Single Play:1 and single Sonos One as surrounds?

I am really looking forward to receiving my Sonos One to use in my Master Bathroom so I have someone to talk to while I shower. :)

But I also don't see the point in pairing 2 Sonos Ones in stereo; that makes the Alexa feature redundant in one of the speakers, unless you have a really wide separation.

While I understand the viewpoint, you also have to think about what percentage of those speakers are used as surrounds, versus standalone speakers. Yes, it does seem superfluous to have two paired/bonded Sonos One speakers as surrounds, but if 60, 70, 80% of the sales are for single non-paired, then it makes good sense for them. The pleasant part about it is that they've not said "and the PLAY:1 is no longer going to be sold", so we have the option.

Frankly, for me, the fact that the new Sonos One has the future ability to be an AirPlay 2 device would tempt me to replace a couple of surrounds. I could just use the current PLAY:1s in other locations. Or shoot, the Sonos Ones could be somewhere else. The nice thing is that they're both the same price. So there's no loss, only gain in the whole situation.

Stop being reasonable. We aren’t here to be reasonable. :p

Arguably though I’d disagree. If I were to buy a pair of Sonos Ones I’d be using them in conjunction with a second Play:1 and in a surround configuration. Right now the fact that I can’t do this means I likely won’t be buying them or shifting my current Play:1s else where and instead will just buy more Echos. Essentially resulting in lost sales for Sonos but additional sales for amazon.
Also the argument about users having a single Sonos One seems superfluous here, since we are talking about allowing a Sonos One to work with a Play:1 either in a surround or a paired scenario. The fact that it can work as a stand alone is kind of irrelevant when it seems like an arbitrary limitation that Sonos have inplemented in terms of preventing the Sonos One and a Play:1 being paired.

Sorry about that 🙂

It seems redundant having two Alexa enabled devices in a stereo pair or surround configuration

For what it's worth, I expect all new releases will include this tech. It's more awkward now because there's only one "Sonos One".

And, as I've suggested before, using Sonos Ones as surrounds may not be the primary intention of them. It's entirely possible that there are many more PLAY:1s in use as individual speakers then there is as surrounds.

While I understand the viewpoint, you also have to think about what percentage of those speakers are used as surrounds, versus standalone speakers. Yes, it does seem superfluous to have two paired/bonded Sonos One speakers as surrounds, but if 60, 70, 80% of the sales are for single non-paired, then it makes good sense for them. The pleasant part about it is that they've not said "and the PLAY:1 is no longer going to be sold", so we have the option.

Frankly, for me, the fact that the new Sonos One has the future ability to be an AirPlay 2 device would tempt me to replace a couple of surrounds. I could just use the current PLAY:1s in other locations. Or shoot, the Sonos Ones could be somewhere else. The nice thing is that they're both the same price. So there's no loss, only gain in the whole situation.

I think you're missing a huge contingent of PLAY:1 users...those who use them as a stereo pair - not just as surrounds or individual speakers.

I'm one. I don't think I'm missing that contingent at all, just pointing out that there's a possibility that we may be in the minority.

Shoot, I have two pairs as surround speakers, as well as two other pairs as stereo paired speakers.

While i agree that the one and the 1 should have been made compatible, there is an aesthetic question as well and it would look odd having mismatched speakers as pairs

While i agree that the one and the 1 should have been made compatible, there is an aesthetic question as well and it would look odd having mismatched speakers as pairs

Meh. Aesthetics. If you have a Play:1 Tone (the limited availability version that was all black or all white, like the Sonos One will be) you probably couldn't tell the difference if you couldn't see the top where the buttons/touch controls are. Yeah, that's a much smaller group than just Play:1 owners, but if you're willing to live with unusual aesthetics, then Sonos should still allow this to be possible.