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ChuckCo
Avid Contributor I
Mar 22, 2019 2:40 PM UTC
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Sonos Sub grouping

I have a Playbar set up in one room and one Play:5 stereo pair set up in a second room. Is it possible to add a Sub to a third room and then group the third room with the first only, with the second only, and with both the first and second?
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    spydrwebb
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    Prodigy I
    Mar 22, 2019 2:45 PM UTC
    My understanding is once the Sub is grouped with a Playbar (for example), you cannot use the Sub in a separate group unless it's first unpaired from the initial and re-paired with the room where you want it.
    Beam, Sub, 2 x P:1 -- 5.1 (video) / 2 x P:3 (music) / 2 x gen1 One (music) ----> ever evolving setup, as they say...
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    ChuckCoAuthor
    Avid Contributor I
    Mar 25, 2019 2:23 PM UTC
    As I understand the Sonos architecture, the 70ms buffer delay is a key design consideration and probably cannot be eliminated. What about an option to add a 70ms delay to TV audio directed to the Soundbar? This option might take the form of (in order of personal preference): 1) a Soundbar setting in the Sonos app, or 2) a "black box" into which the Toslink cable is plugged, or 3) a switch setting on the Soundbar.

    I know this option would put the Soundbar TV audio out of sync with the TV video, just as TV audio now is out of sync with Sonos players connected wirelessly. In my testing the the audio mismatch is pronounced while the video mismatch is barely noticeable, and so I believe this option would be a reasonable compromise.
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