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Contributor I
January 1, 2026
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Connecting different speakers to the same system

A number of years ago, I set up a 3-speaker system in my living room of Play 1s. This xmas, I treated myself to a new speaker, this time an Era 100. I just opened the box (it’s been busy here) to learn that I can’t pair the Era with the Play speakers. The existing speakers are set up as one L-R pair of Plays and I wanted to pair the new Era 100 with an old Play to make another L-R pair. I probably should have read more carefully before ordering because it says you can only pair like speakers. Since I didn’t know that, I was thinking to return the Era but maybe there’s a way to connect them that I haven’t thought of. I’d appreciate any suggestions you may have. Thanks. 

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Grand Maestro
January 1, 2026

Unlike speakers cannot be setup as a stereo pair, but they can be Grouped together and with other Rooms. In your case the two speakers will be separate mono Rooms.

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buzz
buzzAnswer
Grand Maestro
January 1, 2026

Unlike speakers cannot be setup as a stereo pair, but they can be Grouped together and with other Rooms. In your case the two speakers will be separate mono Rooms.

DubinityAuthor
Contributor I
January 1, 2026

So each speaker will be playing stereo instead of L-R?

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
January 1, 2026

The 100 has the ability to play stereo, look at the owner's manuals.

The Play 1 will play mono, L+R, when not Paired or used as a surround.

 

Senior Virtuoso
January 1, 2026

You might be able to stereo-pair them using a third-party app; how sonically similar they may be I couldn’t say.