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Dolby Atmos using Sonos Arc, Sub and Play 1 as rears versus Sonos one?

  • December 31, 2020
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Currently have all Dolby Vision and Atmos enabled components including TV.  Current Theater sound is a combination of Sonos Arc, Sonos Sub and two Play 1’s as rear channels.  

 

Trying to figure out if there is any advantage to upgrading the Play 1’s to Sonos in the rear in terms of Dolby Atmos use or even sound quality?    (RE: Does the Sonos Arc improve processing Dolby Atmos with an upgrade to Sonos ones in the rear over the current Play 1‘s)?  If not is there any significant sound quality difference between the Play 1’s and Sonos one. 

 

Lastly, is there any advantage to introducing mid-way speakers so the arc is in front, two ones half way back, and ones in the rear?

 

 

Best answer by Airgetlam

No change, no advantage. 

No way of adding speakers to that ‘room’, currently. No one knows if Sonos intends to change that, either, except Sonos employees. 

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Airgetlam
  • Airgetlam
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  • December 31, 2020

No change, no advantage. 

No way of adding speakers to that ‘room’, currently. No one knows if Sonos intends to change that, either, except Sonos employees. 

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  • FishingLoard
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  • December 31, 2020

That is what I needed to know.  Appreciate the quick feedback.  Thank you!    Sounds like the theater system I have is complete for now with no advantage to upgrading it (rear speakers)

 

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  • myatix
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  • January 1, 2021

Have a look at Peter Pee’s channel, he has a great video on this…

 

 

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  • FishingLoard
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  • January 2, 2021

That was a fantastic video and great info overall.  Really appreciate it.  

We  decided to transition our entire Amazon Echo setup to Sonos this month with the addition of a new patio.   The Echo constantly disconnected and was frustrating to deal with day in and day out and we could never rely on being able to play music on all speakers continuously on any given day.    Speaking with many people it appears I am not alone with this issue when dealing with multi-speaker groups.  Hence, we had a Multi-group Echo Funeral and Sonos New Hire party over the weekend.

 

Theater Experience

Upgraded Sonos Play to Sonos Arc (For Atmos, eArc and HDMI), kept the originally installed Sonos sub and Sonos Play 1’s in the rear

Inside

Debated between in ceiling and stand alone.  In the end, as we still use Alexa a lot, we went with pairs of Sonos ones in each social room.  We left stand alone Echo’s in place in the bedrooms where internet communication is more important than sound quality simply due to costs justification. 

Outside

Went with three sets of Sonos Outdoor Speakers and the new Sonos Amp on the Patio (might go to a two amp solution in the near future to customize the volume in the different zones).    The angled banana plug solution worked out perfectly!!!!

 

When complete, the first thing I noticed was the high quality of the total experience (Sound, functionality, IOS App use).  Bottom line it was the same experience I felt when upgrading from Windows to MacOS years ago….Stress free happiness repeated daily!!!

 

Thank you for all the advice.!!

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