Playbar 7.1 surround setup

Love to see all the people who doesnt even work for Sonos talking as they own the business and say what Sonos will and wont do 🙂

I would be happy if Sonos just added an HDMI input. This would let it support all the other audio formats like DTS and Atmos. Having the input restricted to a single optical one is ridiculous. If you look at the posts in this forum it's dominated by people trying to understand how to get 5.1 audio. It's not so easy with just that darn optical input.
Naaah, it's super easy. So easy even I got it setup in minutes. And safer for Sonos than HDMI because there's far less to go wrong. If they did HDMI then the forums would be dominated by people complaining about weird HDMI issues actually caused by their lousy TV electronics or their $2 HDMI wires.

If Sonos are smart they will wait until HDMI has been replaced by USB Type-C which is the universal device connector that will rule them all within five years. Thunderbolt 3 over USB Type-C rips the pants off even HDMI2.1 in bandwidth and versatility. We can see it do triple duty as the power supply and network connection at the same time, if you like the sound of exactly one cable going into your Playbar. Of course then the forums will be riddled with people using the wrong Type-C cable instead.

Lifestyle makes a big difference - I just moved and my old living room had a Monitor Audio Platinum speakers driven by a Anthem Statement D2 and and Anthem Statement P7 amp and dual Sunfire True subwoofers. The new living room is all Sonos - in-walls for the rear on a Connect:Amp and a playbar in the front. There's no comparison in terms of sound quality but it actually sounds really good all things considered. I'd still love it if it were a bit more expandable though - i.e. an ability to install another pair of Play:1s as presence speakers or even the ability to beef up the left and right fronts with Play:5s. So, yes, give me a 7.x option and I'm all over it!

Sonos has been producing pretty much the same product for years and they need to embrace new technologies (like Atmos) if they're going to stay relevant for another decade IMHO. Sonos might also do well to add a fancy wooden veneer to some of their speakers - this would definitely up the living room acceptability factor.

I agree. 7.1 is needed. Sonos is good for basic stereo music. But falls behind for what is now a reasonable request: home cinema....

7.1 is needed

7.1 would be great, but so would Atmos. There's some great products just announced at CES 2017, starting to feel like my Sonos "Home Theatre" setup is a bit dated tbh.

Sonos is good for basic stereo music.
Er... so that would be "good for music" then. Which is what Sonos has always fundamentally been about, and always will be.

7.1 would be great, but so would Atmos. There's some great products just announced at CES 2017, starting to feel like my Sonos "Home Theatre" setup is a bit dated tbh.You are only now starting to feel that.....?

TV is only just being more universlly broadcast with 5.1. A playbar is a TV speaker. Ergo 5.1 is perfect.

7.1 is needed, awkward rooms shapes, corner TVs mean poor rear placement and the sound potential not maximised. I run a Play bar, Sub and p1s, which for wireless systems for small medium sized living rooms are fantastic. But the additions of two side play 1s would make a drastic difference.
There would be a vast percentage of people with a 5.1 current set up that would go to 7.1 so big profit for sonos, after all the most likely to buy are those who perviously have.
The Lifestyle debate is a non starter for me, at some stage you will get top of the line wireless theatre set ups. We where smart enough to code 5.1 it’s just a matter of time and change in technology.

Love my Sonos system but seriously send out an update, I’m not immersed in sound like i should be with these great speakers. The playbar is great but it just doesn’t compare to seperate front speakers. Update to 7.1 so i can spend more money on sonos speakers and get the best surround sound experience possible! Thanks