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A Beam, A Five, and Mini Sub - multiple living room setups... how???

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Hi All, 

In my living room I have a Beam, a Mini Sub, and a Five. 

Here are my dreams… 
1. Have the Beam and the Mini Sub for watching TV / movies. 

2.Be able to swap to the Five and Mini Sub when listening to just music / records. I want better quality audio than a sound bar can offer for music listening, plus my record player is on the other side of the room and want a speaker near that. 

 

3. Being able to go all out and have the 3 speakers play. 

 

The issue I am running into is I cannot get the Five to join the others in one room on the app or I can only connect the Mini Sub to either the Beam or the Five.

 

Is what I am dreaming possible?

Does the Port solve any of this?

Would a pair of Era 100’s and 300’s plus the Five make this possible and just ditch the sound bar?

Ditch the single Five and go with a pair of 300’s or 100’s and keep the beam? But then theres the problem of turntable connectivity and the Port is pricey...

Can I make a group with all the speakers and just mute the beam? 

Bonus question… if I have the Five, the Beam, and the Mini Sub in a group, and I play a turntable through the 5’s hard input, will it stream to the Sub and Beam? I’m guessing no and I’m probably gonna have to buy the Port… 

 

Thank you 

 

 

Best answer by eliooooooo

I talked to a Sonos Customer Rep and think I figured it out. 

Since the Mini Sub can only be bonded to one speaker, I would just need to play everything through all 3 speakers. Not ideal as I would want to have just the Five and the Mini Sub, but not the worst either as I would be getting the added sound of the Beam. 
If I really wanted to oust the Beam then I could just go through the process moving the Mini Sub. 

I could just go with a Beam, 2x Era 100’s, and the Mini Sub, however, the issue is I dont want to have 2 speaker stands for the Eras, so I think I just got to suck it up. Then I also save the expense of buying the Port.

I guess the remaining battle is the quality of the Five, and space saving of the Era stands and price of the Port vs a Beam, Mini Sub, 2x Era 100s, and a Port. 

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  • nik9669a
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  • March 25, 2025

The Sub can only be bonded to one speaker (or speaker set), so in your setup it’s an either/or choice. But, you can group the two rooms. Or get another Five and set them up as surrounds (which needs two of the same speaker) - or a stereo pair with the existing Five. 

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  • eliooooooo
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nik9669a wrote:

The Sub can only be bonded to one speaker (or speaker set), so in your setup it’s an either/or choice. But, you can group the two rooms. Or get another Five and set them up as surrounds (which needs two of the same speaker) - or a stereo pair with the existing Five. 

So, say I returned the beam. I could do say two Era 100’s as a pair, the Five, and the sub? 

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  • eliooooooo
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  • March 25, 2025

I talked to a Sonos Customer Rep and think I figured it out. 

Since the Mini Sub can only be bonded to one speaker, I would just need to play everything through all 3 speakers. Not ideal as I would want to have just the Five and the Mini Sub, but not the worst either as I would be getting the added sound of the Beam. 
If I really wanted to oust the Beam then I could just go through the process moving the Mini Sub. 

I could just go with a Beam, 2x Era 100’s, and the Mini Sub, however, the issue is I dont want to have 2 speaker stands for the Eras, so I think I just got to suck it up. Then I also save the expense of buying the Port.

I guess the remaining battle is the quality of the Five, and space saving of the Era stands and price of the Port vs a Beam, Mini Sub, 2x Era 100s, and a Port. 

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