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frozenwaste
Contributor I
July 10, 2022

Confused about what I need

Hi,

I’m looking to purchase a Sonos system today, basically I’m trying to achieve the following but don’t know where to start, I’m a bit confused by all the different products available.

Live in a fairly large size home (6,000 sq ft), entire home has good wi-fi and most rooms have ethernet sockets.

I have a Synology DS2314+ NAS that I store my music on, which the Sonos would need to access.

If I wanted standard speakers in around 8 rooms, to all play at same time same music, what would the best options be for me please?

Also, can speakers be configured independently, for instance, in our kids 3 rooms, can the 3 speakers there be playing something different, whilst the other 5 speakers downstairs are linked to each other?

Cost not a problem, as I’ve budgeted for this and will be used for many years.

Thanks!

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    RCASDAD
    Lyricist I
    July 11, 2022

    Hi,

    I’m looking to purchase a Sonos system today, basically I’m trying to achieve the following but don’t know where to start, I’m a bit confused by all the different products available.

    Live in a fairly large size home (6,000 sq ft), entire home has good wi-fi and most rooms have ethernet sockets.

    I have a Synology DS2314+ NAS that I store my music on, which the Sonos would need to access.

    If I wanted standard speakers in around 8 rooms, to all play at same time same music, what would the best options be for me please?

    Also, can speakers be configured independently, for instance, in our kids 3 rooms, can the 3 speakers there be playing something different, whilst the other 5 speakers downstairs are linked to each other?

    Cost not a problem, as I’ve budgeted for this and will be used for many years.

    Thanks!

    Personally after the system “upgrade” from S1 to S2 I wouldn’t purchase a Sonos system again, their poor engineering will cost me over $1200. In replacement speakers that are no longer recognized because of the “upgrade” I can’t add anything new unless I upgrade and if I do I lose 3 perfectly good speakers, customer service and technical help keep saying “sorry” Apparently if you read the response from Sonos they are happy with change and it hasn’t affected their sales at all. If you’d like to purchase my partially outdated system I’ll gladly sell it to you, if you insist on getting a system, note that the market is flooded with $50. Speakers that cost $500. 4 years ago…enjoy!

    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    July 11, 2022

    Personally after the system “upgrade” from S1 to S2 I wouldn’t purchase a Sonos system again, their poor engineering will cost me over $1200. In replacement speakers that are no longer recognized because of the “upgrade” I can’t add anything new unless I upgrade and if I do I lose 3 perfectly good speakers, customer service and technical help keep saying “sorry” Apparently if you read the response from Sonos they are happy with change and it hasn’t affected their sales at all. If you’d like to purchase my partially outdated system I’ll gladly sell it to you, if you insist on getting a system, note that the market is flooded with $50. Speakers that cost $500. 4 years ago…enjoy!

    And you joined this forum today to mention these things, which are entirely inaccurate in any case?

    You have listed these devices in your online profile …

    • Sonos Roam
    • Sonos Move
    • Sonos One
    • Sonos One SL
    • Play:3
    • Play:5 (Gen 1)
    • Boost

    That list shows one device that is S1 compatible only - everything else will happily run on S2. So what you are referring to makes no sense. Also it matters not if you have S1 or S2 system or both they will each happily work together under the same/different Sonos account and the same/different network subnet.

    The information you’ve supplied and in your online community account, strongly leads me to think you are just ‘trolling’ here, unless you can explain your comments and your listed Sonos devices?

     

      jgatie
      jgatie
      July 11, 2022

      Personally after the system “upgrade” from S1 to S2 I wouldn’t purchase a Sonos system again, their poor engineering will cost me over $1200. In replacement speakers that are no longer recognized because of the “upgrade” I can’t add anything new unless I upgrade and if I do I lose 3 perfectly good speakers, customer service and technical help keep saying “sorry” Apparently if you read the response from Sonos they are happy with change and it hasn’t affected their sales at all. If you’d like to purchase my partially outdated system I’ll gladly sell it to you, if you insist on getting a system, note that the market is flooded with $50. Speakers that cost $500. 4 years ago…enjoy!

       

      Play:5 Gen 1 haven’t been manufactured since 2015.  If you bought one 4 years ago, it was sitting on the shelf for 3 years, which is highly unlikely.  Just another one of the many lies you have posted.

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