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ynalezinski
Trending Lyricist I
December 20, 2018

5.1 With Sonos Play:5 Left/Rigth

I'm sure this has come up before, but I did not find the topic in a quick search and i wanted to add my feedback.

With Beam/Sub and play:3 rears the resulting 5.1 sound is good. But I can only imagine what adding play:5 to the front left and right would do. In particular to keep up with the sub that overpowers the whole system (because it's so great and powerful).

It would not require any hardware changes, and what would be needed is the programming/tuning to set the left/right speakers up.

What can we do to convince Sonos to add this functionality? They will 100% benefit from increased sales and customers will benefit from even better sound.

Thanks
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    ynalezinskiAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    January 31, 2019
    This thought process irks me a bit. Sonos does indeed have a 5.1 solution, they support Dolby Digital. What Sonos does not do, and has been requested at great length, is support other versions of 5.1, such as Dolby Digital +, DTS, and Atmos. Nor do they provide a way to have separate speakers in the front of your room. All of Sonos soundbars contain the front right, center and front left speakers in a single box. But they are separate speakers that handle each audio stream.

    So, Sonos does support 5.1. Perhaps not in the form you wish. Which I can understand, I would like more variety myself, but it would be disingenuous of me to say that they didn't support 5.1

    Fair enough, then, in my opinion, they don't offer a 5.1 solution that justifies the cost (when Sub is added) and seem to be unwilling to improve their offering using existing hardware.
    To be honest, not a very happy customer. But hoping Sonos gets better eventually.
      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      January 31, 2019
      I can respect that statement. The matter of cost justification is in the eye of the beholder, but I can certainly understand the perspective.
      Bruce
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