I never read anything from Sonos as to what their goal for the Sonos
voice assistant is, but as far as I am concerned it does a very good
job with actual Sonos functionality like grouping and ungrouping
speakers, changing volume and so on and that is fine.
As for picking a speaker in a stereo set I think that is fine and when
I recently did a new setup of a pair of Sonos One speakers which I
moved from one room to another, I was also asked to pick a speaker for
the voice assistant as well as for Alexa. I think it might really be a
better way to go as it might be confusing if both microphones listen
and if the speakers are only 6 or 8 feet apart which is pretty
standard for a stereo pair then it is entirely enough if one speaker
listens.
*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf
Of *Robin Frost
*Sent:* Monday, April 3, 2023 3:06 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: Apple Music Classical
Hi,
I haven't looked to see if it's on Apple TV yet but am now intrigued
so will investigate. I have to agree with sieghard the Hey Sonos voice
assistant is woefully lacking. Alexa seems to be much more responsive
to requests in that regard.
I just got some new era300 speakers and noticed the process of adding
voice assistants differed slightly. It now asks you to decide which
speaker you want to put the assistant onto. What i can't figure out
after searching and reading documentation is if you run the setup
wizard as it were a second time and pick a second speaker in a pair
does it merely move the assistant from the first to the second speaker
or can you have it on both as used to be the case with Sonos Ones?
I know this strays from the original topic and I apologize but if
anyone figures this out I'd love to know.
I'll report back about Apple TV as soon as I discover whether or not
Apple Classical is on there.
Take good care,
Robin
On 4/3/2023 12:44 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
For what exactly do you use Sonos voice control? I found so far
that it does not seem to work very well for asking it to play a
certain song, artist or album. The only think I really use it for
is to group or ungroup speakers because that works beautifully and
also changing volume and play/pause or skip/rewind is fine.
As for requesting a certain song or artist, Alexa seems to work
better. I have Apple Music set up as my default music service in
the Alexa app so that seems to be a better option when it come sto
requesting specific music.
*From:* 'Mervin Keck III' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, April 3, 2023 9:36 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: Apple Music Classical
Yes, the airplay work around does work. Although, I have been
spoiled by the air foil and air. Pollo satellite on the Mac. And
of course the voice control on Sonos. I do not have an Apple TV
but I know someone who does use the AppleTV and Sonos throughout
her home and she is very happy with the results.
On Apr 3, 2023, at 12:23 PM, Sieghard Weitzel
<[email protected]> wrote:
Actually I would consider using Airplay to send Apple Music
Classical to Sonos as a perfectly acceptable solution at least
for now.
Given how many music services Sonos supports and the fact that
an Android version of Apple Music Classical is apparently in
the works, I am pretty sure it is just a matter of time until
it will be available natively from Sonos.
Alternatively, hopefully Apple will also release an Apple
Music Classic app for the Apple TV and if so and if you have a
Sonos surround setup, you could then play it to Sonos from
your Apple TV.
I just read a post on a Sonos Facebook Group that even though
spacial music/Atmos is now supported by the Sonos app, playing
it from the latest version of the Apple TV 4K apparently is a
big difference in terms of audio quality. Therefore I would
imagine that this might be the same with Apple Music Classical
if it were available both on the Apple TV and natively via the
Sonos app.
*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
*On Behalf Of *Tai Tomasi
*Sent:* Monday, April 3, 2023 9:11 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: Apple Music Classical
Are you able to start music from the app and then use airplay
to play it throughout your residence? I know that’s not the
best workaround and you should be able to ask Sonos directly
to play from the app.
Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
Email: [email protected]
Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any
grammatical errors.
On Apr 3, 2023, at 8:07 AM, 'Mervin Keck III' via VIPhone
<[email protected]> wrote:
I am happy with the new classical music app for the most
part. It is very accessible and searching is easy. The
quality is high as you would expect with classical music
for maximum enjoyment. The ability to browse by composer,
genre, or even instrument as well as period made for hours
of fun over the weekend.
There are two small hitches that sort of take the shine
off the Apple. And I’m hoping they eventually correct
this. I did call both Apple and Sonos and speak to them in
this regard.
First, the app is not currently a supported service of the
Sonos system. While Apple music is easily accessed all
over my residence, the Apple Classical music App needs a
workaround to be channeled through the whole house Sonos
system.
Second, while the app is available for the iPhone and iPad
free to anyone who subscribes to Apple Music, Apple has no
plans to put this app in the Mac App Store.
I have an M1 MacBook Pro so had expected to just load it
as I do several iPad apps and use Airfoil as a workaround.
That is a Rogue Amoeba app and works very well with Sonos.
However, so far I have not been able to enjoy the Apple
Classical App through the whole house system. And I am
hoping they correct that with a future update either from
Sonos or from Apple. Because I absolutely love the app.
Merv
On Apr 3, 2023, at 1:46 AM, Sieghard Weitzel
<[email protected]> wrote:
Just curious what some of the classical music fans on
this list have to say about the new app now that it's
been out publically for a week. I remember a few years
ago there was a discussion how bad the regular Apple
Music app is when it comes to the somewhat different
and more complex meta data associated with classical
music and I just read an article which was extremely
positive regarding the new app.
Best regards,
Sieghard
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