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Coley
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January 4, 2018
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Is it possible to have a 7.1 setup containing all Sonos components?

I have tried researching this but have found very little info that wasn't very helpful. I have Playbar, Sub, and two Play 1s in rear. (5.1) I would like to add two Play 3s on either side of my Playbar to widen the origin of sound in front of me. The only way that I see to add speakers is for surround, but these Play 3s would need to play L&R sound. Is 7.1 sound supported by Sonos, or is there a way around this? I wanted to ask someone on here before I go blow $500 only to find out it doesn't work. - Thanks
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    Stuart_W
    Stuart_WAnswer
    World-Class Superstar
    January 4, 2018
    No that isn't possible. Neither is their any indication it would ever be possible
    Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
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    Geiri
    Avid Contributor III
    October 9, 2018
    Yes and yes. The market is budget driven with emphasis on high tech gadgetry at the cost of audio quality. Sonos is the answer for that. Awesome audio and brilliant tech as is but can get better. Denon is paying I believe. They have their HEOS avr which is a brilliant idea but poorly implemented.
    jgatie
    jgatie
    October 9, 2018
    Yes and yes. The market is budget driven with emphasis on high tech gadgetry at the cost of audio quality. Sonos is the answer for that. Awesome audio and brilliant tech as is but can get better. Denon is paying I believe. They have their HEOS avr which is a brilliant idea but poorly implemented.

    When Denon occupies the top 5 best sellers in the market, hell when they crack the top 10, then we can talk about "Denon is stealing customers left and right from Sonos."
    Geiri
    Avid Contributor III
    October 9, 2018
    Ok maybe an overstatement on my part.
    But now I’m looking for a home theater set up.
    1. Good sound.
    2. Simple and easy to use.
    3. Discreet speakers.
    4. 5.1 is all I want.

    Looking at this list one would think that the playbar/playbase 5.1 would be it.
    But due to the optical shenanigans of tv makers it’s not so straight forward.
    I currently have a Bose soundtouch 130 which I bought
    over the sonos a couple of years ago. Big mistake music vise but pretty darn good for tv and movies.
    I want to upgrade from that system and get a full 5.1.
    The aforementioned systems are an upgrade in some respect and a downgrade in other.
    So far the new sonos amp might be the light in the dark with two play5’s in the front with pseudo center channel and two play1’s for surrounds.
    Epic, right ?
    Despite having an HDMI we’re still listening to DD.

    But these are my feelings after doing to much research and overthinking this into oblivion.
    To be honest I don’t own a blue ray player and 90% of my use is Netflix.

    Sorry for the rambling but I’m trying to not getting sucked into buying some ridiculous system that will be used to about 12% of it’s full potential.

    Like I said, I love my play5 gen2 pair in stereo so why would I not like the Sonos way for movies ?
    jgatie
    jgatie
    October 9, 2018
    You cannot use two Play:5's for fronts. There must be a unit capable of processing TV sound in the front, i.e. an Amp, Playbar, Playbase, or Beam. From there you can use an Amp or Play:5/3/1/One for surrounds.
    Geiri
    Avid Contributor III
    October 9, 2018
    Dang it 😞 but then again playbar is still a viable option
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