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MoPac
Headliner III
September 20, 2026
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Surround portables

  • September 20, 2026
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Can the surround capable portable speakers be a stereo pair when they are connected as surrounds?  Then when they are moved will they reconnect as a stereo pair?

Best answer by Mr. T

Not currently, you need to separate the stereo pair to add as surrounds, then when not being surrounds, the portables are treated as independent speakers which can only be grouped, not stereo paired. To have the portable surrounds as a stereo pair, you need to manually remove them from being surrounds and create the stereo pair, which is the same process for non-portable surrounds.

Confirmed by Sonos in the following thread:

https://en.community.sonos.com/product%2Dupdates/beam%2Dme%2Dup%2Da%2Ddeep%2Ddive%2Dinto%2Dbeam%2Dultra%2D6934684?tid=6934684#post16896476

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Mr. T
Mr. TAnswer
September 20, 2026

Not currently, you need to separate the stereo pair to add as surrounds, then when not being surrounds, the portables are treated as independent speakers which can only be grouped, not stereo paired. To have the portable surrounds as a stereo pair, you need to manually remove them from being surrounds and create the stereo pair, which is the same process for non-portable surrounds.

Confirmed by Sonos in the following thread:

https://en.community.sonos.com/product%2Dupdates/beam%2Dme%2Dup%2Da%2Ddeep%2Ddive%2Dinto%2Dbeam%2Dultra%2D6934684?tid=6934684#post16896476

MoPac
MoPacAuthor
Headliner III
September 20, 2026

Not currently, you need to separate the stereo pair to add as surrounds, then when not being surrounds, the portables are treated as independent speakers which can only be grouped, not stereo paired. To have the portable surrounds as a stereo pair, you need to manually remove them from being surrounds and create the stereo pair, which is the same process for non-portable surrounds.

Confirmed by Sonos in the following thread:

https://en.community.sonos.com/product%2Dupdates/beam%2Dme%2Dup%2Da%2Ddeep%2Ddive%2Dinto%2Dbeam%2Dultra%2D6934684?tid=6934684#post16896476

Bummer!