I am looking at purchasing the new Roam 2. Can I pair my Older Sonos 1 with the new Roam 2?
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You can group a One with a Roam 2.
Thank You JGatie!
You can not, however, stereo pair them.
Apologies, what does Group vs Pairing mean in the language of Sonos? I assume they will act as 2 independent speakers when they are grouped together?
No worries, great question. Pairing means the two speakers will act as a stereo pair, one playing the right channel, the other the left channel.
Grouping, on the other hand, means that both are playing the same thing, i.e. a mono signal (mixed left and right) at the same time.
There are corner cases to this, too. There are some Sonos devices that have stereo speakers inside a case, in which case they would split the stereo signal properly, but you would still be getting the exact same thing from both speakers cases.
To add to this, groups are temporary, and can be quickly created and undone. You can also control the volume for members of a group separately. Pairs, or bonded, is really a setup. Two speakers set up as a pair will always play the same source at the same volume.
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