Wired back haul better?

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Shimmyhill wrote:

Sonos is on channel 1 and has been for 10+ years (wow time flies) and Orbi is on 4 and I don’t think I have any interference issues - I’d rather avoid 11 as loads of neighbours seem to be on that!

 

I hope there isn’t a co flick between Sonos and Orbi as Sonos is staying as one of our fave purchases ever, never had a conflict before so hoping not!

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As long as you only have one wired device you don't have a risk for loops.

Please note the following regrading Sonos:

- Wiring one speaker will make it possible for you to use the Sonosnet (own wifi mesh). 

- You also have the option of having all speakers as wireless if you have good wifi coverage where all speakers are located.

- You get the benifit from Sonosnet only if you don't have good wifi coverage from Orbi and you need the Sonos speakers to provide wifi to each other, please note here that if you use Sonosnet and the speakers wifi ranges are not overlapping then your audio system will not be stable and in this case it's better to use the Orbi wifi instead (all-wireless speakers).

- The speaker's mesh was always better for me, but now since I have excellent wifi coverage with Orbi, it's far more better to use the Orbi Wifi than the speaker's wifi, so I'm connecting all my 10 speakers wirelessly and the audio system is far more stable now than when I used the speakers wifi mesh (when I had wired speakers to enable the speakers' wifi mesh).