Are you people crazy?

Only way to have Sonos and 7.1 is a 7.1 Receiver with a Sonos hooked to it. Never been a Sonos 7.1 or ever even hinted at. (I do hope that changes eventually with the next gen Sonos Connect).

But apart from that how are you enjoying your Sonos system?

:)

It's not too bad - I just get very frustrated with this sort of stuff at times (in case you hadn't noticed)

Yer when i brought my 1st system. Soundbar. 2x play1’s & a sub. I didnt know much about it and was keen to set up a 7.1 system. But after googling it and reading so much on the sonos community from everyone elses experiences. I realized that there is no way to have a 7.1 system.
I have a very large open plan living area & one sub, just dosent cut the mustard. Not enough base for my liking.... so i thought i would add a 2nd sub, until i searched the community again and found out it was no go.
Only last week i purchased 2 play 5’s and another sub that i was planning to set up in my patio room to some vibes when im out working in the yard.
But late last night i decided to experiment and i placed the 5’s & sub in the living room and grouped them all together with the 5.1 system
The outcome that i got was outstanding and I was happy to keep everything & now keep it all in this configeration.
It was as close to a 7.1 system that you could get.

Watching a movie.
All the voice dialogue came out if the soundbar as per normal
The 2 x play 1’s were still the rears as normal
& the 2 play5’s (both are set up as a stereo pair) were playing the background music in a movie and other sounds similar to what you would hear in a 7.1 system.

No voice dialogue came out if them atc all. Which I was expecting them to.
I was shocked with the outcome and believe it or not this new configeration does sound much better then the original 5.1 soundbar setup.
Only negitives is
Everytime you want to use this configuration. You have to group them together each time. But that ok.
But then this morning.
For some reason the original sub that is part of the soundbar group has dissapeared from the settings on the app. I went into the setting to adjust it and only the surrounds were there to adjust.
I had to uninstall it and reinstall it again.
As for music it is the same again. Lots of bass when the two subs are working and the crisp clarity coming from the bar and 1’s & 5’s all blend in together and sounds perfect.
I am happy atm. Just have to figure out why i lost the original sub from grouping the 2 zones together.
I hope this info may help any if ya’s, if you want a better louder sound and to get as close to a 7.1 system as you can get.
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Before I finish up
Im sorry for my previous negitive offencive attituded post. I just had to vent, hoping sonos would read it and take it on board as feedback.
I was feeling very frustrated at the time, as I felt like I had just blown almost 5 grand on a sound system that I cant do anything with.
I guess all we do is wait for sonos to catch up with the times and provide us with some support and options to get our systems set up to the way we all wish to have them.
Just gotta work out my logitech bluetooth receiver now.
Heps of people in the community are writing thst they have successfully connection one to their play5’s.
Mine has connected and when i select it in the app the little balance bars are bouncing up & down on the app like music is playing (this is the exact same with the cd player connected to the 3.5jack on the 5’s) but still no sound.
I originally had my compression set at uncompressed and the system wouldnt even aknowlage that it was connected in the line in on the app.
I turned the commpression back to automatic and it reconized it immeadiatley
If any of ya’s can advise me on how to get it working, it would be greatly appreciated.
I have one of these logitech bluetooths connected to a mini hifi system in my shed and it works perfect. I loss no sound quality at all and can walk up to 25 mtrs away from it and dont lose and cconnection.
So I thought it would be a good 2nd option for the sonos, just incase i dont any internet for some reason.
Sorry about the long post, just trying share my experiences with ya’s, as it may help ya’s out one day when you upgrade play with ya systems.
Enjoy your sonos guys.
Regards
Terry