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Play 1 Speakers

  • October 23, 2021
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We have a pair of Sonos speakers ( a One & One SL ) paired in our lounge controlled by a Amazon Echo., and am awaiting delivery of a Sonos 5 and Rega Turntable set up any day now.  Seen a pair of Sonos  Play 1 speakers for sale, they are in excellent condition, and at £120 look a good buy. Was thinking of getting them to pair up in Stereo for the kitchen, at present there is a wall mounted Amazon Echo Plus, which is not to good. I have a spare echo dot which would control the new Play 1’s. Biggest concern is that they are a few years old and i just wonder how long Sonos will support these with updates etc. Any advice appreciated

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Ken_Griffiths
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  • October 23, 2021

Sonos have openly mentioned in the past that they will support their products for at least 5 years after they stop making them, but in fairness to Sonos they have (in a good many cases) gone many years beyond that time-period.

Play:1’s were last manufactured October 2017.

One thing I would ask of the seller, is if the ‘15% upgrade’ option on the devices has already been used, as that might be something you wish to consider too, prior to purchase. See this link:

https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/upgrade


Airgetlam
  • 44779 replies
  • October 23, 2021

And the PLAY:1s do work under S1 or S2, I use a pair bonded with my Arc as surrounds. 


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  • Avid Contributor I
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  • October 24, 2021

Bought he speakers, previous owner had them from new, doesnt know anything about a 15% upgrade, so i doubt it has been used. I am not interested in changing them, have ordered a pair of wall mounts from Amazon. Have tried them out and sound is amazing. Thanks for the help.


Airgetlam
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  • October 24, 2021

Since you bought them ‘used’, make sure you factory reset them to erase any potential lingering things from the previous owner. 


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  • October 26, 2021

Hi

 

  Thanks for that , i didnt set them up myself, after having difficulty in the past setting up a Amazon Echo dot to work our Sonos One and Sonos SL. A friend set them up for me, im sure he mentioned doing a full factory reset on them. They are working fine with the echo dot. He has also set up the Sonos 5 with cd player and Rega turntable, we are absolutley blown away with this set up, i dont think we will be bothereing getting another 5 to set up as stereo, it would be overkill as the room is not massive. Thanks for all the advice, its been really helpful


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  • Enthusiast I
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  • October 26, 2021

“Play:1’s were last manufactured October 2017”

 

im not sure that’s the case - I have a pair with build dates of Sep 2018


Ken_Griffiths
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  • October 26, 2021

“Play:1’s were last manufactured October 2017”

 

im not sure that’s the case - I have a pair with build dates of Sep 2018

These are the dates I have for Play:1 - Are you sure the devices you have are not the early replacement -  Sonos One (gen1)?


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  • Enthusiast I
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  • October 26, 2021

Moderator Edit: Removed pictures with serial numbers


Ken_Griffiths
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  • October 26, 2021

That’s odd isn’t it, as I was just referring to the Wikipedia site and the various device dates posted there, but maybe that’s simply wrong then.🤷‍♂️


Airgetlam
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  • October 26, 2021

It is hard to argue with pictures, isn’t it? :)

Not the first time wikipedia has been wrong, and likely not the last, either. On the other hand, I’ll still continue to use it as a source of “truth”, or something close to “truth”.

Wait, couldn’t we argue that @Huntsman180 photoshopped those? :)

I am pretty sure all my PLAY:1s are significantly older, but I’m pleased that they continue to be supported with S2. 

Now I need to go look at both my PLAY:1s that aren’t tied down to a mount/stand, and the Sonos Ones that are similarly situated, to see how disparate the dates on them are. 


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  • Enthusiast I
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  • October 26, 2021

I believe the Play 1 was discontinued Sep 2019 when the One SL was announced. 


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  • Enthusiast I
  • 56 replies
  • October 26, 2021

So there is still plenty of support for them if your worried about that.