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Saem
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January 16, 2021

Has anyone come across a better system?

  • January 16, 2021
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Dear community, 

as many customers were quite upset with how SONOS is developing both ignoring customers and global warming by producing extra waste I was wondering if you had come across a better solution for a multiroom speaker system. 

I guess, the most sustainable system would be based on bluetooth? What do you think?

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melvimbe
melvimbe
January 18, 2021

A couple points to make here.  First, it sounds like your turntable does not have a built-in pre-amp, which is why the volume is so low. You need to look into getting a separate preamp.  It has nothing to do with the amp itself.

Second, did you get a Connect:Amp just for the aux input?  If so, you really didn’t need that as your Play:5 has an aux input.  All you would have needed is a RCA to headphone input adapter, plus the preamp, and you could play your turntable and on your play:5 and play:1 no problem.  If you’re actually using the amp with passive speakers as well, then yes, you would need the Connect:amp.

Danny
    Kumar
    January 18, 2021

     

    I guess I'll stay with this  S1 system now and be frustrated in 5 years time again when there will be no more support…

    The old school stereo system still seems attractive as you can be with a system for some 20-30 years without any problems. 

    I am not sure where this five years worry comes from, and even so, my approach is to cross that bridge IF it comes, and not get hustled into S2 just now by worrying about some future event that may never come to pass.

    Hardware failures are a different issue. And the 20-30 years life you refer to is there only for kit at higher price points that Sonos.

    Kumar
    January 19, 2021

    And to the question in the thread, a limited answer: Where home audio is concerned, S2 is not a better system than S1, not even for being able to offer the convenience of playing HD music without downsampling it offline, because it does not do even that. As far as sound quality is concerned I suspect that the present Sonos hardware architecture cannot deliver SQ that is noticeably superior to what it does today - and which can even now be set up to meet HiFi standards of excellence, be it under S1 or S2.

    I don’t use Sonos for TV - or anything else that offer the latest thrill like Atmos - and my comment above does not apply to improvements on that side of things, about which I know little due to a lack of interest in them.

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