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Just putting it out there. Hope option for Front speakers happen soon.

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
October 28, 2025
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Like the topic title says, Just putting it out there. Hope option for Front speakers happen soon.

New CEO really seems to finally care about customers wishes and wants. Hopefully this is one first things that comes out very soon.

After this happens, love see DTS;X finally arrive.

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Mr. T

Yet I’ve never heard anyone who has used Sonosequencr to add fronts make such complaints…

I’m sure the problems are edge cases. But Sonos has to consider edge cases. We only have to look at the app disaster to see what happens when they don’t.

Having the optional ability to add fronts in the app is completely different to releasing an unfinished app.

jgatie

Having the optional ability to add fronts in the app is completely different to releasing an unfinished app.

Not as I see it. If the option to add fronts caused dropouts in 1% of the installations, that would mean 10’s of thousands of systems were affected. Would it be any more acceptable for 10’s of thousands of people to be coming here with problems with a new feature than the number having problems with the new app? Of course not.

Mr. T

Having the optional ability to add fronts in the app is completely different to releasing an unfinished app.

Not as I see it. If the option to add fronts caused dropouts in 1% of the installations, that would mean 10’s of thousands of systems were affected. Would it be any more acceptable for 10’s of thousands of people to be coming here with problems with a new feature than the number having problems with the new app? Of course not.

As if tens of thousands of people ever visit this community. Of course not.

jgatie

As if tens of thousands of people ever visit this community. Of course not.

That’s sort of my point. There weren’t 10’s of thousands here about the new app, but there was certainly an uproar. I can’t say for sure the percentage of those who were affected, but I don’t think calling them edge 1% cases (such as would be seen with allowing wireless front speakers) is far from the truth..

Mr. T

As if tens of thousands of people ever visit this community. Of course not.

That’s sort of my point. There weren’t 10’s of thousands here about the new app, but there was certainly an uproar. I can’t say for sure the percentage of those who were affected, but I don’t think calling them edge 1% cases (such as would be seen with allowing wireless front speakers) is far from the truth..

The half-baked app was not due to edge cases. Anyone using the app on release knew it wasn’t fit for purpose.

As I said previously, I’ve yet to see a user complaining about packet drop and bandwidth issues.

Even if a user did have an issue using front surrounds, they can easily just remove them from the equation and go back to the “approved” setup.

jgatie

The half-baked app was not due to edge cases. Anyone using the app on release knew it wasn’t fit for purpose.

As I said previously, I’ve yet to see a user complaining about packet drop and bandwidth issues.

Even if a user did have an issue using front surrounds, they can easily just remove them from the equation and go back to the “approved” setup.

Agree to disagree. Both the new app and the option to add L/R speakers to a soundbar should have been held back if even edge case scenarios caused problems. And the anecdotal evidence of an a few people using a relatively obscure app not seeing any problems is not proof the problems did not exist.

Mr. T

The half-baked app was not due to edge cases. Anyone using the app on release knew it wasn’t fit for purpose.

As I said previously, I’ve yet to see a user complaining about packet drop and bandwidth issues.

Even if a user did have an issue using front surrounds, they can easily just remove them from the equation and go back to the “approved” setup.

Agree to disagree. Both the new app and the option to add L/R speakers to a soundbar should have been held back if even edge case scenarios caused problems. And the anecdotal evidence of an a few people using a relatively obscure app not seeing any problems is not proof the problems did not exist.

I never said problems couldn’t exist. What I did say was “If a user did have an issue using front surrounds…” which accepts some users may have an issue, probably no more so than the current users that have issues with their Sonos setup.

Whether you agree or disagree is immaterial. If a user wants to use front surrounds then they can.

jgatie

I never said problems couldn’t exist. What I did say was “If a user did have an issue using front surrounds…” which accepts some users may have an issue, probably no more so than the current users that have issues with their Sonos setup.

Whether you agree or disagree is immaterial. If a user wants to use front surrounds then they can.

Actually, if they have problems with the front surrounds, they can’t use them if they want to, which is my point. Sonos shouldn’t release new functionality until even edge cases are working. Be that an option for L/R front speakers, or an app rewrite. It’s a philosophy Sonos has adhered to for 20 years, the only exception being the app rewrite which almost spelled their downfall.

Smilja

If the SonoSequencr frontspeaker bonding fails, then the developer is unable to help, and the Sonos Support won’t help. Pay r/SonoSequencr a visit.

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Mr. T

I never said problems couldn’t exist. What I did say was “If a user did have an issue using front surrounds…” which accepts some users may have an issue, probably no more so than the current users that have issues with their Sonos setup.

Whether you agree or disagree is immaterial. If a user wants to use front surrounds then they can.

Actually, if they have problems with the front surrounds, they can’t use them if they want to, which is my point. Sonos shouldn’t release new functionality until even edge cases are working. Be that an option for L/R front speakers, or an app rewrite. It’s a philosophy Sonos has adhered to for 20 years, the only exception being the app rewrite which almost spelled their downfall.

You do realise Sonos haven’t officially released the feature.

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