Best external speakers to use with Sonos Amp?

[Rosscow]

Hi all,

We're pretty embedded in the Sonos way and we like the product.

What are the best external speakers to pair with a Sonos Amp? We have a large garden and I'd like to run some speaker wire and position some permanent external speakers (the Sonos external speakers are a tad pricey!).

Any help greatly received!

Thanks,

Rossco

[JEA1K]

Have a look at Klipsch, Monitor Audio or KEF. Most have fairly large cabinets unless you go for a garden type system ... again, expensive and need to be driven by a more powerful amp and then use a Sonos port to connect to your system.

[Rosscow]

OK, so a normal amp connected to a Sonos Port.

Any cheap amps that would do the job that you could recommend?!

[AndyTR]

White Klipsch CP-6 on offer here, I've been having a look today "https://premiumsound.co.uk/product/speakers/outdoor/klipsch-cp-6-indooroutdoor-pair/".
Edited to add, select white in the drop down!
Would pair with the Sonos Amp fine, speakers are 75W at 8 ohm Sonos Amp is 125W per channel at 8 ohm. The old Sonos amp was a bit limp at 55W pc, but a new one should be more than enough for even the KEF Ventura 6.

Edited by AndyTR on Wednesday 17th March 18:56

[VEX]

We often just pair a sonos amp to 1 or 2 pairs of externals.

But depending on the coverage you need you may want a different approach.

For mid to big areas, you could use an array system with 6 or 8 little satellite speakers and a mushrokm looking sub you bury into the ground. This gives better coverage without needing to over power an area just to hear it further down the garden.

[paralla]

I have a pair of Monitor Audio CL 50's on my roof terrace powered by an old 55 W/Ch at 8 ohms Sonos Connect Amp. It works well and goes easily loud enough for us but the the speakers ask a lot of the amp in terms of power. A newer 125 W/Ch at 8 ohms Sonos Amp would be better in a bigger garden rather than a small terrace. They have been out in the weather for seven years and are not showing any signs of wear or anything yet. I'd probably go up a size to the CL 60's for slightly better low frequency response if I was going to do it again.
https://www.monitoraudio.com/en/product-ranges/cli...

Edited by paralla on Thursday 18th March 11:48

[Rosscow]

Great, thanks guys!

So the Sonos Amp paired with some Monitor Audio Climate 60 speakers sound like just the ticket.

The speaker wire runs are potentially going to be quite long - what wire would people recommend?

[paralla]

The type of wire depends on how it’s going to be installed. Will it be buried or clipped to a fence or wall?

Something around 2.5mm squared will be fine for a long run.