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Sonos Connect: Amp - Wireless Home Audio Amplifier for Streaming Music, Amazon Certified and Works With Alexa

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  • Upgrade your favorite stand alone speakers with amplified streaming music both indoors or outside
  • More sonic punch. Built in amplifier powers large or small speakers. 55 W per channel at 8 Ohms. RCA line in for connecting a range of playback sources. Subwoofer line out
  • Control wired speakers from anywhere in your home with a mobile device such as your smart phone. Connect to patio or poolside speakers for outdoor listening entertainment
  • Wirelessly stream all your favorite music services like Amazon Music, Pandora, Apple Music, and Spotify
  • Connect to any Amazon Echo or Alexa enabled device, then just ask for the music you love
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Any speaker, any room. Indoors and out.

Bookshelf, floor-standing, outdoor, in-ceiling or in-wall. Connect:Amp powers all the speakers you own and love. For non-stop outdoor listening, Connect:Amp works with patio or poolside speakers, too.

A Sonos Original.

Connect:Amp was one of our very first products at Sonos. It was designed for all the audiophiles in the world (like us) who simply loved the audio equipment they already owned. And thanks to our regular, ongoing software updates, Connect:Amp has continued to get better and better over time.

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  • Sonos Connect:AMP
  • Power Cord
  • Flat Ethernet cable
  • 1 RCA stereo audio cable
  • 1 stereo mini to RCA Y-audio cable
  • Sonos Quick Start Guide
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    Product Description

    Product Description

    The Sonos Connect:AMP brings streaming music to your favorite wired bookshelf, floor-standing, outdoor, or in-ceiling speakers. Setup is easy, and you can play music on the connected speakers alone or throughout your house with Sonos speakers in every room. Wirelessly stream your entire music library and favorite online music services, and control it all with a free app on your phone, tablet, or computer.

    Review from Home Theater Magazine

    Review from HomeTheaterMag.com: Sonos

    It's hard to overstate the simplicity of the Sonos system concept. There are three basic Sonos bricks: two audio players (the ZonePlayer 90 and ZonePlayer 120) and one handheld wireless Sonos Controller 100. The Bundle 150 includes one of each. Read the full review at HomeTheaterMag.com.

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    Customer reviews

    3.9 out of 5 stars
    3.9 out of 5
    610 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the performance, ease of setup, sound quality and quality of the electronic device docking station. For example, they mention that it works well, the iPhone interface is simple and that it sounds good. That said, opinions are mixed on value and connectivity.

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    146 customers mention124 positive22 negative

    Customers like the performance of the docking station. They mention that the hardware works well, the results are fantastic, and the Sonos app works well. The app works great on phone or tablet, and provides clear sound. It also works with Pandora, Spotify, Beats, and radio. The speakers work great with the connect:amp, and separation is so very good.

    "...The Sonos app works well; we have over 3,500 songs in our iTunes library (all ripped from CDs) and have created various playlists...." Read more

    "...The app for iOS devices and Android devices works great and gives you complete control over your zones, selecting music sources, volume, and even..." Read more

    "...Internet radio usually works4) You get to choose the speakers and 50W of output power is decent...." Read more

    "...I use a Buffalo LinkStation NAS. It works beautifully. I can access my complete music library using my iPod Touch and stream music from my NAS...." Read more

    138 customers mention130 positive8 negative

    Customers find the electronic device docking station very simple to set up and use. They say it connects to their home network and sets up in minutes. Customers also say the iPhone interface is simple and easy to use. Overall, customers are satisfied with the ease of setup and use of the product.

    "...This wire is made from finely stranded copper, and is easy to work with...." Read more

    "...1 - It is incredibly easy to setup. Like many Apple products, Sonos "just works" straight out of the box...." Read more

    "...The systems are easy to set up and pair with...." Read more

    "...Overall the system was simple to set up and performed flawlessly...." Read more

    123 customers mention114 positive9 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the sound quality of the docking station. They mention that it's the best piece of audio equipment they have bought in years, with sweet music playing through their wonderful old ADS speakers. They also say that the CONNECT:AMP sounds good when those three speakers are working together. Customers also say it'll stream music as well as TV home theater, and that it has tons of music sources to share across zones.

    "...I have found the sound quality very good for the CDs I have ripped using Apple Lossless, and have not had problems with any audio drop out when..." Read more

    "...gives you complete control over your zones, selecting music sources, volume, and even special per-room settings like EQ...." Read more

    "...for if it wasn’t on sale but they I’ve found it to be the best piece of audio equipment I have bought in years...." Read more

    "...-hardware consuming my living room, no wires to trip over and it sounds incredible...." Read more

    68 customers mention63 positive5 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the quality of the docking station. They mention that it is a high quality piece of gear, with a solid build quality and first-class hardware. The speakers and amp are solid, and the product is easy to install and use. The audio quality is great, and true stereo is maintained. Overall, customers are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.

    "...The design is pretty and all of my units have been fairly reliable3) Internet radio usually works..." Read more

    "...A+.Form Factor: the speakers and amp are solid...." Read more

    "...So why 2 stars? Part of what made the Sonos system so good was the evolved, intuitive app that came with it...." Read more

    "...The functionality is simple to use and serves many conveniences." Read more

    33 customers mention29 positive4 negative

    Customers like the music streaming capabilities of the docking station. They mention it has huge music streaming options, makes sense for streaming music, streams different apps and music to different devices, and effortlessly power your speakers. The unit also allows you to listen to most subscription services such as Amazon Music, Spotify, and others. It also has easy volume control and allows you play music from your iPhone seamlessly. Customers also say the amp helps them sync music in various rooms and makes it easier for folks to enjoy different music or talk-radio in different rooms.

    "...works great and gives you complete control over your zones, selecting music sources, volume, and even special per-room settings like EQ...." Read more

    "...Overall, this is really the only option that makes sense for streaming music. It works very well, insanely easy to setup, and looks great...." Read more

    "...The SONOS app is awesome. You can stream different apps and music to different devices. You can group them all together i you want...." Read more

    "...Sounds great.Easy to set up.Easy to use.Gets Radio Stations, Pandora, and streams music from my computer...." Read more

    25 customers mention23 positive2 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the docking station. They mention that it looks good, has no complaints on aesthetics or functionality, and is very cool. The app is beautiful and the results are visually and audibly great. The docking stations is easy to set up and works perfectly. The fan-less design makes it unnoticeable.

    "...The systems are easy to set up and pair with.2) The design is pretty and all of my units have been fairly reliable..." Read more

    "...It works very well, insanely easy to setup, and looks great. Not a complaint to be had." Read more

    "...Good looking, weighty, solid...." Read more

    "...Then behind the tree line to the street and it was still good & crisp...." Read more

    71 customers mention31 positive40 negative

    Customers are mixed about the value of the docking station. Some mention that the use that Sonos has makes it worth the price, while others say that it's a bit pricey and not the cheapest product around.

    "...after a few days with the Sonos Play 3 and Connect Amp, the cost is well worth it. My favorite points so far:..." Read more

    "...Personally, I think the sonos control is overpriced, and you could get a dedicated android phone with no contract for about 1/7th the price...." Read more

    "...Definitely well worth the money." Read more

    "Bought two connect amps...they are expensive but solidly built and set up is a breeze...." Read more

    30 customers mention16 positive14 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the connectivity of the docking station. Some mention that the connect amp is a work horse, easy to install, and has great app control. However, others say that it doesn't connect with all streaming services, and after about a month, they were unable to connect it to their system or play anything through it. They also say that the Connect Amp goes into error mode and stops playing.

    "...The Connect: AMPS are small and very easy to discretely place indoors...." Read more

    "...Not so fast. After receiving the product, it only connects hardwired to the router...." Read more

    "...The device also connects fairly easily to your home network and sets up in minutes...." Read more

    "...It's small :) But packs a punch!Cons1) No AUX cable. SONOS really doesn't want you using anything but their app...." Read more

    Brilliant Whole House Audio System
    5 Stars
    Brilliant Whole House Audio System
    I am using Sonos differently than most people do. I have used five Sonos Connect:Amps to create a whole home audio system using built in ceiling mounted speakers.To start with, about six months ago I installed one Sonos Connect:Amp for my outdoor speakers around our pool, and it has worked very well for us. I have it connected to four outdoor speakers around our pool, the kind that look like rocks.I used 10 gauge outdoor wire to connect the Sonos to the outdoor speakers -- the kind that is used for outdoor lighting and is designed to be buried. This wire is made from finely stranded copper, and is easy to work with. So the Connect:Amp is loaded to 4 ohms (two 8 ohm speakers on each channel), and it works well. More than loud enough for us.This got me thinking that Sonos Connect:Amp units would greatly simplify our whole home audio system. Our home was previously equipped with a very expensive, high-end, whole home audio system that is not user friendly.But the speakers were good quality Boston Acoustics ceiling mounted speakers, all wired back to the equipment in our a/v equipment room at one end of the house.Previously we had to use a control that is installed on the wall in each room that has a set of speakers to select the audio source (CD player with 5 CD tray, ReQuest Audio Server (photos attached), and iPod), change volume, turn on or off, etc, but we had to go to another place to select the music. I would rather be able to control all parts of the system from one place, and our phones, tablets, and computers are the perfect way to do this using the Sonos app. I have attached a photo of that control device -- it is the device with 12 buttons.So now we can play Internet radio or music from our NAS, control the volume, etc., and it is all done from the Sonos app, which can run simultaneously on as many devices as you need. This way we can choose what we want to hear in any room, control the volume, turn the audio on and off, all from any phone or tablet, or my iMac, whatever.Since we have a large library of CDs that I have ripped to iTunes and stored on a Synology NAS, I am ripping that high-end clunky system and replacing it with, to start, 4 Sonos Connect:Amp units, installed in the equipment room where the whole home audio system equipment is presently located, which is where all the wiring from the various speakers around the house terminates.I will probably purchase several more Connect:Amp units to complete our system as we originally had a 12 zone system, although we never used it in some of the rooms it was installed in.This is not a cheap replacement for the old system, but for someone starting out would be much less expensive than installing the typical whole-home audio systems that the professional audio/visual companies charge over 5 figures for. I see large systems using Sonos Connect:Amp units as potentially economically disruptive to the professional whole home audio business.I have found the sound quality very good for the CDs I have ripped using Apple Lossless, and have not had problems with any audio drop out when playing from my NAS. Since all 5 of my Sonos Connect:Amp players are in the a/v equipment room, I have them connected to my network via Ethernet cables. Same with Internet radio, although a few times one of the stations my wife likes to listen to was obviously having problems with their stream.The Sonos app works well; we have over 3,500 songs in our iTunes library (all ripped from CDs) and have created various playlists.Some time ago I merged our two (wife and me) iTunes libraries into one library and using the various sort options in the Sonos Music Library it is easy to find an individual cuts of music if that is what I want to do.Hope this can help anyone considering a whole-home audio systemUpdate July 2, 2015:I have completed my Sonos setup. I am using 5 Sonos Connect:Amp units and 2 Sonos Connect units with an external 12 channel Niles amplifier: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. It did not make sense, for example, to have a separate Connect:Amp in our kitchen and family room, which are a larger open area, because you could not be listening to one song or program in one room and another program in the other room since they were open to each other.And I find the Connect:Amp has plenty of power to drive this arrangement.But I had two areas where I wanted three sets of speakers connected to one Sonos unit, so I am using two Sonos Connect units, each of which feed three stereo channels on a 12 channel Niles power amplifier:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CV01QG4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00The niles amp has individual volume controls for each of its 12 channels, so I am able to fine tune the volume from each speaker.Here is my setup (see photo)Connect #1 - through 3 stereo channels of Niles Amp for two sets of speakers around pool and a set of stereo speakers in our "outdoor entertainment deck"Connect:Amp #1 - guest bedroomConnect:Amp #2 - second guest bedroom (my wife uses this room for her office)Connect:Amp #3 - drives two sets of speakers in kitchen and family room (which is really just one open area)Connect #2 - through 3 stereo channels of Niles Amp for speakers in living room, foyer, and dining room (of which all these rooms are open to each other)Connect:Amp #4 - drives two sets of speakers in master bed room and master bath roomConnect:Amp #5 - my home officeI hope this helps you visualize how you could use Connect and Connect:Amp in a whole home audio setting. From the reviews it appears a lot of people are doing just that.Update February 12, 2016:In order to more effectively control my Sonos system, I have installed 6 wall mounted iPad Minis around the house. I am using the Vidabox wall mount:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XJKF7R4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00My previous whole house audio system used a proprietary control and was connected by cat 5 cables from the control back to the "rack room" where the audio equipment was located, so I was able to re-purpose those cat 5 cables to power the iPads via a POE (power over ethernet) to USB box, also made by VidaMount:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QSMOO10?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00I also use these iPads to control other systems around the house, such as thermostats, my pool and spa, and even my player piano.
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    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2015
    I am using Sonos differently than most people do. I have used five Sonos Connect:Amps to create a whole home audio system using built in ceiling mounted speakers.

    To start with, about six months ago I installed one Sonos Connect:Amp for my outdoor speakers around our pool, and it has worked very well for us. I have it connected to four outdoor speakers around our pool, the kind that look like rocks.

    I used 10 gauge outdoor wire to connect the Sonos to the outdoor speakers -- the kind that is used for outdoor lighting and is designed to be buried. This wire is made from finely stranded copper, and is easy to work with. So the Connect:Amp is loaded to 4 ohms (two 8 ohm speakers on each channel), and it works well. More than loud enough for us.

    This got me thinking that Sonos Connect:Amp units would greatly simplify our whole home audio system. Our home was previously equipped with a very expensive, high-end, whole home audio system that is not user friendly.

    But the speakers were good quality Boston Acoustics ceiling mounted speakers, all wired back to the equipment in our a/v equipment room at one end of the house.

    Previously we had to use a control that is installed on the wall in each room that has a set of speakers to select the audio source (CD player with 5 CD tray, ReQuest Audio Server (photos attached), and iPod), change volume, turn on or off, etc, but we had to go to another place to select the music. I would rather be able to control all parts of the system from one place, and our phones, tablets, and computers are the perfect way to do this using the Sonos app. I have attached a photo of that control device -- it is the device with 12 buttons.

    So now we can play Internet radio or music from our NAS, control the volume, etc., and it is all done from the Sonos app, which can run simultaneously on as many devices as you need. This way we can choose what we want to hear in any room, control the volume, turn the audio on and off, all from any phone or tablet, or my iMac, whatever.

    Since we have a large library of CDs that I have ripped to iTunes and stored on a Synology NAS, I am ripping that high-end clunky system and replacing it with, to start, 4 Sonos Connect:Amp units, installed in the equipment room where the whole home audio system equipment is presently located, which is where all the wiring from the various speakers around the house terminates.

    I will probably purchase several more Connect:Amp units to complete our system as we originally had a 12 zone system, although we never used it in some of the rooms it was installed in.

    This is not a cheap replacement for the old system, but for someone starting out would be much less expensive than installing the typical whole-home audio systems that the professional audio/visual companies charge over 5 figures for. I see large systems using Sonos Connect:Amp units as potentially economically disruptive to the professional whole home audio business.

    I have found the sound quality very good for the CDs I have ripped using Apple Lossless, and have not had problems with any audio drop out when playing from my NAS. Since all 5 of my Sonos Connect:Amp players are in the a/v equipment room, I have them connected to my network via Ethernet cables. Same with Internet radio, although a few times one of the stations my wife likes to listen to was obviously having problems with their stream.

    The Sonos app works well; we have over 3,500 songs in our iTunes library (all ripped from CDs) and have created various playlists.

    Some time ago I merged our two (wife and me) iTunes libraries into one library and using the various sort options in the Sonos Music Library it is easy to find an individual cuts of music if that is what I want to do.

    Hope this can help anyone considering a whole-home audio system

    Update July 2, 2015:

    I have completed my Sonos setup. I am using 5 Sonos Connect:Amp units and 2 Sonos Connect units with an external 12 channel Niles amplifier:

    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. It did not make sense, for example, to have a separate Connect:Amp in our kitchen and family room, which are a larger open area, because you could not be listening to one song or program in one room and another program in the other room since they were open to each other.

    And I find the Connect:Amp has plenty of power to drive this arrangement.

    But I had two areas where I wanted three sets of speakers connected to one Sonos unit, so I am using two Sonos Connect units, each of which feed three stereo channels on a 12 channel Niles power amplifier:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CV01QG4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00

    The niles amp has individual volume controls for each of its 12 channels, so I am able to fine tune the volume from each speaker.

    Here is my setup (see photo)

    Connect #1 - through 3 stereo channels of Niles Amp for two sets of speakers around pool and a set of stereo speakers in our "outdoor entertainment deck"

    Connect:Amp #1 - guest bedroom

    Connect:Amp #2 - second guest bedroom (my wife uses this room for her office)

    Connect:Amp #3 - drives two sets of speakers in kitchen and family room (which is really just one open area)

    Connect #2 - through 3 stereo channels of Niles Amp for speakers in living room, foyer, and dining room (of which all these rooms are open to each other)

    Connect:Amp #4 - drives two sets of speakers in master bed room and master bath room

    Connect:Amp #5 - my home office

    I hope this helps you visualize how you could use Connect and Connect:Amp in a whole home audio setting. From the reviews it appears a lot of people are doing just that.

    Update February 12, 2016:

    In order to more effectively control my Sonos system, I have installed 6 wall mounted iPad Minis around the house. I am using the Vidabox wall mount:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XJKF7R4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

    My previous whole house audio system used a proprietary control and was connected by cat 5 cables from the control back to the "rack room" where the audio equipment was located, so I was able to re-purpose those cat 5 cables to power the iPads via a POE (power over ethernet) to USB box, also made by VidaMount:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QSMOO10?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

    I also use these iPads to control other systems around the house, such as thermostats, my pool and spa, and even my player piano.
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