Pre sale enquiry

[Tim Edwards]

Hi

I have several sonos speaker equipment all running S2

Stupid question i know but

Do i need any other Sonos kit to connect Brennan B2 to speakers ie port,amp

I have a BT internet hub connection, is the Brennan ok with this internet hub, ie connection issues with the Brennan communicating with the hub

[Davywhizz]

I have BT internet and it's fine. There was a problem a while ago which was to do with devices on  2.4GHz not talking to those on 5GHz on the same router, but that was put right. I'd already connected my B2 by ethernet rather than wait for the fix.

Sorry, can't help much with Sonos, though my B2 worked OK with my Sonos 1 the only time I tried it out and also seemed to recognise another S1 upstairs and our Sonos soundbar.

[fred.w....@gmail.com]

Hi Jed,

No you do not need any other kit to connect your B2 to your Sonos speakers, your BT hub will be fine too.

Fred

[PMB]

Hi jedte...,

You can use B2 with Sonos in one of two ways - 

Send music directly from the B2 to selected Sonos speakers/zones. In this mode the B2 is in control of what's played.

Use the Sonos app to control what's played by adding the contents of the B2 hard drive as a library to the Sonos app.

Paul

Brennan Support.

[Steve Woolaway]

Hi Jedte...., I have BT internet via Smart Hub 2 plus 2 extra discs and it is rock solid stable. I haven't needed to reboot my router once in the over 2 years I've had it, and consequently the IP address assigned to my B2 hasn't changed in all that time, so my 'bookmark' stays current.

 I have 6 x SONOS one SLs with no other kit to connect them and it works brilliantly. I stay well clear of NAS, and I don't bother with setting up zones/groups of the SONOS speakers on the B2, I just leave them as individuals, which can all be playing from different Brennan output if I ever want them too  . To send the same synchronised output to more than one of them I use the SONOS app to add speakers to or remove them from a groups 'in flight'.  

The only thing you need to get used to is that SONOS builds queues to each speaker depending on what you've sent to it. So for example if you have Speakers A and B currently playing synced output and Speaker C playing something different, if you want to add C to the 'group' A/B so it plays the same synced music you need to clear down what is currently in the queue to C. Sounds complicated but brilliantly simple in the SONOS app. 

[PMB]

Hi Steve,

That's good advice, as Sonos tends to want to play everything in it's 'Queue' and with different units, groups or zones the 'Queue can/will be different.

Another thing to note is when playing Internet Radio. In this mode the B2 asks Sonos to play a station and Sonos will continue playing that station even if the B2 is powered off - so remember to stop it before powering down the B2 or use the Sonos app.

Paul

Brennan Support.