No new Playbar? Really Sonos?

Any recent word or rumors on a Soundbar 2.0?  AirPlay 2, HDMI Arc, Atmos, DTS?

None so far. Lots of bated breath, hoping for some. Sonos does a pretty good job of keeping those rumors under wraps, and surprising us with their marketing announcement. Mildly frustrating, but what can you do,

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I just purchased the Playbar and Sub today.  While they sound good, I will probably be returning.  No Airplay is a deal breaker for me.  Also - wish there was bluetooth, so would be easier to control sound and also wish there were more up to date connection options.  

I don’t understand how Sonos cheapest soundbar has more modern, technological advances than their best Soundbar?  That is really backwards.  Really too bad.  I hear Sonos called the Apple of Soundbars, but even Apple updates their best iPhones and their top of line iPhones to have the newest features first, before the cheaper models.

Too bad, as everything else about Sonos is great!  Come on Sonos, you can do it!  :)

I bought a new TV 2 years ago and was looking for a decent 5.1 home theatre system as well. Sonos was always on my radar but the missing ARC and codecs were a dealbreaker for me. So I went with a SoundTouch 300 + sub and rear speakers from Bose. Got some more Bose ST speakers for the other rooms since I wanted to stay in one eco system. Now 2 years later I could not have been more regretful with that decision. Bose is just the absolute worst! Everything is so buggy and drives me mad every day. They just keep on rushing out new products every year and leave you alone with their buggy dogsh… that sounds okay at best. Anyway, I sold all my expensive Bose bricks for scrap and now I would love to invest in a complete Sonos system for my whole house. I had 6x Play One and 2x Play 3 in my shopping cart during Cyberweek. Then I was shocked when I had to find out that Sonos two years later is still selling the same Playbar as their flagship home theatre speaker that was already long time outdated back then when I bought my TV.

So here I am now sitting on my couch listening to my build in TV speakers.

Seriously Sonos, just give us a proper Soundbar with 2020 specs. This is horrendous!

New to Sonos and just purchased a Playbar to upgrade my current 5.1 setup. It was advertised as wireless but after reading this thread I’m learning that’s not quite the case and my TV doesn’t have an optical connection. My receiver does has an Optical Audio In only.

Is there any other option (aside from the Beam)? Could I use the Play: 5 as a center speaker?

New to Sonos and just purchased a Playbar to upgrade my current 5.1 setup. It was advertised as wireless but after reading this thread I’m learning that’s not quite the case and my TV doesn’t have an optical connection. My receiver does has an Optical Audio In only.

 

Is there any other option (aside from the Beam)? Could I use the Play: 5 as a center speaker?

Hi there,

If your TV has a digital coaxial output, you can use an adapter to turn that signal into an optical one for the Playbar. I used this setup with my old TV and it worked well. There’s likely an adapter available for an output that your TV supports.

New to Sonos and just purchased a Playbar to upgrade my current 5.1 setup. It was advertised as wireless but after reading this thread I’m learning that’s not quite the case and my TV doesn’t have an optical connection. My receiver does has an Optical Audio In only.

 

Is there any other option (aside from the Beam)? Could I use the Play: 5 as a center speaker?

How do you intend to use the Playbar with a receiver?  The Playbar is designed to replace a receiver.

New receiver that claimed to work with Sonos….thought it would be able to connect to all the speaker components. Guess I require a Sonos Connect (which I had never even heard of)…..

‘With Sonos Connect, the awesome home theater you’ve built around your Pioneer receiver can now be part of your existing Sonos Home Sound System, or the start of a new one. Instantly upgrade the music streaming capability of your home theater with Sonos Connect and a free firmware update. After a simple set up, your Pioneer A/V receiver will seamlessly tie into Sonos, instantly waking, changing inputs and playing at the volume you command through the familiar Sonos app.’

You misunderstand.  That receiver was made to interact with the Sonos Connect (and its replacement, the Port), enabling you to play Sonos through the app to the receiver.  It has nothing to do with Sonos’ other components.  I’m afraid you bought the wrong Sonos device.  

I think the clue is in the phrase “With Sonos Connect...”.