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Sonos Speakers: Product Comparison Chart

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Sonos Home Theater Speaker: Comparison Chart

Published 5/10/20 Exciting things are happening at Sonos. They have just announced the June 10, 2020 release of a much anticipated addition...
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Lucas F. BoyumContributor I
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how many Db and hertz does a speaker have

how many Db and hertz does a speaker have

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ratty
4 years ago
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ffiileeAvid Contributor I
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What speakers to pair with sonos amp?

Hey, was thinking about getting an Amp and would like to get a new pair of speakers and a sub in the near future. I'm really into the kef q350 and the Svs sb1000. But I'm up for suggestions. Would like to spend around 500-750 on the speakers and around the same amount on the sub. What do you guys think? Thanks

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Chloe27Contributor I
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Always on charge?

Hi there, does the Sonos Play one second gen always need to be plugged in to the wall, like with the first gen? Power not Ethernet that is.

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CHIPSAHOYAContributor I
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Netgear Router Compatibility

It appears my new Netgear Router (model # R6400v2) is not compatible with my Sonos 3 speaker. Any suggestions? Others having the same problem?

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chrspf88Contributor I
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Setting up indoor/outdoor system

So i'm about to purchase a system and was curious on the best way to optimize my set up affordably. What i'm wanting is a soundbar for the inside (living room) and 2 outdoor speakers for my patio; all obviously linked to my tv. Thoughts: Can I purchase a beam for inside (medium sized room) which connects to my amp (along with tv), and have an outdoor speaker pair connect to the amp as well? Just want to connect the 3 speakers in easiest way possible. I haven't purchased anything yet. I also have a PS4 i'd like to link up somehow as well.. Any thoughts or suggestions are much appreciated!

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Leprichaun23Contributor I
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Sonos PlayBar - Do I need a BOOST?

Hello, I was wondering i want to set up a playbar with 2 play 1's do i need to also purchase a bridge or boost?

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melvimbe
4 years ago
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GmilligaContributor I
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Outdoor tv and music with Sonos amp

I am planning an outdoor living room that will be covered and screened. I love in Houston so regardless of the shelter from elements, humidity is a huge issue so I’m not going to put a playbar outside. Therefore I want to have a television supported by Sonos outdoor speakers. I want four speakers in the room to insure enough sound for when we have parties at the house. Can I configure the Sonos amp to play tv audio through four outdoor speakers and then switch to music when required? Is there a more efficient/higher quality configuration?

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melvimbe
4 years ago
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CraigRobboContributor I
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Do I Need a Sonos Boost

Hi, I’m a long time user of Sonos with a One, Play:1 and Play:3 at home. However, we moved house to a bigger house with a decent sized garden, and now the nice weather is here and we’ve started to sit in the garden I am finding an issue with my phone being too far from the router so having poor connectivity to WiFi which means the phone cannot control Sonos. Layout context: [list] [*]Router is in the living room at the front right corner of the house [*]Sonos One is also in the living room (front left corner), Play:3 is in the front bedroom upstairs and Play:1 is on the kitchen windowsill close to the back door which leads on to the rear garden. None are hard wired. [*]Patio area where we sit is in the back left corner of the garden, effectively diagonally opposite the router. [/list] So the issue is that when we sit out on the patio, the phone is still connected to WiFi, but only just, with a poor connection. When we try to use the Sonos controller it runs really slowly, often fr

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4 years ago
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rograContributor I
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Sonos Amp to Denon Receiver

Looking for some advice... I have a Denon x4100w running my surround in living room. It also has a turntable. I have 2 Sonos Ones in my kitchen And 2 passive speakers in the kitchen ceiling. And 2 Klipsch Outdoor speakers. I was thinking of getting a Sonos Amp to run the passive speakers outside and in the Kitchen. Everything is currently hooked up the the Denon bit the Zones are kinda painful to deal with. Is there any way to keep my living room powered by the Denon, but also have that managed by the sonos? Thanks for any help. Hopefully my description isn’t fully confusing.

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esong812Contributor I
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Moved into a house with built in ceiling speakers but no idea where to start

Hi everyone, I just moved into a house that was built in 2017 and comes with three pairs of built-in ceiling speakers. One pair is in the living room, another pair in the covered patio and the last pair in the master bedroom. I am completely new to all of this so pardon my ignorance but what do I need to get started? I'm interested in having a home theater system in the living room connected to my tv and also play music (but not necessarily at the same time). From my reading, it sounds like I may need: Sonos Amp to connect to my built-in ceiling speakers, alexa echo, along with audio cables for just regular music in the living room, patio and bedroom Sonos 5.1 set up (playbase, sonos 1 speakers and woofer) for my TV Obviously this is going to get very spendy so I'm looking to see if there is any way to consolidate this? Thanks so much!

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melvimbe
4 years ago
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padmosjeroenContributor I
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tax

i want to order a sub with the discont, so the sub is 599 dollar. Do i have to pay tax when i order it? I live in the Netherlands

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ppywongContributor I
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Advice on new Sonos setup

Hi all I'm considering investing in a Sonos system, but have a few question before I invest in the bucks. 1. I have an Xbox One X (4K), Apple TV (4K) and Nintendo Switch (and maybe a Wii U as well). All HDMI connections. I'm using a receiver at the moment to accommodate the number of inputs. The receiver isn't 'Works with Songs' compatible. If I plan to buy a Beam, what's the best way to connect? HDMI splitter? It needs to feed through 4K and 3D. 2. I would then like to get some satellite speakers. Is there any difference with Play One and Play:1, apart from Alexa/Google Assistant? Is it worth getting two Play:5 (space isn't huge). 3. What's the 'fill' in a room from a Play:1 or One? Do I 'need' to get two for a standard sized bedroom? Or perhaps even a Play:5 4. Similar question... If I have an open planned kitchen/living room in an apartment area, do I need another speaker, say a Play:5 in somewhere to fill the open space? Or Can I use the surround theatre setup (as above) to

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AjTrek1
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guitardooodContributor I
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outdoor tv to sonos

Hi everyone, we have newly installed outdoor speakers (with a Sonos amp and 4 Martin Logan speakers-2 rear with subwoofer and 2 front ) . We also have an outdoor tv (cosmos) that we would like to connect to the speakers. Our installers have put another Sonos connect to the back of the tv in a socket box (which is now sideways on the tv stand). It doesn’t seem right. What is the best way to connect the sound from the outdoor tv to the Sonos system? I believe we also have an additional Sonos connect for the front speakers and a Sonos amp for the rear speakers and subwoofer. And currently another Sonos connect for the outdoor tv, which is outside in a socketbox, sideways. It just seems really odd. Please help. I would ideally like to switch from tv audio to music easily and have the tv audio automatically switch on to the speakers when we turn on the tv. Currently we have to pick “line in” for the Sonos speakers, not like we do in our other tv inside with a Sonos Playbar. Can we no

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Spo77Contributor I
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cd player

Hello, I have a set of Play 1s and I intend to add a subwoofer. I have some cds that I cannot get on Apple Music that I would like to play. Is the Sonos Connect the only way to connect a CD player?

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4 years ago
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br1juContributor II
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Can I use a Sonos beam for surround sound

Currently I have a Playbar, sub, 2 play 1s in the room. I really don’t have anywhere to put the play 1’s except for a stand behind the couch which would not be ideal with 3 kids running around all the time. I thought about hanging them in the wall but it would look odd with the way the house is built. Then I thought about buying a Sonos beam and hanging it right behind the couch above an entryway which would look more aesthetically pleasing to the eye. So it brings me to my question. Would it be as effective as having 2 1’s behind me? If not, I’m open to any other advice as long as the setup would look clean.[img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/sonos-en/attachment/61acd078-7080-4bc2-a4e8-fc1e028ab449.jpg[/img][img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/sonos-en/attachment/8cd5d3e4-11f7-4f94-9b70-560e179ead45.jpg[/img][img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/sonos-en/attachment/e2f7726f-0a23-4648-bdbf-1c3dc15bcb83.jpg[/img]

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4 years ago
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Bill zoneplayerAvid Contributor I
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Third party amplifier to pair with SONOS:Connect ?

Hey Guys, I have SONOS:Connects and a bunch of unused in-ceiling speakers. What I really need is SONOS:AMPS. Obviously I can sell one and buy the other but I will take a big loss selling used and buying new. Is there a small third party AMP out there that when paired with a non-amp CONNECT matches or exceeds quality of the standalone SONOS:AMP? Of course price is the big factor... if too expensive I will just buy the powered SONOS box. Not looking for any features but the ability to power the speakers at same quality. I'm hoping you guys have talked about this one before and can shortcut me to a product or tell me this is a dumb question. I'd like to avoid spending the morning reading about cheap amps. =)

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poppenschmaltzContributor I
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Using an HDMI audio splitter with projector and SONOS speakers

Hello, We currently have 4 Sonos Play:1s, including a pair in a L/R configuration in our living room. We have an Epson 710HD projector that I've been considering using in a home theater setup. I plan on hooking up a Roku device and Steam Link to the projector via HDMI. What I was originally planning on was getting a Play:5 since it has the line input and I was thinking I could go projector RCA out to 3.5 line input on the Play:5. In this scenario, my home theater sound would be 2x Play:1s and the Play:5. But then I realized that the projector doesn't have an audio output! To get around this, I'm considering getting an HDMI Audio Extractor Splitter so the configuration would look like this: [img]59351e7b-38e6-4f40-b407-b9e3257665dc.jpg[/img] I considered replacing the Play:5 with a Sonos Playbar but the cost of the Playbar and Subwoofer together is prohibitive. Plus, we're more of a music house than a video house so the music will be listened to much more than the

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4 years ago
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foxleybobAvid Contributor I
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Sonos V Bluesound?

Why should I get Sonos over Bluesound? Never heard of them before now whilst searching the web.

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chicks
4 years ago
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sskassamContributor II
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Open concept living room.. need some advice

My wife and I just closed on my new home, and getting very excited to make our personal tweaks. Well I'm in charge of the living room AV setup, and could use some advice. The attached image shows a side view of my living room and where there are existing mounts. The angle of the picture may not show it, but the front and rear mounts are evenly spaced at roughly the same height. Note that I'm doing some minor renovation in the house and also have an electrician on hand (to install light fixtures, Tesla garage charger, and wire my alarm system), so the speaker wire vs A/C power conversation is not an issue. I posted this same question on Reddit and got a ton of flack from "enthusiasts" making some borderline laughable suggestions of: "insert a new ceiling into your open living room" or "install wall dampening panels"... um no. This is a living room, not a dedicated theater room! Having said that, I'm thinking about installing a center channel bracket under the TV mount and putting in

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lewisc
4 years ago
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jrhopf17Contributor I
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New Room Setup

I have three play1 speakers throughout the house and hard wired speakers in the ceiling of the living room that I’d like to use for sonos and tv. Will an Amp work for that? Also, besides the two ceiling speakers the only other sound for tv comes out of the tv speaker itself. I would like to add a playbar or playbase and possibly a sub but would like some insight as to which hardware to purchase. Any help you can provide is much appreciated!

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ploppyAvid Contributor I
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Adding Newer Speaker To Enable Airplay 2

Briefly: Already have Living Room: 2 x Play:3s in stereo (hardwired, and closest, to my router) Kitchen: Play:1 Main Bedroom: Play:1 Living Room and Kitchen are grouped. I've been thinking for a while that it would be really nice to play music from YouTube on my iPhone or MacBook Pro to my Sonos system. My current setup is too old to support this but my understanding is that I can achieve it as long as I add one of the newer speakers e.g. Sonos One. And Father's Day's coming up so it would be a shame not to! I'd realistically only want to play YT to the Living Room + Kitchen group. Firstly, am I correct? Secondly, where would you recommend putting the new speaker? I obviously don't want it as part of the stereo pair for aesthetic reasons (the Play:3s are on stands). I could add it to the Living Room somewhere else but it's a very small room so 3 speakers is probably overkill. Or would I be better relocating the Play:1 in the Kitchen somewhere else e.g. upstairs, an

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4 years ago
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Which Magazine gives Sonos Beam only 49% in a scathing review

Which? Magazine adds the Sonos Beam the the smart speaker 'Dont Buy' list together with the Sonos ONE (Gen 2) [url=https://en.community.sonos.com/what-to-get-228989/which-magazine-review-of-sonos-one-gen-2-damming-review-by-which-magazine-of-the-latest-sonos-one-6826727]Read the Sonos ONE (Gen 2) review here[/url].- sorry this has already been deleted by the Sonos moderators - surprise surprise [b]Note to Sonos Moderators[/b]: Please publish this post-its a genuine review of your product and I think potential Sonos customers have the right to make an informed decision. Please note that this review is only the personal opinion of the Which? panel and not necessarily the opinion of the many satisfied Sonos customers out there of which I am one.. This is a direct copy of the review and hasn't been altered in any way by me. This information is for Which? members only but I thought it should be made more accessible so customers can make a more informed decision before buying. Read on..

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steinmanadamContributor I
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outdoor speakers

Do I need Sonos amp for Sonos outdoor speakers? If so, why?

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Chris
4 years ago
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kootiekatContributor I
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Will TV/ Beam work w/ Non-BT Headphones

Newbie here and new to Sonos products. We moved recently and both home audio and TV setup now different requirements. Looking at whole home audio vs. old-school hardwired speakers in the ceiling, so hairsplitting over Play1 or One. Meantime, for TV setup, at minimum, like to have a Beam, w/ wired headphones, get 2 Play1 or One for rear speakers, no subwoofer needed. Will probably forgo cable/satellite as we don't use many channels. OTA and Firestick4K. Occasional BluRay. Haven't used "Alexa" yet, but like to incorporate at some point. (See SNL's skit "Alexa for Seniors" that's where we are....) Have read the multi-page posts that seems to focus on Beam and BT headphones while using TV sound are not compatible. Wondering if any users have tried a non-BT headphone w/ Beam in use simultaneously? or wired headphones alone when no soundbar/rear speakers desirable? If so, what worked for you? TV is Samsung 4k Smart 2016. Absolutely Must use Headphones. No choices he

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4 years ago
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NivanContributor I
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sonos set

What would you buy first? the sonos beam with subwoofer or the sonos playbar with 2 play one?

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Ken_Griffiths
4 years ago
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