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Contributor I
Aug 26, 2018 8:47 PM UTC

Sharing a Sub - two rooms

Please flesh out the options to share a sub between two 'rooms'. I'm in the same boat as many users here and would like to share a sub, in my case, a large living room, playing music on two Play:5's as a stereo set, and a 5.1 surround with a Playbar and two play ones. The only option to share a sub between the setups is to 'unbond' the speakers, but then you lose the TruPlay saved settings and to recalibrate each time is not practical. Having the option to save the TruPlay profiles created would be amazing. I'm also taking advantage of AirPlay 2 for music which is not supported with a surround setup, hence why I have a second set just for music in the same room. Sharing a sub between two 'rooms' is perhaps an option for a future software update?
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Lyricist I
Jun 15, 2020 4:50 AM UTC

Any update on these requests? Bonding and grouping produces different sound quality, so can’t group them.  If scenario of 2 rooms in use that bond and share the sub, just disable it on the second connection that start up?

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Contributor I
Jun 20, 2020 9:49 AM UTC

I have the same issue. Sub bonded with playbase and to play 1s for 5:1 tv sound, but also want to bind the sub to two 5s in the same room for music. Any update Sonos?

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Prodigy I
Jun 29, 2020 5:33 PM UTC

Count me in for this enhancement as well!! I would love to be able to use the Sub as part of my Arc set up when in home theater mode, and then use the same Sub with my Fives when listening to music.

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Lyricist II
Sep 12, 2020 2:00 PM UTC

+1 for the ability to easily move a Sub between two “rooms” within the same physical space - without having to recalibrate, etc. 

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Lyricist I
Sep 19, 2020 5:42 AM UTC

Hello Sonos???

 

+1 for the ability

 I belive it will be an easy fix........if they would like to do it...

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Airgetlam
Sep 19, 2020 3:24 PM UTC

Probably not an ‘easy fix’, otherwise they’d likely have already done it. 

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Bruce
Contributor I
Nov 27, 2020 10:38 AM UTC

Sonos guys, abotber vote-hard for sharing sub between rooms. 

music setup and home entertainment in my living room:

mysic is 2 fives + sub

home entertainment is arc + 2 one 

and it sucks so much that i even have to consider buying a second sub for the same living room because the existing sub can’t serve both setups :((( 

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controlav
Lead Maestro
Nov 27, 2020 2:02 PM UTC

 I belive it will be an easy fix........

Says everyone who has never written any Sonos code.

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Lyricist I
Nov 28, 2020 4:48 PM UTC

This would be so good. Waiting for it to be confirmed before we buy more kit for our lounge and garden.

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