Connect Amp (Gen 2) Line In to a Sonos One Stereo Pair?

Thank you for your reply. I am relatively new and inexperienced in setting up SONOS configurations and I admit to struggling a bit with the technicalities.

Eduardo from Sonos support helped me out. I was confused by the need to define a “room” whenever  you add a Sonos device to your system. I appreciate Sonos seems to have started as a means of playing the same audio into different physical locations (i.e. rooms) which is where the App has confused me. All I really want isto use  a group of three *devices* in the same physical room.

Eventually I hope to write up the “Idiot’s Guide” I needed within the forum. Before I try to do that I need to make sure I am more thoroughly versed in the terminology and concepts used in the Sonos App, which I currently find quite confusing.

I’ve now got the two ONEs outputting the seperate stereo channels from the stereo line level signal entering the Connect:Amp (Gen 2) with the line level signals from my DAC, Phono Preamp or tape deck which is what I needed. I can also stream from the cloud to the two ONE’s to get stereo playback with a different channel to each ONE.

I haven’t had to set up a “stereo pair” to avoid getting the same two channel stereo output from each ONE. I don’t understand why that is at this juncture.

I find the volumes of each ONE and the Connect:AMP are linked/tied as one in the App. I’m not sure yet whether this means I cannot control the balance between the two ONEs or not - that would be useful as I have slight hearing loss/tinnitus in one ear. I am also investigating whether the EQ of the two ONEs can be set differently or not in this set-up but that is just out of interest - I can’t forsee a practical use for that..

I have wasted quite a lot of time trying to link an Amazon Echo Sub into this particular Sonos setup to no avail, and I am giving up trying. Supposedly the Alexa App can control Sonos devices but I can’t work out how to link the Echo Sub to the two ONEs in either the Sonos App or the Alexa App. I can do without using a Sub, but as I had an Echo Sub to hand I thought I’d give it a try. The Sonos Sub isn’t a cost effective solution for me.

I expect to waste more time and effort trying to find a way of setting up another Sonos group containing a BEAM (Gen 1) and the two ONEs as linked rear “surround” speakers using the ARC return from my Samsung TV. I’ve had it working as a previous Sonos configuration but I don’t think there is a way to set up two different Sonos configurations as I have detailed and then be able to simply switch between them as required with the Sonos App. Basically I think one would have to take one configuration apart and build the other configuration from scratch every time I wanted to switch purporse, which is a shame.

Of course I guess two Sonos setups could coexist as different “groups” of devices in the same physical room  if I bought two more ONEs or One SLs and so didn’t try to use the same ONE devices in two different configurations. But I don’t want to end up tripping over speakers everywhere!

I am hoping the rumoured new products frrom Sonos will enable an ATMOS compatible soundbar and ATMOS surrounds to be the basis of both a superior Hi-Res capable Hi-Fi and streaming audio system and also an AV ATMOS surround sound system without any complicated switching for purporse being necessary. Whether I would be able to afford it is moot!

David

To have real stereo, left and right channels on separate speakers, those speakers need to be paired as a stereo pair - and thus form one “room” in the Sonos app. A “room” in Sonos is a defined set of stereo or surround speakers.

I do share the sentiment that the Sonos concept of “room” is a bit confusing, especially since it is not much like a physical room, where you can just put any speakers you like. The room concept that Google uses is much more like a physical room. You get used to this though!

Thanks everyone for your replies. I had to take a break for a little while to sort out a new cartridge on my old Optonica RP 7100 record deck, but I’ll be back to trying to add a stereo pair of ONEs to my Connect:Amp group directly, and I’ll report back here with success or failure.

It’s a shame I can’t use the ECHO SUB because I can see the Sonos ONEs in the Alexa App! Still it wasn’t a priority, more like a curiosity. The Sonos SUB is far too expensive for me.

When looking toward potential upgrades I would be drawn toward an upgrade over the BEAM (Gen 1) that I have if the upgraded item could function as a stereo Audio system as well as the basis of a Dolby ATMOS surround sound system with my TV. I really would like to avoid a separate speaker system in the same physical room for the two functions!