A:AnswerNo
The Sonos 5.1 system is comprised of active speakers which have amplifiers inside them , presumably perfectly matched to the drivers given the price point.
There is no way to wire one of your existing speakers to the AMP.
A:AnswerYes, I did it with two B&W 805d, on their stands, and while they are fantastic speakers they are only a mid and tweeter with a ducted port. I find the sub assists them nicely.
To be complete I have the B&Ws straddling a 65" TV with a PLAY Bar with its own SUB and two PLAY1 rear/surrounds on stands. The two SUBS are placed just 6" off each end of my 3 unit wide Salamander cabinet which roughly matches the height and depth of the SUB.
For TV the PLAY Bar, SUB left and 2 Play 1 rears work very well together as designed while listening to music the B&W 805d pair with SUB right and it is sublime. I upgraded my original AMP which I had been using to accomplish the same thing. The new Amp is better and obviously louder.
I CANNOT play the B&Ws with my TV setup which I was hoping to be able to do. PLAY Bar CENTER with B&W LEFT & RIGHT and PLAY1 REARs.
Bummer but I am fine with it as is and it looks pretty good.
A:AnswerSonos wireless speakers work independently from the amp. You can have over a dozen wireless speakers in one home. The amp does not determine how many other Sonos products you can have it simply powers the two speakers u connect to it
A:AnswerI have 3 Sonos apps to power 10 Polk Audio in ceiling wired speakers and works great. The amps are needed to power any wired speakers and each one powers 4 speakers. It enables me to play music via Tidal and has a hdmi connect for a tv(planning to test this out once my tv arrives). Also the amps have 2 Ethernet connections to act as a hub, but for me wireless connection is fine. As for the question if you need the amp to power those speakers I’m told you can use a reciever bit need to match the watts and ohms of the speaker. Hope this helps.
A:AnswerOnly if your receiver has pre amp outputs. Then you can run this amp to power you left and right fronts. If you dont have pre amp outs you can't use it. Its really designed for a wireless sonos system. Or just get a more powerful receiver.
A:AnswerHi, and thank you for this question. The Amp has a single analog input on it so one of those sources can be plugged in at a time. Then, you can group your other Sonos speakers at the same time to play your cd, turntable, or streaming service. If using the turntable, or cd payer, select "line in" under the browse menu first.
A:AnswerHi, and thank you very much for your question! When AMP is set to rear, it controls the crossover only for the left and right surround, and deactivates the sub output on the rear AMP, so unfortunately you cannot use the rear AMP with a subwoofer. Also worth noting, the front AMP can only support one subwoofer. In regards to using Fives as rears, you can use the Sonos Fives as rears if our AMP is powering the front B&Ws. However, you can only have one product set up as rears, so you could not have amp as rears and Sonos Fives as rears. It would have to be one or the other.
A:AnswerIn the past I have always used a speaker selector with volume control to achieve this type of multi zone audio, However on the new amp you can parallel 2 pairs with no issues as long as the ohm rating on the speakers is impedance matching with the amp. Still even if you could tie them together it sounds to me like you have landscape and patio zone you'd like to amplify which tells me you won't want all 4 speakers at the same volume at all times. I would use a 2 zone speaker selector with volume control this way the rocks can be a bit louder while you carry on a conversation on the patio. BB has a couple to choose from there is many on amazon that will achieve what you are wanting to do for way less. Hope it all works out!
A:AnswerThe Sonos Amp can power your front left, front right, and your subwoofer. If you want the surrounds to work, you will need to replace them with Sonos speakers (Sonos one SL for example). Then the surrounds can be paired to your front channels on the Sonos Amp.
The Sonos Arc would be used as a replacement for the Sonos Amp and the front speakers. The Arc will not work with a traditional subwoofer. You would need the Sonos wireless subwoofer.
A:AnswerIt depends whether you have an active or passive subwoofer. If it is active (subwoofer has its own dedicated 120V power supply), you can use the sub port on the amp. But if the subwoofer is passive, you will need to use the speaker wire method. I just used this amp to power a passive subwoofer for the backyard because I didn’t want to run dedicated 120V power to the outdoor sub. It worked great. Good power out of this amp for that setup.
A:AnswerYes, the Sonos Amp can be configured as surround sound amplifier in combination with the soundbar and subwoofer. It does support two speakers in parallel per channel.
A:AnswerNot in the same "room". you can wire the passive speakers and the sub, 2 sonos speakers (of the same make) can be connected then for the rear back right/left.
If you wanted to do more (as I did) I set up another room and grouped it with the room that has the amp so i have 4 sonos speakers and 2 passive in one room
A:AnswerI don't know the exact number however it being a class D amp the number is probably in the high range considering what it is tasked to do.
If damping factor is really important to you,you probably will not be happy with the Sonos Amp.
It is great well built great sounding amp but typically someone concerned with damping factors on amps is seeking a more high end listening experience.
Keep in mind the Sonos amps overall function and cost...
I have both generations of Sonos amp that have been paired to a variety of speakers and the Sonos amps drove them all very well even the low efficiency speakers.
BTW, the Sonos is pretty bright sounding out of the box (but easily adjusted down to ones liking) which leads me to assume the damping factor is high.
