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pcurley33
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December 15, 2020
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Connecting in-wall subwoofer to Amp

  • December 15, 2020
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I’m looking to add an in wall subwoofer to my sonos home theater system. Currently I have an arc center channel and then 2 sets of architectural in wall speakers running to 2 separate amps for front/back, left/right. I would like to run two subs, one to each amp. Any recommendations on in wall subs to use? As well, what connections work best to get the most sound?

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Best answer by Airgetlam

This won’t work in a home theater setup, if that is your intention. If you set up one of the Sonos Amps as a driver for surround speakers, the subwoofer output is turned off. Equally concerning, the Arc can not be used as only a center speaker, it is always front right, front center, and front left. Sonos does not have any software support for three separate front speakers in a Home Theater. 

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pcurley33Author
Contributor II
December 15, 2020

Added info: I would love to do the JL Audio Fathom® IWS-SYS-208. That being said, will the amp that comes with it connect to my Sonos amp without too much delay? It is as simple as using an RCA Y cable to the input from the single sonos output? 

Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
December 15, 2020

This won’t work in a home theater setup, if that is your intention. If you set up one of the Sonos Amps as a driver for surround speakers, the subwoofer output is turned off. Equally concerning, the Arc can not be used as only a center speaker, it is always front right, front center, and front left. Sonos does not have any software support for three separate front speakers in a Home Theater. 

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