Adding built in 5.1 surround to Sonos ecosystem

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Buying a home with existing 5.1 surround speakers built in. How do I add them to an existing Sonos ecosystem?

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Stanley_4Answer

Grand Maestro

You can stream stereo music into your 5.1 setup using a Port.

Pools-3015

Prodigy I

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Airgetlam

Frankly, Sonos won’t drive a third party set of speakers in a 5.1 setup. If you want to use third party speakers, the best you can use is 4.1, with the interpolated center channel.

Bruce

Stanley_4Answer

Grand Maestro

You can stream stereo music into your 5.1 setup using a Port.

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bryantsfAuthor

Chromatic Producer I

I’m guessing Amp if speakers done have an amp?

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106rallye

You cannot connect a single Sonos Amp to a 5.1 speaker system, the Amp can handle two front speakers and compute a “phantom” center. It can also command a non-Sonos subwoofer. For rear speakers you need. Another Amp.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

If you don’t have an amplifier for your existing built in speakers then you’d need one.

As said, if you are happy with Stereo and only driving four speakers the Sonos Amp would work. You could also drive an active sub, not a passive one, from the Sonos Amp.

If you want all five playing and 5.1 sound you need a 5.1 decoder/amp to match your speakers. Maybe just get a 5.1 AVR and a Sonos Port to feed it.

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