Hooking up to AVR - Sonos Port vs. Apple TV

[gadgetfreak98]

Hi. I saw the announcement today regarding Sonos' release of the Port product to replace the old Connect. The primary appeal of this is that it now has Airplay 2. I had tried a Connect pre-Airplay 2 and ended up returning it as it had synchronization issues with other Sonos speakers.

Since that time, with the release of Airplay 2, I think I may now have the same capabilities -- e.g., ability to stream music to my home receiver via Airplay 2 -- just via my AppleTV 4K. However, I don't believe I have an HDMI-CEC capable receiver, so I think I also need to manually turn on the receiver.

The Port has a 12V trigger connection, which seemingly overcomes that. But beyond that, is there something more the Port would offer me? Thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[waw74]

once nice thing, if you have other Sonos speakers without airplay, You can group the non-airplay speakers with the port, and airplay from your phone to the entire house using the Port as a "bridge" of sorts.