Sonos CONNECT:AMP
Sonos CONNECT:AMP
$499.00
Turn your wired speakers into a music streaming system with our high-powered amplifier.
- Stream all the music on earth to your speakers
- Wireless, easy to set up music player
- Play alone, or link to other Sonos music players in your home
- Control everything from your smartphone or tablet
Powerful digital amplifier delivers audiophile-quality sound in any room
- Built-in, powerful digital amplifier
Powers large or small speakers with 55W per channel. - Class-D amplifier
State of the art, great sounding amplifier is small, lightweight and very energy efficient. - Radiant cooling
Operates silently — all you hear is the music, as the amplifier is kept cool by the aluminum casing, not by a noisy fan. - Tone and volume controls adjustable for each room.
Optimize sound performance for each room using room-specific bass, treble, balance, and loudness controls. Adjust volume by individual room or by groups of rooms. - Subwoofer output with automatic crossover
When adding a subwoofer, the CONNECT:AMP automatically adjusts the output to send the low frequencies to the subwoofer and the high frequencies to the speaker.
Access all the music on earth
- Pre-loaded Internet radio stations - free of charge
Get over 100,000 free radio stations, shows, and podcasts -- all for free. And you can tune in without turning on your computer. Browse for stations or type in specific call letters or a radio host you love. - Endless music from the most popular online music services
Sonos works seamlessly with Amazon Music, Deezer, iHeartRadio, JB Hi-Fi NOW, JUKE, Pandora®, Rdio®, Rhapsody®, SiriusXM™, Slacker® Radio, Songza, Spotify®, Stitcher SmartRadio™, Radio by TuneIn, Concert Vault, WiMP, and downloads from any service offering DRM-free tracks. (Service availability varies by region.) - Computer-free music playback
Get instant access to millions of songs and thousands of radio stations — without ripping, downloading or turning on a computer. Sonos connects directly to these services over the Internet and then streams the music to the rooms of your choice. - Play the music on your computer in any room
Play music stored on up to 16 PCs, Macs or NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices on your home network, supporting the most popular audio formats, from iTunes® to MP3. - Stream music from an iPhone®, iPad™ or iPod touch®
Sonos wirelessly plays your iTunes® music, direct from your iPhone®, iPad® or iPod touch®, to any room in your home. - Play music and audio from a CD or MP3 player, TV and more throughout the home
An analog audio input lets you connect to an external audio source (such as a CD or MP3 player, TV, DVD, VCR, or radio) and play that music or audio on all Sonos players in the system.
Control your Sonos music system with your smartphone, tablet and more
- Control all your music and rooms with your Android™ device, iPhone®, iPod touch®, and iPad™
Free Sonos Controller apps for Android, iPhone and iPad let you control your Sonos players, music on the Internet and your computer right from the palm of your hand. Download the apps for free on the iTunes App Store or Google Play™. - Integrated, multi-room control
If you have multiple music players, you can control what music is playing in every room in your house, from anywhere in your house. Sonos Controllers aren’t tied to a specific player, so you can use any Controller to control the music and the volume in all your rooms.
Wireless multi-room music with SonosNet
- Built-in wireless capability
The CONNECT:AMP can go anywhere, delivering music to any room in your house, wirelessly. Music players and controllers work on your home WiFi network, or they can establish their own secure wireless mesh network that delivers the extensive range and superior performance if your home WiFi isn’t reliable enough. - SonosNet wireless mesh network technology
Provides whole-house coverage, ensures synchronous music playback, and avoids sources of wireless interference. Incorporating sophisticated MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) technology, SonosNet uses multiple antennas and radios together to boost signal strength and reach remote locations.- Works with any mix of Sonos components
- Compatible with all previous generations of Sonos players, CONTROL, and BRIDGE
Audio:
- Line-in connections
Auto-detecting analog (RCA) line-in connection. - Amplifier
Class-D. Rated output 110W RMS (2x55W continuous average power into 8 ohms, THD+N<0.02%) with both channels driven, 22Hz-20KHZ-AES17 measurement bandwidth. - Speaker connections
Spring binding posts (in North America the CONNECT:AMP has the combined spring binding post / banana jack connectors). - Subwoofer out
Auto detecting RCA type, 80Hz crossover
Music:
- Audio formats supported
Support for compressed MP3, iTunes Plus, WMA (including purchased Windows Media downloads), AAC (MPEG4), AAC+, Ogg Vorbis, Audible (format 4), Apple Lossless, Flac (lossless) music files, as well as uncompressed WAV and AIFF files. Native support for 44.1kHz sample rates. Additional support for 48kHz, 32kHz, 24kHz, 22kHz, 16kHz, 11kHz, and 8kHz sample rates.
Note: Apple "Fairplay", WMA DRM and WMA Lossless formats not currently supported. Previously purchased Apple "Fairplay" DRM-protected songs may be upgraded. - Music services supported
Sonos works seamlessly with most music services, including Pandora, Spotify, Deezer and Soundcloud. For a complete list see http://www.sonos.com/music. - Operating systems (for stored files)
Windows® XP SP3 and higher; Mac running OS X 10.6.8 or greater; NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices supporting CIFS - Internet radio supported
Streaming MP3, WMA - Album art supported
JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF - Apple AirPlay music sources
Connect an Apple AirPlay® music source, such as an Apple AirPort Express® to any Sonos player with line-in. Enjoy songs from your iPhone®, iPad™ or iPod touch® in any or every room of the home.Connect an Apple AirPort Express® to any Sonos player via line-in and stream songs from your iPhone®, iPad™ or iPod touch® all over your home. - Playlists supported
iTunes®, Rhapsody, WinAmp®, Windows Media Player®, and MusicMatch™ (.m3u, .pls, .wpl) - Playback modes
Crossfade, shuffle, repeat
Networking*
- Wireless connectivity
Works on your home WiFi network with any 802.11b/g, 2.4GHz broadcast capable router. Also works on SonosNet, a secure AES encrypted, peer-to-peer wireless mesh network dedicated exclusively for your Sonos system to reduce WiFi interference - Network bridging
2-port switch (10/100Mbps, auto MDI/MDIX) allows Ethernet devices to connect through SonosNet
General:
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
3.50 x 7.28 x 8.15 in. (89 x 185 x 207 mm) - Weight
5.1 lb (2.3 kg) - Power Supply
AC 120/240V, 50-60Hz, auto-switchable - Package contents
Sonos CONNECT:AMP, power cord, flat Ethernet cable, Quickstart Guide - Storage temperature
4°F to 158°F (-20°C to 70°C) - Front panel buttons
Volume and Play/Pause - Front panel lights
Indicate Sonos component status and Mute status - Product finish
Anodized precision machined extrusion aluminum case. Aluminum casing also facilitates passive cooling - Multi-language support
Sonos System Software supports : Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish and Brazilian Portuguese. - Operating temperature
32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C)