Otherwise, though, the Amp is designed to be more flexible than the Connect:Amp when it comes to powering third-party speakers, most notably in the increase in power from 55W to 125W. If you connect the Amp to a pair of Sonance speakers, you can use the Trueplay feature to tune the sound to your room. These are not Sonos speakers in the usual sense, but passive speakers designed to complement Sonos products in terms of finish and sonic character. Sonos has partnered with Sonance to create the Sonos Architectural by Sonance range of speakers, which includes an in-wall speaker, in-ceiling speaker and an outdoor speaker. The Amp can alternatively be set to output in dual-mono so that it sends the same sound to both speakers, which can be useful if you’re using ceiling or even outdoor speakers with which you’re not intending to create a stereo image. Sonos says that isn't an issue as it creates a phantom centre channel through careful, precise processing. There’s no way to create a 5.1 system, though, as there’s no output for a centre channel. We had everything up and running perfectly in minutes.Īs with the Beam, Playbar and Playbase, two Sonos speakers (such as Ones) can be used as surround channels with the Amp, or you can instead add a second Amp connected to any two extra speakers you like to create a 4.0 system – or even 4.1 if you add a wired subwoofer or the wireless Sonos Sub. That might make it restrictive for serious home cinema users, but for the intended audience it makes for a simple, seamless setup.
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As with the Beam, the Amp is intended for use in simple systems with few video sources, all of which are plugged directly into the TV and have their audio piped back out to the sound system via ARC. That HDMI socket gives the Amp all of the TV-partnering features of the Sonos Beam, including automatic switching to TV audio when required and volume control via your TV’s original remote. But there’s one important addition: an HDMI socket. Quote the above gear and give him the make and model of your TT, let them work out if you need a phono pre-amp or not.Around the back of the Amp you’ll find all of the connections of the Connect:Amp – two pairs of speaker terminals, a subwoofer output, two ethernet sockets, and a stereo analogue input. Why are you trying to waste my time? I've already given you chapter and verse on what you need and what to do.
One of then already is linked, and you know about the other. And no, I'm not going to bloody hyperlink them. I've already listed what what you need besides a phono pre-amp, so what's there to be confused about?
What the records are made out of is vinyl. Someone saying they buy vinyls and play vinyls and have a vinyl player makes them sound like a clueless hipster *****. Look, you haven't bothered to list the make and model of your record player - and it is a record player, not a vinyl player - so I've no idea if you need a phono pre-amp or not. Unlike AV receivers which also do room EQ, and they work with any brand and model of speaker, if you want Truplay to work then you're forced to buy the Sonos in-ceiling speakers. Truplay only works with speakers it already knows. It's standard on a lot of the active speakers, and the Sonos Amp has it too, but.
Where there is a distinct advantage with the Sonos speaker is with the Sonos Truplay app. It is a US firm that has been around far longer than Sonos, and doing multiroom audio product for longer too. The company that makes them is called Sonance.
#SONOS CEILING SPEAKERS DRIVER#
Aside from the pivoting bass driver and the enclosure which removes the need and cost for fire hoods, there's not a lot here that you wouldn't get a a decent 6"-6.5" in-ceiling speaker from Blu-cube for half the price. Personally I think they're also very expensive for what they are. They won't do anything unless powered via an amp. The £600 Sonos speakers alone are useless by themselves. Those that haven't can be used with a standalone pre-amp that does the same job. Fortunately a lot of turntables come with a built-in phono pre-amp for just this purpose. This means that the signal from the turntable must be equalised and boosted before it reaches the Sonos amp. The Sonos amp has a line level input on stereo RCA (phonos) but doesn't have a built-in phono pre-amp. This could be the £700rrp Sonos amp, or any third party amplifier you might already own.
These cables will then be connected to an amplifier of some description. You will need the speakers themselves, then speaker cables running in the ceiling void and down the wall to some accessible point. That's in essence what the £600rrp Sonos speakers are but mounted in the ceiling. Think "bookshelf speakers that need an amplifier".