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What can work with existing Bose ceiling speakers?
I currently have a 20+ year old system, including 2 Bose Accoustimass 5 speakers wired into the ceiling and subwoofer in one room and a pair of wired speakers in another, with an receiver and CD player. I'd like to wirelessly stream music but don't want to rip out my ceiling speakers, but can upgrade the rest of the system.
I don't know anything about this stuff - is there a set up that can work with the current Bose?
I don't know anything about this stuff - is there a set up that can work with the current Bose?
Best answer by Chris
Easiest thing to do is get a Sonos Connect and hook it to one of the available inputs on the receiver (like Tape / MD). If you don't have another available input (don't know what kind of receiver you have).
Once the Sonos Connect is hooked to the input it really works just like your CD player - but controlling it via all the sources available to you from the Sonos app.
So first thing to wade into Sonos would be get the Connect. www.sonos.com/CONNECT
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Alternate more expensive route - but I like being able to control rooms separate. You can have your existing system as above and working. But then if you want the Accustimass system to be able to play its own separate music at separate volumes you could unhook it from that receiver and hook it to a Connect:Amp (which is a Sonos receiver). That then would give you a second room in your sonos controller that you could then play the same thing to (grouped as before) but be able to change volume independently OR you could actually play completely different music in that room independently. Meaning you don't have to be playing music in one room to play music in the other or play completely different music in both rooms at the same time.
View originalOnce the Sonos Connect is hooked to the input it really works just like your CD player - but controlling it via all the sources available to you from the Sonos app.
So first thing to wade into Sonos would be get the Connect. www.sonos.com/CONNECT
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Alternate more expensive route - but I like being able to control rooms separate. You can have your existing system as above and working. But then if you want the Accustimass system to be able to play its own separate music at separate volumes you could unhook it from that receiver and hook it to a Connect:Amp (which is a Sonos receiver). That then would give you a second room in your sonos controller that you could then play the same thing to (grouped as before) but be able to change volume independently OR you could actually play completely different music in that room independently. Meaning you don't have to be playing music in one room to play music in the other or play completely different music in both rooms at the same time.
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