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lfallo1
Trending Lyricist I
January 31, 2018

7.1 Support

Are there plans for SONOS to add support for a 7.1 system (i.e., Playbase or Playbar + Sub + four Play 1's)?
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    January 31, 2018
    Doubtful - we have heard there is a new connect coming (but don't think it will be what I call a "Superconnect" feeding to a 7.1 system).
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
      glide
      Enthusiast II
      February 1, 2018
      Are there plans for SONOS to add support for a 7.1 system (i.e., Playbase or Playbar + Sub + four Play 1's)?

      Two things need to happen:
      Sonos needs to pony up for licensing fees to support a 7 channel audio codec
      Hardware (and software) changes to support the same
        Mcklive
        Mcklive
        Lyricist I
        March 26, 2018
        I currently have a Sonos 5.1 Set up at home, so far so good. However I do wish there was the possibility to upgrade my system to a Sonos 7.1 surround by adding two more play 1s. Like I said so far I've enjoyed it so much, and I've made my peace with Sonos not supporting DTS, -I got it* -but at least they should compensate for that by adding the support to the 7.1 set up, that upgrade would be well received by Sonos most loyal customer like myself. Hope soon we hear of good news about that from SONOS.
          Chris
          Chris
          Lead Maestro
          March 26, 2018
          I’m most sure current hardware won’t support 7.1. Not that I don’t think they should do it but i don’t think capable
          Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
          glide
          Enthusiast II
          March 26, 2018
          I currently have a Sonos 5.1 Set up at home, so far so good. However I do wish there was the possibility to upgrade my system to a Sonos 7.1 surround by adding two more play 1s. Like I said so far I've enjoyed it so much, and I've made my peace with Sonos not supporting DTS, -I got it* -but at least they should compensate for that by adding the support to the 7.1 set up, that upgrade would be well received by Sonos most loyal customer like myself. Hope soon we hear of good news about that from SONOS.

          How do you expect they would support a 7.1 audio codec if they won't support DTS?

          I don't think there are any "free" options in the 7.1 sphere.
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