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RDTitus
Contributor I
February 8, 2019

SONOS AMP - which surrounds?

  • February 8, 2019
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hello I'm about to purchase a SONOS AMP - I'm using it to connect my B&W speakers, subwoofer and turntable to my Sonos system. i'll be using it with both Airplay 2 and the Sonos App.

My question is - Which surround speakers should I buy? Sonos play:1 or Sonos one? I believe the former will work as a surround group using Airplay for music? what about Spotify Connect?

documentation is slightly spotty here.
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Samac
Lyricist I
February 17, 2019
Great information, pwt. I really appreciate you taking them time. I am very excited about the possibilities.

Cheers,

Scott
Samac
Lyricist I
February 17, 2019
This is an excellent community, Sonos. As I continued to explored the forum I found the Sonos Amp post under
announcements and it answered all my questions. I'll believe I'll soon try an Amp, Play:1 or Play:5 for surrounds and a Sub with my current L+R front speakers in a 4.1 configuration. We've watched movies now for years with a stereo set-up and the phantom center created has been very satisfying. So I don't believe we will miss a center channel.

I'm also leaning towards the Play:5s for surrounds. I would like to try them as a stereo pair with the Sub and see if they might be preferred to my passive front speakers. If so I may just end up with all Play:5s in a 4.1 set-up. Interesting and fun times ahead, indeed.:)

Cheers,

Scott
RDTitusAuthor
Contributor I
February 25, 2019
So I took the plunge and got the AMP - it sounds fantastic. I haven't made a surround decision as I'm debating the same thing as Sam. Play One, play:1 or Play:5 v2 - I have a rather large living room with an odd shape so this is a difficult decision...

Any more feedback?

Thanks for the quick reply, pwt. I'm sure you're right about the P:1s. We have such a large open area (W28'xL26'xH12') I was worried that the P:1s might get "lost" if we wanted to use them at times for full music playback.

So, if I add P:1s or P:5s as surrounds I won't be able to use TruePlay? Should I be concerned about this? Thanks for your help. It's great getting advice from veteran users.

Cheers,

Scott
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