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Alexa and Sonos ecosystem

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I am about to enter the Sonos ecosystem to replace my old wired 5.1 setup.
It is important that I can use Alexa to request music using the same system that will be serving 5.1 sound when watching movies.

In a 5.1 setup, would I need to buy 2 new Alexa enabled One's if I didn't want to use a dot?
I am unsure weather it would be better to use dot's to drive them or have Alexa built into the speaker's themselves.

I will wait for Spotify support regardless so I have some time to mull this over.

Any input would be appreciated.

/Christian

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SkeltonAnswer

Prodigy I

You should only need one Alexa-enabled device to control all of your speakers.

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SkeltonAnswer

Prodigy I

You should only need one Alexa-enabled device to control all of your speakers.

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cakessonAuthor

Contributor I

I think that I read, that you can not connect an old play:1 to a new play One in a 5.1 setup :-(
So if I would go with an Alexa enabled Sonos speaker, I would have to have 2?

A bit confused on that subject...

Airgetlam

Your interpretation is correct. PLAY ONE can only be paired with PLAY ONE, not with a PLAY:1, so if you're buying all new, you'd need a pair of them. Fortunately, the price is the same for both the PLAY:1 and PLAY ONE.

Bruce

Ryan S

Retired Sonos Staff

You should only need one Alexa-enabled device to control all of your speakers.

This is correct, one per room you want to be able to talk to, that is.

Personal preference, I'd go with the Sonos One because it can be a bit easier to play music. Sonos One knows that when it hears "Alexa, play ..." you mean for it to be playing music unless a room is specified. This should work for home theater setups too.

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Airgetlam

I note that Ryan has corrected the naming for me. It's the Sonos One, not the PLAY ONE. Important thing to recognize, and will probably make it easier for phone conversations....do you have the "PLAY:1" or the "Sonos One"? 🙂

Bruce

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cakessonAuthor

Contributor I

So if I went with 2 Sonos One's in a 5.1 setup (in the same room), it would not cause an issue (just have more mic's listening to you :-)

Ryan, If you want a 5.1 setup, you would technically need 2 in a room then?
Price is the same...

I had hoped for Alexa integrated playbar, because that will sit centrally in my livingroom....
Think it's a matter of time?

Ryan S

Retired Sonos Staff

You would need two of the Sonos Ones, they won't bond individually with PLAY:1s.

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twangus

Lyricist III

Personal preference, I'd go with the Sonos One because it can be a bit easier to play music. Sonos One knows that when it hears "Alexa, play ..." you mean for it to be playing music unless a room is specified.

Ryan, so is there no way to set an Echo Dot to play by default on a specific Sonos speaker? If using Alexa through an Amazon device, do you always have to specify the Sonos speaker you want to use?

Ryan S

Retired Sonos Staff

You have to specify which one you want to use for the commands when using the Echo Dot, otherwise it'll think you're talking to it.

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upstatemike

Looking for setup details... I assume a Sonos speaker and an Echo in the same room must have different names? Right now with the systems not linked I have duplicate names in most rooms such as an Echo called "Living Room" and a pair of Sonos speakers called "Living Room". Will bad things happen if I don't make these all unique before doing the discovery in the Alexa skill?

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