I have a Beam used only for music - ie playing YouTube music. I’m happy with the quality of sound but would like it to be louder. What’s the best speaker/s I could add to it to make it louder? Thank you.
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If the Beam is connected to a TV, you could add a Sonos Sub and/or a pair of Sonos One SLs as surround speakers to the Beam. This will also give you a much better audio experience when watching TV/movies. If you add the surrounds, be sure to set Music Playback under the Surround Audio setting to Full in the Sonos app.
If the Beam is not connected to a TV, you might consider adding a Sonos Five or a pair of Fives to your room. You would then group the Fives with the Beam in the Sonos app for a more room-filling music experience.
Brilliant - thank you. It’s only to listen to music from our phones. Can I ask something else please - I also want to play CDs through the Beam and whichever extra speaker/s I get. Can you tell me is this possible and if so is there a CD player you would recommend? Thank you for any advice.
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To connect a CD player, you need a Sonos device/speaker with a line-in port. Your best option would either be a Sonos Five or Sonos Port. Read more here:
https://support.sonos.com/s/article/1080?language=en_US
If you don’t need anything fancy, you can use a simple portable CD player with an AUX OUT or LINE OUT. You could also use an inexpensive DVD or Blu-ray player as a CD player and connect it to the Port or Five.
If you want something a little nicer, this Cambridge Audio AXC35 player has received great reviews:
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_779AXC35/Cambridge-Audio-AXC35.html
Thank you that’s really helpful it’s exactly what I needed to know.
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