yet another bloody sonos thread.

[itannum990]

Looking to buy sonos soon. Have a spotify subscription and an av amp (yamaha v675) which is wifi contronable and has extra outputs. Obviously also have phones and a pc etc.
what else do I need if I were to get a pair or two of the sonos 1's or 3's? Are the play 3's worth the premium for use in small rooms?

Edited by itannum990 on Sunday 30th November 13:50

[sparkyhx]

itannum990 said:

Looking to buy sonos soon. Have a spotify subscription and an av amp (yamaha v675) which is wifi contronable and has extra outputs. Obviously also have phones and a pc etc.
what else do I need if I were to get a pair or two of the sonos 1's or 3's? Are the play 3's worth the premium for use in small rooms?

whats the plan with the AV amp? - if you want to use sonos as a source you will need the Connect.

I personally don't rate the 1's or 3's and prefer the 5's. But others disagree -

You need to have one of the units wired to the router (although this may have changed as they were working on a wifi option) - I'm sure someone will say one way or another

[T1berious]

I use 2 sonos connect boxes as sources in 2 AV amps (I had an old one hanging about). just plug in via the optical if you'd rather use your DAC on your amp or use the phono's like a CD player.

You'll be able to access them via the app on your devices.

[itannum990]

Actually thinking of using the sonos's as recievers rather then sources. The av amp would be the source initially?

[nickd01]

itannum990 said:

Actually thinking of using the sonos's as recievers rather then sources. The av amp would be the source initially?

That's not how they work - there's no input on a Sonos (Apart from a Play 5 I think can take a line level input) They're designed to stream the music to your Amp via the Connect or to a Play 1,3 or 5.

[fulgurex]

Not sure that's right. I use the line input on my zp100 to route tv sound to the same speakers. Line in selected on Sonos menu

[ehonda]

fulgurex said:

Not sure that's right. I use the line input on my zp100 to route tv sound to the same speakers. Line in selected on Sonos menu

The connect has a line in, I use it on mine.
http://www.sonos.com/shop/products/connect

eta - you'll need to click on 'view product specifications' to view details.