Sonos BoostUS1 for Wireless Network (2014)

I have been using a Sonos system consisting of 6 play 1's and a bridge for several years. It has always sounded incredible and performed flawlessly. Several months ago, I agreed to become a beta tester for Sonos in their new Sonos/Alexa integration. Wow, what a mistake! Ever since my first download of beta software, I have experienced a very unstable system which is prone to dropping speakers off the system. For no apparent reason, they may, or may not, rejoin. My awesome system has become an aggravating, difficult to use, frustrating mess! I even went so far as to remove the new software and quit the beta test. That made no difference. So I moved the entire system to a different router with absolutely no performance improvement. I was at the end of my rope, and very unhappy after all the money I have spent on this system. Then, I read that some users, with complaints similar to mine, had solved the negative issues with a Sonia Boost. I figired it was worth one last try to fix my system. The Boost arrived today and I installed it per the instructions. Initially, it seemed to work just great. Then, all of the sudden, it dropped all but one of the speakers, exactly as I have been experiencing for months. I was really unhappy at this point. So I re-joined each speaker a second time. WOW!! Now everything is working perfectly. It has been up for 5 hours without any problem. It's a shame that you have to buy a $100 addition to your system to get it back to where it was for several years, but it works. I am guardedly optimistic that it is fixed and I have my wonderful system back.

Exactly what the doctor ordered! I just started building my SONOS system and in doing my research came across the BOOST and thought I'd give it a try. The set up was simple and took less than 5 minutes and the speaker paired right away with it. I've been using it now for a couple of months and have had no issues at all. I tested it out by moving a speaker as far away as possible in my home (2,500 sq feet) and it never dropped the connection. The music streams without skipping or pausing. We have a lot of connected devices in the home ranging from laptops (3) to iPads (3) iPods (1) and phones (4) when everybody is home so I was worried about a lag on the Wi-Fi with all these devices connected. I have Verizon FIOS at the entry level and am happy to say even with a majority of the devices connected to the home network at one time there has been no issue with streaming music to the speaker. I would highly recommend it. This is an honest and true evaluation as I was not compensated for my review.

I found these instructions from a Sonos user on Sonos Support, followed them, and had a perfect install. You would do well to do the same: "The order in which you replace your wired Bridge with your new Boost is really important. To avoid wiping out all of the work you've done to make your Sonos system uniquely yours, perform the steps below. BTW, the same process works if you're replacing your wired Bridge with another wired Bridge. Some users will end up physically swapping their Bridge out with the Boost in the wrong order, then erroneously setting up their Sonos system once again from scratch - thinking that's what they're supposed to do, performing button presses on their speakers, adding room names back - unaware of the ramifications. Don't do it that way or you'll lose all of your personalized Sonos settings. Gone will be your favorite radio stations, you'll have to add you music subscription information back in from scratch, you'll even have to set up your music library again. In order to maintain your existing room names, music subscriptions, custom radio stations and Sonos favorites, do this: 1) Do Not unplug your Bridge from power or the router just yet. Your Sonos system should be exactly how it normally is, with the Bridge wired to your router. 2) Plug the power into the Boost, give it around 30 seconds to boot up. You'll see the blinking green light on it. This indicates it is a new component that has not yet been added to your Sonos system. Don't wire it to your router yet. Wireless is fine at the moment. 3) Go into the Sonos software and choose the option to add the Boost. On a PC or Mac, it's under Manage > Add a Bridge or Boost. On a iPhone or tablet, it's under Settings > Add a Bridge or Boost. You'll then be presented with the options Wired to Your Router and Use Somewhere Else. Either choice is OK, just don't wire it to your router when prompted to. Sonos will see the button press and add the Boost. The LED on the Boost will stop blinking green and go to solid white when it has been added successfully. 4) Finally, physically swap the Bridge with the Boost. You're done, and your Sonos favorites, subscriptions, etc are still intact. You can always use the Bridge wirelessly as a signal booster for the Sonos components in a different area of your home. Use it to get a signal out to your garage, patio, pool, etc if you ever take a player outside to use for the day. It will be a good way of ensuring you won't get audio interruptions during an outdoor celebration. Just plug it into power on the inside wall that's closest to your outdoor area and you can leave it. Or store it with the power supply and bring it back out if the Boost ever malfunctions. The new Sonos software automatically gives the wired component root bridge status, so the Boost will become the root device in your Sonos system. You might be able to have the Boost wired in when adding it in the Sonos software, but err on the safe side by adding it wirelessly, then doing the swaperoo with the Bridge when complete. " Thanks to the Sonos user who posted this.

It works well enough keeping my Sonos on a strong signal. I do not like that I cannot see it and manage it separately from my router. I have had the error message "unable to connect with google play" while it was playing. So the music just stopped. I don't know that was a wifi, google or Sonos Boost issue though. Updated: 2-16-18 Once I got an ISP provider that had the ability for me to go online and see all that was on my home network and I plugged this directly into the modem itself, I never had another issue. It totally supports and separates your Sonos System from all your other wifi devices which eliminates competing for wifi bandwidth. Once you plug it in to your modem, Sonos components automatically connect to it.

Definitivamente es un equipo opcional y no es necesario para poder configurar tus bocinas sonos, el precio lo considero alto, creo pudiera ser mas económico, sin embargo si tienes varias bocinas por tu casa o inclusive un set surround en tu tv este equipo te permite que se conecten inalambricamente con una conexión mucho mas estable creando una red mesh entre todas tus bocinas lo cual resulta en una conexión solida y ademas aligera la carga de tu router. Funciona tanto para sistemas sonos de primera generación o S1 (reemplazando al antiguo bridge) como también funciona para los equipos de nueva generación, actuales o S2 como los denomina sonos. Yo si noto mucha estabilidad añadiéndolo, con el sonos boost todas mis bocinas siempre aparecen disponibles en spotify asi como en mis dispositivos y nunca tengo problemas de conexión. Lo recomiendo.

My Sonos worked perfectly for years and years, then my original Sonos bridge broke. I decided to configure my Sonos to connect directly to my router or my extender. It worked but I would lose connection every couple days. What a pain. I had to move my speaker to the router, plug it in, configure it again, even though the settings were still right when I opened the configure app. I have a pretty new high end router, so I doubt that was the problem. No other device in my house had any issues. I decided to order this Bridge, the updated version from the one I had before. Plugged in, configured, no issues since. Just get a bridge if you're having problems.

Este Boost Sonos ayuda mucho en hacer una red privada para los equipos que tienen problemas con los Reuters que no tienen mucho alcances a través de las paredes de algunas viviendas y soluciona las interferencias de los equipos conectados a wifi

I like the small footprint of the Boost as well as how easy it was to setup. The best part was that it eliminated the bogging issues I was having when playing music over the Sonos system. Well worth the money for my situation.

Mejora la recepción de las bocinas en general, pero se tiene que tener paciencia y algo de conocimiento de redes, para poder conectar en los canales adecuados y poder evitar conflictos en las frecuencias. Definitivamente no es plug and play, difícilmente funcionará bien a la primera.