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Move or roam as surround speakers

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Dear all, just a quick suggestion: wouldn’t it be possible to use roam or move speakers as surround spekers for 5.1 systems? Taht would give even greater flexibility and eliminate the need to find a plug in the right location. Usually, you don’t see a picture or a 5.1 program longer than the 10 hours of autonomy of those products, and the design would become cleaner without any wire!

Is there any technical questio that prevents this? Are you planning to solve it out at some point?

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John B

@SoquelSkye . I am not sure in what sense we have crossed paths? Or is @SkyeDub also you?

Just a coincidence in the names, or was I correct to suspect trolling in the first place? You didn't even join the forum until after my post.

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DiverFlo

Trending Lyricist I

Back to the business…

No news or update from Sonos?

jgatie

Back to the business…

No news or update from Sonos?

Sonos never gives news or updates on things like this.

Airgetlam

I wouldn’t expect this to be an ‘easy’ thing to do, as in just a software change. I would expect there is electrical components that would be needed to be added to both devices, beyond the complex issues around programming how the Sonos system reacts to a device missing/out of power in a system. I’d suppose there would need to be a rewrite of the entire TruePlay system as well….and there are likely issues I’m not even aware of.

But @jgatie is right, Sonos doesn’t discuss these decisions/changes in advance, we only find out when/if they’re released.

Bruce

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driverm

Lyricist I

Definitely a vote from me as well. I had both indoor and outdoor needs for speakers which is why I decided to get the roams. Disappointing that the roams can be used the same as the Ones. Especially since the speakers definitely can play music together, so it’s proven that the speakers can perform dynamic sound

FYI, when Sonos speakers are grouped together, the audio is significantly buffered to make sure it’s able to play in sync. This done via your WiFi network and/or Sonosnet, 2.4 Ghz. When speakers are bonded together in a home theatre setup, 2.4 Ghz is not fast enough for the audio to play immediately and match the audio on the TV, so 5.0 Ghz in a closed setup just involving the bonded speakers is used. There’s a significant difference.

Great point. Then Sonos should make a speaker that is: 1) wireless and battery powered, and 2) can switch between TV mode (5Ghz) and audio streaming mode (2.4GHz).

melvimbe

Definitely a vote from me as well. I had both indoor and outdoor needs for speakers which is why I decided to get the roams. Disappointing that the roams can be used the same as the Ones. Especially since the speakers definitely can play music together, so it’s proven that the speakers can perform dynamic sound

FYI, when Sonos speakers are grouped together, the audio is significantly buffered to make sure it’s able to play in sync. This done via your WiFi network and/or Sonosnet, 2.4 Ghz. When speakers are bonded together in a home theatre setup, 2.4 Ghz is not fast enough for the audio to play immediately and match the audio on the TV, so 5.0 Ghz in a closed setup just involving the bonded speakers is used. There’s a significant difference.

Great point. Then Sonos should make a speaker that is: 1) wireless and battery powered, and 2) can switch between TV mode (5Ghz) and audio streaming mode (2.4GHz).

Not sure what you mean by ‘switch’ here. I believe the portable speakers already can do 5 or 2.4 GHz, as do all the current Sonos speakers. Ones, for example, can be setup as stand alone speakers or configured to be surround sound, but it’s not a simple matter of flipping a switch, as it takes a couple minutes for a One to go from doing surround duty to a stand alone Sonos room, and vice versa. And Trueplay tuning is lost in the process.

Really, if Sonos were to make a portable speaker like this, I think it would be a case where it’s set for surround duty, and can be switched to bluetooth mode (but not share the bluetooth). I’m not against this, but I really don’t think it’s going to happen any time soon.

Danny

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jsin4050

Lyricist II

Please count my vote for truly wireless rear surrounds in enabling Sonos Move and Roam for rear surround speakers.

We just bought an Arc, and are now interested in rear surrounds. We don’t have the proper space nor power receptacle in place for dedicated and stationary rear surround speakers. Plus we rather place the rears when needed, then return back to their proper place after the show is done. Rather than leave in place, permanently.

I would go out right now and buy two Roam speakers if i can use them as rear surrounds.

Enabling the Move and Roam for rear surround speakers just makes too much sense!!!!

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LynxProd

Lyricist I

Hello Sonos,
Same, I wait to have this feature to buy two Roam SL to add them as surround in my SONOS TV system.
(My 2 existing One will be better in an other place - ideally in front for a true 5.1 config ;) )

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jsin4050

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I was watching a movie the other night with my Sonos beam gen 2. Would love to add some surrounds but don’t have anywhere they could live permanently as I live in a small apartment and my couch backs up to our kitchen/dining area. Being able to put a couple Roams on either side of the kitchen table for when I’m watching movies would be the perfect solution - really wish Sonos would develop this feature. I’d buy another Roam the day it launched. Also eagerly awaiting a sub that’s smaller than the current one...

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Ferchomg

Lyricist I

We need this please!

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