Sonos products have slowly been taking over my house. It all started because they have a good API. I was researching white noise machines for the baby and found them frustratingly expensive and very single-purpose. I realized that, for a little more, we could just get a nice smart speaker and I wondered if any of them had good white noise support. I saw that I could use Home Assistant to trigger a Sonos device to play an arbitrary sound file off my home file server š ...and the rest is history.
The final holdout was our bathroom, where we have very limited surface space. We've been using an Amazon Tap for years to get music in there, but the bluetooth connection has always been a bit shoddy, it's just not that convenient, and the sound quality leaves something to be desired.
I was initially pretty skeptical of this Sanus wall mount for the Sonos One. It only attaches to the Sonos with two metal straps clamped around the body. It had good reviews, though, and seems to be officially endorsed by Sonos, so I ordered one. I hadn't noticed before that the Sonos One actually has a subtle lip around the mesh part. The straps locate pretty strongly against these features on the Sonos and the whole thing actually feels remarkably solid. At least, I gave it a good shake and nothing budged.
I initially thought I could use some generic plastic cord clips to route the power cable along the wall. I have done this with Nest cameras before and it worked nicely. Of course, the Nest cameras use low voltage USB cables for power where the Sonos has a mains power cable. The clips I used for the Nest didn't fit at all and the next size up that I had on hand was really meant for tacking Romex to studs inside a wall and it wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing thing...
It took me a second to realize that this was a great fit for my new 3D printer. I grabbed my calipers and spent a few minutes sketching out the shape of one of these wall clips in Fusion 360, dimensioned to fit tightly around the Sonos cable and slightly angled to (hopefully) hold well with just one nail. I matched the size of some brass picture-hanging nails I had and ended up with something that (I think) looks much better.
It's also more functional, since the tight fit around the cable allows me to tension the cord a bit and keep the runs fairly straight between clips. Being able to print all the clips I needed, to my exact specification, in about an hour, without going to the hardware store during a pandemic, really drove home the value of the 3D printer for me.
And yes, I just realized how dirty my wall is! And that I need to straighten out the screws on that wall plate š