![]() ![]() Probably the easiest option is using a pair of Sonos speakers like the One as your rear surround speakers they'll hook wirelessly up to the Amp to provide ambient sound. Finally, the Amp also supports surround sound in a variety of ways. It also includes a subwoofer port and can wirelessly pair with Sonos' own Sub. The audio signal automatically gets mixed for two channels, presuming that you're running stereo speakers from the Amp. So, like the Beam soundbar, the new Amp has an HDMI ARC (audio return channel) port, which makes TV setup quite simple, provided you have a relatively modern set. "I was honestly ashamed that our integrator partners were putting their name and reputation on the line with this experience," he said, "and that Sonos was putting our own name and reputation on the line as well."īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. The Connect Amp and its predecessors had been built specifically with music in mind, but the Amp's product manager Benji Rappoport said the company had seen setups where customers basically hacked together Connect support for it, even though there were problems getting audio and video to stay in sync. Perhaps more noteworthy is that the Sonos Amp has been designed to work well for home theater audio as well as music playback. That's good news for anyone who wants to hook up larger and more power-hungry speakers to the Amp. First and foremost, Sonos has more-than doubled its power output: While the Connect could output 55 watts per channel, the new Amp pushes that up to 125 watts. While the new Amp isn't wildly different in features than the product it replaces, Sonos made a number of key improvements. And you can have multiple Amps that can all talk to each other, as well. ![]() It also has line-in for CD players, turntables or other audio devices once they're hooked up, you can stream that audio to other Sonos speakers. ![]() If you have any existing Sonos speakers, you can group them with speakers connected to the Amp. At a high level, the box connects up to four speakers to the Sonos platform, which means you can stream music and other audio from over 100 services to those speakers. The new, $599 Sonos Amp is a major upgrade to the old Connect Amp. Sonos released an updated version, renamed the Connect Amp, shortly after, but since then the company has focused more on making its own speakers and hasn't updated the Connect Amp in years. The company started in 2005 with the ZP100, a product that let buyers connect their speakers to the internet for streaming music, and pair units for multi-room audio. I wouldn’t worry about this until I had $1000+ speakers connected to an Amp, or maybe Sonos Fives.Over the last decade, Sonos has slowly built up a reputation for making excellent speakers built for the age of streaming music. ![]() Others will disagree, but if you look at the scientific evidence it’s hard to say that the different audio quality between Spotify, Apple, and Tidal is perceivable by human ears. The quality of the digital signal going into any Sonos device is dependent on the music service you’re using. I have good speakers that sounded good with my previous receiver, but they sound even better with the Amp. But sticking some F1 slicks on a Chevy Aveo won’t make it fast, the other parts matter too. If you told me you’re building a race car, I’d tell you the tires are the most important thing. The speakers are the most important thing in such a system, but that doesn’t mean that the Amp is unimportant. If you got a Sonos Amp, you would need to purchase a pair of third-party passive speakers (that don’t have their own amplifier built in as, say a Sonos One does). ![]()
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