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Feature Request - Speaker grouping.

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As you can see in the picture, I have a breakfast bar with a pretty good view.
I LOVE sitting here with guests, drinking wine and talking shite.

I LOVE my Sonos sound, too, BUT, I cannot get a good sound with a pair of ones at the window end of the breakfast bar. I think they’re just to close and the stereo sound doesn’t propagate well enough, or something. It just sounds pretty poor.

The pair of speakers I have are out of sight on the photo and provide great sound, but the sound is coming from behind me and I’d LIKE some sound to come from in front of me. Where the kitchen roll is.

I want to set up a system that cannot currently work together, a centre speaker on the BBar and the two existing behind and to the sides.

Can this be set up for sound only, and not tv?
Common sense says, get a Beam, but honestly, a Beam or Ray isn’t required for this. A single One or Three would do the job and I have a spare one.

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nik9669aAnswer

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The thread is a feature request

The thread title is asking for grouping speakers. Grouping speakers is already a supported feature.

jgatie

Put the spare One on the BBar and then group them. You can even use the new Zones feature, but you’d have to decouple the stereo pair to do it.

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WickedDNAAuthor

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Put the spare One on the BBar and then group them. You can even use the new Zones feature, but you’d have to decouple the stereo pair to do it.

Okay, I looked at zones, so if I do this, how do I automate volume increase/decrease while maintaining correct balance?
Each speaker will be slightly different distances from the bbar.

Plus, wrt the sound experience.
What stereo setup will each speaker have?
With my preferred triangular setup, I’d have one front speaker, hopefully outputting in… what? How does that work? ..then a L&R speaker in addition.

Forgive me, from previous posts, I know there’s preferred nomenclature and I don’t want the question to get bogged down by terminology.

jgatie

In a Zone, each speaker is mono, playing both channels as one. If you group the two (stereo pair and BBar), the stereo pair will play in stereo, the third one in mono.

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nik9669a

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For roughly the cost of Beam2 you could get an Era 300 which is designed to create a good spread of sound.
Its design should create a talking-point for your guests too 😜

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WickedDNAAuthor

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For roughly the cost of Beam2 you could get an Era 300 which is designed to create a good spread of sound.
Its design should create a talking-point for your guests too 😜

Makes sense, but I pick up used Play 3 for £65.

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WickedDNAAuthor

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In a Zone, each speaker is mono, playing both channels as one. If you group the two (stereo pair and BBar), the stereo pair will play in stereo, the third one in mono.

Yeah, that’s the plan for the moment.

The thread is a feature request, so hopefully Sonos can address small problems and increase CSAT.

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nik9669aAnswer

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The thread is a feature request

The thread title is asking for grouping speakers. Grouping speakers is already a supported feature.

buzz

Grand Maestro

If you are attracted by the PLAY:3 £65 cost, install a stereo pair on the window ledge. Stereo listening will be optimal when your listening position and the two speakers form an equal lateral triangle. However, I can’t be sure about the dimensions of your space. Window ledge L/R speakers may be a little close to the table for optimal L/R because one chair will always be too close on either left or right.

You can still Group stereo or mono speakers on the other side of the room with window ledge speakers. Sometimes a mono Grouping or Zone of speakers is more satisfying than a haphazard gaggle of stereo and mono arrangement.

Airgetlam

I’ve always had difficulty placing a PLAY:3 on a window ledge, due to the way the power cord comes straight out of the back. It’s not huge, but I’ve always preferred the PLAY:1 or Sonos One, both of which sit on their power cords for that type of location. Putting my PLAY:3s on speaker stands helped resolve that issue.

Bruce

buzz

Grand Maestro

I have not investigated any of the details, but is may be possible to find a replacement right angle power cord.

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