New Sonos Connect Amp

Sonos shipped its very first product the zp100 amplifier way back in january 2005 later succeeded by the not radically different zp120 later rebranded as the connect amp the sonos connect amp has been around for over 10 years now so sonos has redesigned the device and added more power in the form of 125 watts per channel up from 55 watts.

New sonos connect amp. They ll be able to buy the 599 sonos amp starting december 1 months before its february. The increased power is a big step up when put against the connect amp. This article will help you connect your sonos system to a new router or to a new wifi network. The new sonos amp is a 125 watt x2 8 ohms class d amplifier that can power two or four passive speakers depending on on the speaker specifications.

If you re a long time customer and user of sonos smart speakers the company announced some potentially bad news back in january. When you launch the new s2 app it will ask if you want to set up a new sonos system or connect to an existing system. Our home has several open areas where i combine two sets of speakers on one sonos connect amp unit and that works fine because my speakers are 8 ohms and the connect amp will work fine with 4 ohms. If there s new chips in the new connect i can repeat the process with the zp80 into the same channels.

With an output of 125 watts per channel an hdmi input to connect your tv apple airplay 2 capability and a striking compact form factor that fits standard av racks the new sonos amp is quite simply our most versatile and most powerful wireless amplifier yet. I am using 5 sonos connect amp units and 2 sonos connect units with an external 12 channel niles amplifier. If sonos connects through your wifi network. As of june 2020 sonos will start classifying some of its older.

I have completed my sonos setup. Just like the sonos beam it s got an hdmi input with full arc support. I ll be able to abc compare output from the connect into the dac on the billie amp from the optical output into an arcam rlink dac and then analogue from the connect direct to the amplifier. The connect amp pushes 55 watts vs the new sonos amp that pushes 125 watts.

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