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Playbase and Play5 compatibility

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March 7, 2017
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Excited to see hear about the Playbase. Particularly as the Playbar is too wide to fit in the alcove my TV sits in.

I already own a Play5 and would like to know if it can be set up effectively to work with the Playbase. The marketing material only talks about using it with a Play1 and Subwoofer.

Sonos Playbase

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Contemplative

Prominent Collaborator II

Reading the promo materials, this looks to be identical to a playbar in a different casing and an extra speaker thrown in for good measure.
I would expect it to be fully compatible with a 5 as surround speakers bonding as it would be to the play 1 and 3 and connect amp.

Stuart_W

World-Class Superstar

I'm going to add a couple of points here:-

NO - It won't be compatible with a (single) Play 5 - Obviously you could GROUP with the Playbase but then you would have a 70ms audio delay to the Play 5.

Also, We would assume the Playbase would NOT allow bonding 2 x Play 5 Gen 1 as surrounds

So, to summarise. 1 (One) Play 5 NO. 2 x Play 5 YES but must be Gen 2

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

Ryan S

Retired Sonos Staff

Good answers from Stuart and Contemplative here. Yes, you'll be able to bond a pair of gen2 PLAY:5s with the PLAYBASE. In terms of features and functionality it's designed to be identical to the PLAYBAR. The biggest difference is in the shape, and a bit in the sound department. Much more bass.

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GraemeRoberts

Lyricist II

Hi there. Does that mean that I couldn't use my existing pair of first gen Play 5s with a Playbase?

Ryan S

Retired Sonos Staff

Hi there. Does that mean that I couldn't use my existing pair of first gen Play 5s with a Playbase?

You can use them grouped with the PLAYBASE as another room in the house, but they can't bond with the PLAYBASE as surround speakers to act as a 5.0 or 5.1 system. The PLAY:5 gen1 speakers don't have the 5GHz card needed to bond with the PLAYBASE or PLAYBAR for surround sound setups. Grouped, they'd play the same audio, but slightly delayed (when playing the TV sound) as the 2.4GHz network adds a bit of a buffer to prevent cutouts.

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GraemeRoberts

Lyricist II

Thanks Ryan. So to make sure I understand (bear with me!), I can use the Playbase with my existing Play 5s for audio and that will be fine but for TV I will be best off just using the Playbase on its own, or adding, say, a pair of Play 3s. Sorry to labour the point but I'm not all that audio-savvy!

Stuart_W

World-Class Superstar

Correct Graeme. Though anything larger than Play 1s for surrounds is overkill

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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GraemeRoberts

Lyricist II

Thanks Stuart. Much appreciate the input.

Ryan S

Retired Sonos Staff

Sounds like you've got it now GraemeRoberts. As to what's the best surround speaker to use, depends a bit on room size and expectations, but I find the PLAY:1 is usually all that's needed.

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GraemeRoberts

Lyricist II

Thanks all.

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