Reduce idle consumption energy level (currently around 5W)

Come on Sonos, please give us an answer on this topic for the sake of the environment and power bills.
I think at least interested users should be able to switch off their Sonos devices based on a planning of their choice. With no risk of damaging their Sonos devices because of frequently plugging/unplugging them.

This most definately should be implemented

Hello. I had the same issue with my old Marantz Wave system - which is now being replaced by Sonos. It consumed about 60W when "idle".

Easiest and good working was to purchase remote operated sockets which I paired so it worked to wake up and put to sleep all the devices (It is possible to set up for like 6 channels so you can group the devices as you like). Worked perfectly, did no harm to the big Marantz receiver, should not harm sonos either.

I find it hard to believe that in this day and age of energy conservation where devices are often required to have standby modes that the Sonos speakers are on all the time. For something so technology aware, so ahead of the marketplace, and so expensive, wouldn't you have thought that a standby mode was required? All my technology equipment round the house has one from the TVs to the YouView to the PlayStation.

I'm pulling out the power on all the devices whenever they aren't in use, including the Bridge. However it can't really be that hard to implement a timed standby mode that drops the components into a listen mode where they wait for a signal from the apps or the Bridge, which waits solely for the app, to kick into life.

Honestly this omission shocked me when I set-up my first two Sonos units the other day. In fact this, coupled with two other issues I have, are making me consider using my 28 day return period.
I love the sound and simplicity is sonos but would have returned mine if I'd have realised there is no real standby!

+1 to add a sleep mode in next update. 

I am sure consumer has some patience to let system come up. we are anyway not talking about home automation here.

I have just started dow the Sonos road with two Play:1s plus Bridge. Upon googling "sonos play:1 sleep" and found this topic. I can hardly believe they don't have a minimal power consumption sleep mode. 😞

The problem with this thread is that everyone is starting from the incorrect assumption that a player that is not actively playing music does not need to consume power or only needs enough to be able to be awakened when it is called on to play again. This is completely 
I disagree.

I for one do not have my system playing 24/7, so they do not need to be actively keeping the mesh at full power.

No reason for them not to go into a low power listening mode and then activate when the mesh is needed.

Sonos provide ethernet connections which can be used, but still no way of turning off the wireless, so the system is capable of running WITHOUT wireless (if it could be shut off easily).

You see many systems capable of lowering their wireless power output when not needed. So why not Sonos?

Why have my system on when the place is empty? Shops use sonos and are not open 24/7.

People DO like to turn off wireless at set times. I personally sleep better with wireless off. Maybe it makes no difference to you, however I can easily switch off the wireless on my router at set times. In addition I have other items which switch off using internal timers. Do keep the RTC and processor in a low powered state to then restart the system later on requires practically no power.

So respectfully, I believe there IS a very valid requirement for low power and that people have NOT chosen the wrong product.

The problem with this thread is that everyone is starting from the incorrect assumption that a player that is not actively playing music does not need to consume power or only needs enough to be able to be awakened when it is called on to play again. This is completely 
To be honest: I somehow agree and disagree with both postings above. 

I think anyone who is willing to buy a Sonos system should be aware of the interaction between the players and the SonosNet system - and it's obvious that such system requires more power than a pure stand-by mode of a stand-alone player. At least I was aware of that and the related power consumption before buying my Sonos players (and in the meantime I have 2 Play:5, 3 Play:3, 1 Play:1 and a SUB). 

On the other hand I could imagine that a timer to define a time interval where all players fall asleep and wake up automatically afterwards would be in line with the Sonos concept and could reduce power consumption significantly. 

The problem with this thread is that everyone is starting from the incorrect assumption that a player that is not actively playing music does not need to consume power or only needs enough to be able to be awakened when it is called on to play again. This is completely 
I agree

The problem with this thread is that everyone is starting from the incorrect assumption that a player that is not actively playing music does not need to consume power or only needs enough to be able to be awakened when it is called on to play again. This is completely wrong because the players also need to actively be working as relays and extenders to the SonosNet wireless mesh at ALL times whether they are playing or not. If you go around shutting the power off of idle units you will disrupt the mesh and probably see poor performance on the remaining units you are trying to play music on.

It is time to admit that the power reduction seen when the amplifier section goes into to idle is the correct level of power savings for a full-time wireless network device of this type and if people are claiming that they don't use the wireless mesh in their system then the wasted energy is the result of them choosing the wrong product for their application and not from any defect in the product design.


however much I like the kit I also agree that  I may have bought the wrong product as other similar systems do nit have the same issue.