Hi Peter, I bought a Sonos Port recently and i have Beolab 5 too. Can you pls explain to me how did you connect Sonos Port and Beolab 5. I am a beginner and appreciate your explanation in details. 

Thanks
Tom

Hi Tom, 

I have experimented with two set ups:

1. Sonos Port to Beolab through digital out (Port) and digital in (Beolab 5). Added a sync cable so the volume of the Beolabs sync with one another if you use a Beoremote to control the volume. I did not use this because I set the volume in the Sonos app to variable so I could keep the volume of the Beolabs the same. This worked fine but I had to switch on and off the Beolabs with the beoremote (jn my case the Beoremote one). You have to set the Beolabs to Option 1 or 4 if I remember correctly. You have to do that with the Beoremote. (with the Beoremote one I struggled, the old one is easier). Happy to give a step by step guide if you struggle as well. 

Downside of this option is that when you start music on your Sonos app and the speakers are not switched on already you have to switch them on with the remote. or you leave them on all day. or you switch them on in the morning and switch them off at night. None of this was ideal for different reasons (energy usage, longevity of the speakers and my family did not get the sequence of first using the remote control and then the app). Another downside I found is that the loudness function in the Sonos app is quite bad compared to the B&O one. I do not like the frequency curve (bumps in mid bass) and it does not respond to volume changes either.

2. My current set up is using the analog line out of the Sonos Port and use the line in of my Beosound Moment. I have set the volume control in the Sonos app to fixed. No digital connection, but I am too old (> 25) to hear the difference anyway and 99% proces of the people do not hear difference anyway regardless of age. Now regardless of the source (Beosound Moment, Sonos, Airplay) music starts to play. I control the volume with the Moment (or the B&O app, but the latter is not great / not user friendly. Works perfect for for me and my family. Loudness function in the Moment is very good. 

Hope this helps!

Let me know if you have follow up questions. 

Peter

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Peter

Really appreciate your kind and clear explanation !!  Very easy to understanding !
I would like to try first set up first since i have no Beosound moment.

Will try to get all necessary cables and try it out.

Regards
Tom

Hi Peter, ist the Moment than connected via Powerlink to the BL5? If yes, try to connect the digital output of the Sonos to the BL5. If the moment fires up the BL5 and Han you start to play music usually the BL5 gives priority to the digital input. In the past you needed a CD Player to help the BL5 to listen to the digital input.

I figured out that setup when a had a BS9000 in my office and the BL5 connected to a BS3 in the media room with a Sonos Connect. Today I have a Core with BL5 with no Masterlink anymore in the network, the BL5 also gives priority to the digital signal.

An other option to switch on the BL5 is to use the adapter from Almando, that works as well but comes with a 300 Euro price... 

yes correct that is indeed possible i forgot about that; i would however not benefit from B&O’s loudness; but maybe for others that do not use loudness or think the sonos loudness is fine this is the. best set up.

The Almando could also be an option indeed or Steve’s forthcoming (?) switch cable