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ngakalden
ngakalden
Contributor I
December 15, 2023

Switching between Music and TV seems inconvenient

  • December 15, 2023
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Maybe I’m doing something wrong here but here are the steps I seem to need to go through in order to enjoy a nice TV watching experience and a nice vinyl listening experience. Am I missing anything here or is this the way it is. Right now, it take about 5 minutes of tinkering to switch modes. 

Note that I prefer to listen to music without the Beam, as I like a traditional left/right channel with a sub. 

 

I have 2 100s, a Sub and a Beam. (Upgrades to 500s will come later)

 

Starting in TV mode and wanting to listen to a record:

  1. Remove the Surrounds from the “living room” room. 
  2. Remove the Sub
  3. Move the Sub to one of the 100s
  4. Open the Line-in source and make sure the Music group is selected (this has the two 100s and sub)

If I want to then start watching TV:

  1. Open the Living room
  2. Add the Sub
  3. Add the Surrounds

Any advice or commiseration is appreciated. 

 

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ngakalden
ngakaldenAuthor
Contributor I
December 19, 2023

I think for now I’ll move those 100s to behind me, where they belong, and just play the vinyl in the same configuration as the TV. Later, I’ll update to the 500s and use a separate group for music. 

106rallye
106rallye
December 19, 2023

There are no Sonos Era 500’s (yet). There are 100’s and 300’s.

Stanley_4
Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
December 19, 2023

I’d really lean to getting a pair of Sonos Fives to put in the front of the room for music.

Second choice would be replace the Beam with an Arc and leave the Surrounds set to Ambient or off, whichever sounds better to you.

The Arc/Sub is going to sound pretty good for TV and music but the Fives would likely give you a better stereo image if they and your seating position are properly arranged.

Even if I used 5s, wouldn’t I still have to go through all of those steps I listed to transform listening into Stereo for vinyl? 

 

Missed my point, not putting the Fives into the TV’s Sonos Room but as a different Sonos Room and set as a Stereo-Pair.

You would have to manually move a Sub between the two Sonos Rooms if you had only one and decided the Fives needed it. I’d sure try them without and be really sure I wanted a Sub with them, you could move an existing Sub for testing. Might even consider a mini-Sub for the Fives if you find the full Sub a bit much.

 

My budget dreads the thought, but if Sonos sold a pair of Fives and two mini-Subs that could be set up as one Stereo Sonos Room I’d have to start being extra nice to the decorating committee here. Maybe even the Era 300s but they are a bit ugly to get spousal approval.

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