround, which is still limited to DD 5.1 which is basically now an obsolete audio format, doubles that price.

     

    Personally, I’ve been a loyal Sonos fan for almost ten years now. I bought the Playbar on release. I have owned almost any speakers in the lineup since 2011, including the first gen Play 5, Play 3, Play 1, Play One, the Playbase, the Playbeam, the Sonos Sub, the Connect and the Connect:Amp. 

     

    And now I am building a house with build-in speakers and even have a spare Sonos Sub waiting in the corner. If Sonos can’t convince me to buy an Amp, I think that is something to consider.

     

     

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