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“Works with Sonos” receiver recommendations

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For many different reasons, it seems that I will be needing a 3rd party receiver to drive my living room speakers.

Although I have been eyeing the Sonos Amp for some time, it just doesn’t seem to be the right fit for me.

I will be running a setup with 4 in ceiling speakers. Likely 8 inches with pivoting tweeters from Klipsch, B&W or B&O. Could be Klipsch Reference-series or the B&W CCM683.

I have a Sonos Sub but it will likely be too small for my living room area so I will likely be getting a 10-12inch 3rd party sub as well.

That means a 4.1 system (with a phantom center making it 5.1).

I would like to keep the possibility open for adding two front speakers (floor-standing) to step up to Atmos at some point using two of the in-ceilings for height and the other two as rears.

Any good recommendations for a good 3rd party receiver which “Works with Sonos?

Would also like some input on how well it works - does the receiver switch on, switch input and adjust volume via the Sonos app as expected?

I will of course be getting a Port or second generation Connect to hook up to the receiver.

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amunAnswer

Actually just looked into the 696 and Alexa was added with a subsequent firmware-update. Looks ike a great allrounder so definitely at the top of my list. Thank you for heading me in that direction!

That’s great - the original manual said nothing of this, but they do have the odd update :-)

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radyohead

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@melvimbe yes, but I would lose the 5.1 surround dimension if I go that way, isn't it?

I think I am ok purchasing a new AV receiver, I just want to make sure that I pick one that will let me switch the input and control the volume from the Sonos app (I would like to avoid having to manually switch inputs on the Receiver first before I can listen to Sonos content). Likewise, that's why I don't think I will use Zone 2 on the receiver to control the outside speakers.

Seem like only the Onkyo and Pioneer "works with sonos” receiver models can do that, isn’t it?

radyohead

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Actually the question might be which one isn't out of stock right now… looks like there is a shortage and they aren't available anywhere at the moment.

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frogbot

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It appears that Onkyo, Integra & Pioneer are now distributed by Klipsch in the U.S. Probably explain why you can’t find them in stock. Puts a damper on the ‘Works with Sonos’ feature as these were the only receivers with that. Maybe when Klipsch gets the supply chain figured out, we will start seeing options again.

Anyone have more specific Sonos experiences with receivers that do NOT have ‘Works with Sonos’ function?

Here’s the press release from July of 2020...

https://www.klipsch.com/news/klipsch-and-onkyo-corporation-to-expand-distribution-alliance-to-the-americas

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