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July 3, 2020
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Using Sonos One As Wirless PC Speakers on Windows 10?

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Is there a way to connect my Windows 10 PC to my Sonos One speakers wirelessley so that I can use them as PC speakers? I’ve just switched over from Amazon Music to Spotify today and found that the Spotify PC app connects to the Sonos One speakers wirelessley, whereas the Amazon PC app wouldn’t even recognise the Sonos One speakers. I’ll be getting a soundbar soon, but in the meantime I’d like to use my Sonos One’s as PC speakers.

 

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    duke6Author
    Avid Contributor I
    July 5, 2020

    @Airgetlam Thanks for the replies and info. I don’t understand what you mean by If you ‘bond’ the Ones to the soundbar as surrounds speakers, they won’t have the delay, but also will only play surround information. 

    I don’t know if I should buy a beam, playbar or arc? It would be used to connect to a new 65” wall mounted TV (currently got a 55” TV) I don’t watch much TV really, prefer listening to music and gaming, hence the reason I want to connect my Sonos system to my PC.  I’d also be looking to buy a sub if necessary. The room is 26ft x 11ft.

     

    Looking at soundcards are external ones ok? https://windowsreport.com/best-sound-card-optical-output/

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    July 5, 2020

    ‘Bonding’ Sonos devices defines how they exist in a Sonos ‘room’. When speakers or an Amp are ‘bonded‘ to a Sound bar, they are defined as ‘surround’ speakers in a 5.0 or 5.1 ‘room’. That means that when a Dolby Digital signal is sent to the system via the digital input, they play the surround parts of that 5.0 or 5.1 signal. Not the same signal as the front speakers at all. If you’re streaming music, instead of using the digital input (from your PC or TV) there is a setting in the Sonos software that allows you to set them as duplicates of the front stereo speakers.

    I am still confused though. You started off asking about PC speakers, but now you’re talking about a sound bar connecting to a TV set. These are wildly different situations. 

    Bruce
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