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gugguson2
Contributor I
December 6, 2015

Two PLAY:5 as front speakers with Playbar center

Hello.

I'm thinking about having two PLAY:5 as stereo par with sub at my summer house. I don't have TV (yet) but when I add a TV I will probably have a Playbar so I can connect the sound to my system. The question is, can I have the two PLAY:5 as front speakers with the Playbar as a center speaker or will that not work? I mainly will use the system for music but I would like to have the possibility to watch TV with good sound quality.

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      ratty
      ratty
      December 6, 2015
      No. PLAY:5s (Gen2) can only be bonded with PLAYBAR as surround speakers. It's a good suggestion though.
        upstatemike
        December 6, 2015
        Ideal setup would be a pair of Play5Gen2 in the vertical orientation for front speakers, a horizontal Play5Gen2 as a center speaker, a pair of Play1s for the rear plus a sub. Of course you would need something to interface with your TV or A/V receiver so maybe the ConnectGen2 will have the required ports and features to fill that role.
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          Lui
          Lyricist II
          December 25, 2015
          You could set up the play5s as surround speakers but place them left and right from the TV. Then in the surround settings you can set the music playback to full. You then can adjust the volume of the “surround” speakers, which are now actually front speakers, to your liking. I have set them to about 2/3 so that I get more and wider stereo sound from my play1s with a bit of sound added in from the playbar (and a lot of rumble for the sub btw … I just love that thing! 🙂 ).

          I did this in my system because the (in my case mostly virtual) surround sound didn’t do much for me and I don’t like the sound coming from behind me when playing music.
            The LHC
            December 25, 2015
            You could set up the play5s as surround speakers but place them left and right from the TV. Then in the surround settings you can set the music playback to full. You then can adjust the volume of the “surround” speakers, which are now actually front speakers, to your liking. I have set them to about 2/3 so that I get more and wider stereo sound from my play1s with a bit of sound added in from the playbar (and a lot of rumble for the sub btw … I just love that thing! 🙂 ).

            I did this in my system because the (in my case mostly virtual) surround sound didn’t do much for me and I don’t like the sound coming from behind me when playing music.

            You realize that won't make any difference when listening to tv or anything else attached to the optical input?
            Lui
            Lyricist II
            December 28, 2015
            You realize that won't make any difference when listening to tv or anything else attached to the optical input?

            Yes I know. It is just a way to have stereo pair as front speakers connected to the playbar when streaming music.
            The LHC
            December 28, 2015
            You realize that won't make any difference when listening to tv or anything else attached to the optical input?

            Yes I know. It is just a way to have stereo pair as front speakers connected to the playbar when streaming music.

            But that isn't what the OP was asking for, they specifically want this for TV.
            Lui
            Lyricist II
            December 29, 2015
            You realize that won't make any difference when listening to tv or anything else attached to the optical input?

            Yes I know. It is just a way to have stereo pair as front speakers connected to the playbar when streaming music.

            But that isn't what the OP was asking for, they specifically want this for TV.

            Yes, right, but as front speakers and mainly for listening to music. But maybe I'm misinterpreting the question.

            [quote=gugguson2]The question is, can I have the two PLAY:5 as front speakers with the Playbar as a center speaker or will that not work? I mainly will use the system for music but I would like to have the possibility to watch TV with good sound quality./quote]
            The LHC
            December 29, 2015
            "I would like to have the possibility to watch TV with good sound quality"
            Lui
            Lyricist II
            December 29, 2015
            "I would like to have the possibility to watch TV with good sound quality"
            As I understand it, that's why he is thinking of getting the playbar in the first place, but he wants the music coming from the play 5s as front speakers. As I said before, maybe im misinterpreting the question.
            Fabio_B
            Lyricist III
            February 29, 2016
            +1 for me on this. Would love the ability to add separate front speakers to compliment the playbar....preferably a connect:AMP so that I can run my own subs along with the fronts....
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