Pairing a Play:1 with the new Sonos One

@falco
No, they will work together same as all other sonos products, just cant use as a pair (left channel + right channnel) lets say 'sonos one' as left and 'play1' as right.

A Play:1 and Sonos One can be GROUPED together as two different zones playing the same content.

They cannot be PAIRED (or bonded) together as one zone in stereo (one speaker as the left, one as the right) or as part of a surround sound system with a Playbar or Playbase. Hopefully, with the number of requests for this over just the past couple of days (there are at least three or four topics about it around here so far), Sonos will figure out how to make it happen, but it's up to them to do it.

Added 5/5/2018 - UPDATE - there is a third-party iOS app called SonoSequencr that is capable of creating a stereo pair out of mismatched speakers, including the Sonos One and the Play:1. Mismatched speaker pairs are not recommended, as despite the visual similarities between these two speakers, there are significantly different audio "fingerprints" between them. That said, it can be done with this third-party app. The app is not free, however it's a very reasonable price if pairing these speakers is a priority for you.

I've heard that an Android app called Macronos can do the same, though I have no personal experience with this app so I can't vouch for what it can or can't do.

+1 dissapointed at this lack of functionality. Wont be buying a One unless this is changed. I'd expect this from Apple not Sonos. (I don't buy Apple products)

Lets face it, if this doesn't change it just a blatant attempt to squeeze money from existing customers who would have to replace existing speakers.

Not only that, but I think the case for a Play 1 paired with the Sonos One makes a lot of sense if the sound quality is on par. Why do you need two Alexa enabled devices to just get triggered together. It makes much more sense to have one with a mic and one as the secondary to just enhance the sound. Had been hoping to set up this configuration in two different rooms.

It is merely a trade off. Sonos could have made the ONE audio quality the same as the PLAY:1, which would have enabled stereo pairing. Instead they chose to improve (I hope) the audio quality on the ONE to keep it competitive. Because the speaker variants are now acoustically different, stereo pairing does not make sense.

It’s not a conspiracy, it’s just Sonos improving its products. You could have made the same complaint about the PLAY:5 generations, but we got a much better second generation product.

How is it the same as play:5 2nd gen exactly? Your entire point is based on them upgrading the speaker... Really dont think the speaker has been upgraded at all, otherwise that would have been marketed as well. As far as I can see its a play:1 with added Alexa support.

Really dont think the speaker has been upgraded at all, otherwise that would have been marketed as well. As far as I can see its a play:1 with added Alexa support.

Perhaps you're right, but my argument is only one that makes logical sense, conspiracy theories aside. I guess we'll hear soon. My goal is not to be an apologist for Sonos, but to consider what might be the commercial and/or technical strategies behind some of the decisions that so many forum posters are quick to complain about.

In the meantime, https://www.whathifi.com/sonos/one/review does speculate: "The one-sentence description is “the Sonos One is a Play:1 with Amazon Alexa built-in”, but it’s a little bit more than that, offering deeper integration of Alexa than any current rivals and, judged on a brief, at-event listen, better sound, too."

I would buy 5 Sonos Ones if I could pair it with my existing Play:1s in each bedroom. If not I'll save the change and get dots instead.

Why do you keep using the word conspiracy? Never did I say it was a secret plan by Sonos to do something unlawful or harmful.

Just ripping off customers. Not cool.

If it has a significant increase in SQ (like the play:5) then I'll stand corrected, otherwise I stand by my point.

Ps I realise the above sounds a bit abrupt, please dont take it that way, not intentional. 🙂

Add me to the list of people who would like to pair a Sonos One with a Play 1.