Airplay play 1

  • 27 March 2021
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Hello

 

My setup in my livingroom is two play-1 and a playbar which is all connetcted to my tv..

 

I would like to play Music from YouTube via AirPlay directly to this system..  

i know that this is not possible but if I add two one sl as frontspeakers - and then group it all together - will this then work as one unit and play whatever I want to play through AirPlay?

 

thanks

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G
Userlevel 7

AirPlay is not available on Sonos speakers that are set up as surround speakers. But if the One SLs are just acting as a stereo pair, you can group them with any other Sonos product in your system for multi-room playback.

Read more here: https://support.sonos.com/s/article/1230?language=en_US

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
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Okay - but if I add two one sl as frontspeakers..  so the setup would be playbar  -  2xplay1 (surround) in the back and then two One Sl as frontspeakers…   and in one group “livingroom”  - is it not going to play together as i group egen though it’s AirPlay?

G
Userlevel 7

You cannot add any more speakers to your Playbar/Play:1s 5.0 channel setup other than a Sub (or two Subs). If you added a pair of One SLs, they would be a different zone in the same room. You would AirPlay to the pair of One SLs zone and then group them with your Playbar/Play:1s zone.

FYI, in TV Mode you will experience a slight audio delay from the pair of One SLs with this grouped setup.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
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Okay thank you.. a sub is on the way…🙂

 

i thought it was possibly to group 2 front speakers, two rear speakers with the playbar for a “real” surround experience… 🤷‍♂️

 

 

G
Userlevel 7

The Playbar already includes the front left and front right channels of a 5.1 setup, so adding two more front speakers would be redundant.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
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That explains it..  thank you for the fast and precise answer..

 

mayby the solution is to convince my wife to replace the play 1’s with two new ones :-)

 

thanks

G
Userlevel 7

The Ones won’t sound any different than the Play:1s. The difference is mainly cosmetic.

And remember... AirPlay is not available on Sonos speakers that are set up as surround speakers.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
Airgetlam

However, you could get a Sonos One, set it up as a separate room, and use that as an AirPlay 2 target. That speaker/room could be grouped with any of the rest of your Sonos rooms, and they could all play that AirPlay 2 signal. 

Bruce
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