Sonos One vs Play 1

Hi all,

I'm new, and I don't understand half of what is said in this community space, which I must say is quite frustrating, since there is no other possibility to get in touch with Sonos and get straight answers that leave no doubt.

I received my very first Sonos One as a present. It's a very valuable present to me because it was given by someone I care about. For that reason I would want to put an effort into making it work and purchase additional Sonos products to develop a full-fleshed Sonos sound system in my new home (the reason I think why I was given this present...).

But before I convert to Sonos and decide to invest hundreds and hunders of pounds, I really need crystal clear ansers to the following three questions:

1. Why would I spend 50 pounds more for another Sonos One instead of purchasing the Play 1? I read that the base is slightly better, but is this worth a 50 pounds? What else could convince me to go for the next Sonos One? The voice service appears useless in Italy where I live...

2. I read that it's not possible to stereo-pair a Sonos One with a Sonos Play 1, which obviously would be a very good reason for me to go for another Sonos One instead of a Sones Play 1. Yet Sonos claims that it allows you to build a home sound system that connects all of its products into one system and delivers all of the music on Earth in every room of your house... Please remove all my doubts: Is it --or is it not-- possible to connect a Sonos One to other Sonos products, including a Sonos Play 1, in order to build a stereo sound system?

3. What additional Sonos divices pairable with my frst Sonos One would I need to have good stereo music in two rooms?

I'm not a Geek and I'm trying hard to wrap my head around all this, so PLEASE use language that a simple dummie beginner like me can understand!

Thank you so much!

You can connect it just fine with any Sonos system. You can group it together with any other Sonos device ever made to play the same thing in perfect sync. The only thing you cannot do is pair two unlike models together as a stereo or surround pair, i.e. so one plays the left channel and the other plays the right channel of a stereo or surround pair. This is exactly the same as all other models, you cannot pair a Play:3 and a Play:1, or even a Play:5 Gen 1 and a Play:5 Gen 2 as stereo or surround sound pairs

So basically, I could build a simultaneous stereo system with two Sonos One speakers in my living room and two Sonos Play 1 speakers in my bedroom, and then with the app choose to either play them all together, or to only play one of the two stereo pairs?

You could stereo pair both Sonos Ones, and stereo pair both PLAY:1s. Then, using the controller app, you could "group" both stereo pairs so that they were playing the same thing at the same time. Or, each pair could be playing different music. Your choice.

okay many thanks!