27-Jan-2016, 14:00
I have no experience connecting Sonos to SmartThings (although it seems entirely possible). I do have experience with Phantom, Sonos and TV, though.
The Sonos Connect works well with Phantoms / Dialog. To me, there's no discernible difference in sound quality - and nor should there be, considering it's a digital signal path. I think there's a lot of misconceptions around this - that SQ should somehow be better using Spark, ethernet cables rather than wireless etc. Sonos Connect, however, does not support 16-bit/48 kHz, so if you have source material beyond that, it will make a difference.
It also does not have an optical input for your TV, so you would be forced to use the analog input, which would undoubtedly affect SQ when playing sound from your TV.
Perhaps also have a look at Bluesound Node 2. It supports 24-bit/192kHz, has an optical input and furthermore has an infrared learning capability, making it play nicely with a TV remote. I don't know if it works with SMartThings, though :-)
The Sonos Connect works well with Phantoms / Dialog. To me, there's no discernible difference in sound quality - and nor should there be, considering it's a digital signal path. I think there's a lot of misconceptions around this - that SQ should somehow be better using Spark, ethernet cables rather than wireless etc. Sonos Connect, however, does not support 16-bit/48 kHz, so if you have source material beyond that, it will make a difference.
It also does not have an optical input for your TV, so you would be forced to use the analog input, which would undoubtedly affect SQ when playing sound from your TV.
Perhaps also have a look at Bluesound Node 2. It supports 24-bit/192kHz, has an optical input and furthermore has an infrared learning capability, making it play nicely with a TV remote. I don't know if it works with SMartThings, though :-)
