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pairing dissimilar speakers to achieve stereo?

  • February 13, 2023
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Hello: circumstances allowed me to acquire a new Sonos 5 , to enjoy with a single One SL. I have one listening room. Can I stand the 5 vertically ( like one would if using two 5s to create stereo) and connect it to the SL to play stereo? Or am I asking  the system to do something it wasn’t designed to do? Is it preferable to have the single 5 in stereo configuration and just add the SL and use Trueplay to optimize the sound? Thanks for any advice!

Best answer by Mr. T

The Sonos app will not allow you to pair different products, with the exception of One/One SL.

Furthermore, Trueplay is only applicable to each Sonos room and the products therein. As the Five and One SL would be 2 Sonos rooms, you would have to Trueplay each speaker individually, to then group them. This would not make them a stereo pair.

Pairing non-identical speakers is possible in 3rd party apps, but I have no experience of them.

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  • February 13, 2023

The Sonos app will not allow you to pair different products, with the exception of One/One SL.

Furthermore, Trueplay is only applicable to each Sonos room and the products therein. As the Five and One SL would be 2 Sonos rooms, you would have to Trueplay each speaker individually, to then group them. This would not make them a stereo pair.

Pairing non-identical speakers is possible in 3rd party apps, but I have no experience of them.


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  • February 13, 2023

Thank you!