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JackInBrooklyn
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November 11, 2022

Using Smart Plug With Sonos Speakers

  • November 11, 2022
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I have Sonos speakers in various rooms of the house.  Some are used often and others are not.  It seems wasteful to keep them plugged in for days/weeks at a time when they are not heavily used.

 

I am looking at plugging some into smart plugs so I can turn them on remotely when I want them and turn them off when not in use.

I plan on leaving the speaker connected to the network on all the time, since that is required.

Has anyone tried this? Are there any issues I should be concerned about?

 

Thanks,

John

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    JackInBrooklynAuthor
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    November 20, 2022

    I think @JackInBrooklyn was saying that he plans on leaving the speaker wired to the network (creating Sonosnet) always powered on, no smart plug for that one. 

    You are correct.  That is what I meant.

    Just my personal opinion, but I think you may find this plan to be more trouble than it’s worth.  When you do decide you want to play music  in one of these rarely used rooms, you’ll have to give the command to turn on power, wait a minute or two for Sonos to power up (while you wonder if the power actually turned on) then find that the speaker needs a firmware update or has trouble connecting to the network.  So you’ll subconsciously use the speaker even less to avoid all this.  

    You could be right about this as well.  I know the Sonos speakers take a little while to set themselves up.

    Just a thought that may or may not make sense for your case...sell all these speakers that you rarely use.  Get a Move or some Roams instead.  When you want to play music in these rarely used spaces, just bring the portable in with you.  Bonus, you can use it as bluetooth speaker outside your home too.

    Not a bad idea, had I not already bought the speakers I have.

     

    Kumar
    November 20, 2022

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    You could be right about this as well.  I know the Sonos speakers take a little while to set themselves up.

     

     

    Half of my six zones are not powered on all the time, and this small issue is not a deterrent to using them when I need to, I find. After all, there is nothing more to be done to get them to be set up other than turning on the power to them. One can quickly get used to the lack of instant gratification.

    PS: I accept that this works for me because I am both on S1 where the next update is not going to bring any change in the user experience and therefore I am also not on the auto update train. Once in a while I run a manual update and power on all units when doing this.

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