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Originally Posted by glennQNYC
This partnership between Sonance and SONOS is more of a marketing move than anything with a significant technical benefit. The SONOS-branded Sonance speakers are basically just conventional speakers.
While I haven't spoken to any of my friends at Sonance about exactly how deep the tailoring went towards designing these SONOS-orientated speaker products, I don't expect anything earth shattering. I will say, there are some small accommodations that you can do if you know what specific amplifier will be driving the speaker. This is the big advantage of using active monitors, over passive monitors and an external amplifier. Perhaps Sonance made the speaker more sensitive (think: efficient), at the cost of sacrificing power handling you don't need with a SONOS ConnectAmp? ��
For those unaware... Sonance is an absolutely first-rate architectural speaker company. I love how their in-ceiling speakers let the entire midrange and tweeter (not just the tweeter) pivot on an eyeball. I'm a big fan.
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Sonos' amp paired with the Sonance/Sonos specific outdoor or indoor speakers will allow for the Sonos' Trueplay EQ feature to work. That is the primary benefit Sonos is touting. I forget exactly how they do it but there is a detection process so that Sonos can detect these specific speakers as opposed to any other passive speaker which won't allow for Trueplay. Trueplay up until this point was exclusive to Sonos Active speakers only.