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Hi,

I have 5 pairs of sonos in ceiling/wall speakers connected to 5 sonos amps. What would be best configuration to create a surround experience in a room? Happy to add one or two sonos gen 3 subs to the system and add one or two sonos fives if that helps achieving high quality 3D spatial audio. I would like to not add a soundbar if possible.

  1. Could I even use more than two pairs of in-ceiling/in-wall speakers in one room as a surround setup? I have read entries about 4.1 or 4.2 setups by using a pair of sonos in-walls as front left and right and another pair as surround left and right -- utilizing only two pairs in one room.
  2. If I can use more than two pairs, could I add 3 pairs as front left and right and 2 pairs as surround left and right?
  3. Is Sonos planning to support a richer surround configuration experience? Is their lack of support a product/marketing strategy to prioritize selling their sonos eras and soundbars or is there a technical challenge they are not able to pass with the current sonos ecosystem?
  4. Could one create 3d spatial audio player app by using Sonos SDK and let’s say OpenAL to create 3D spatial audio experiences? What would be the biggest challenge?

Thanks,

Kadir

I think that the only way to do this could be with the Sonos SDK but I don't think that spatial audio could be implemented in that project

The Sonos Amp is not Atmos capable, so there is no way to create a spatial audio (Atmos) system using only Sonos Amps.  However, you can set up a 4.1 standard surround system using 2 Amps and 4 speakers + Sub.  Also, it is not recommended to use multiple speakers for each channel in a Home Theater system.  One speaker per channel or the sound gets muddy and diffused. 

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