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arc ultra vs beam + (2) ones paired in front

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I have a large room (26’ x 26’) with couch in middle of room facing tv. Current setup is beam soundbar paired with (2) sonos ones as surround and also (2) sonos ones beside the beam facing the listener. The (2) ones adjacent the beam soundbar are paired and make a considerable difference when watching movies.

Current Large Room (26’ x 26’):

Beam Soundbar
(2) Adjacent Sonos Ones facing listener
(2) Sonos Ones paired with Beam as Surround

I am debating purchasing an Arc Ultra and moving the beam and (2) adjacent ones to a smaller room to make (2) surround sound tv setups. Two room setup would then look like this:

Large Room (26’ x 26’):

Arc Ultra
(2) One’s paired as surround

Small Room:

Beam
(2) Ones paired as surround

I am concerned that the Arc Ultra as stand-alone with (2) Ones as surround will not be as powerful as the current setup. I know I could also buy (2) Era 300’s but I’m not interested in spending that much currently. Thoughts?

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Arc Ultra on a wall mount under the TV, Era-300 surrounds on stands and at least one Sub 4 tucked into the corner between the TV and fireplace or possibly two Sub 4s sitting behind the couch.

AjTrek1

Thanks, I’ve been given 100% autonomy to decorate this room as I see fit. Hence the below picture.

I see you like the big “B”. Great choice. 😊 If you can find it try some “1792”. 👍

Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.

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CibearseAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

Thanks, I’ve been given 100% autonomy to decorate this room as I see fit. Hence the below picture.

I see you like the big “B”. Great choice. 😊 If you can find it try some “1792”. 👍

That’s what got me into bourbon. Back when it was called “1792 Ridgemont Reserve”.

AjTrek1

So have you decided on your Sonos configuration components?

Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.

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CibearseAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

Probably going to upgrade to the Ultra for now. Maybe get the era 300’s sometime down the road. Likely next black friday or big sale.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Do you have any older Sonos that are eligible for the 30% upgrade discount? You can get a pair of 300s for one discount.

Also any other Sonos package deal only uses one discount.

melvimbe

I would experiment with using your extra pair of Sonos One in that room to support an additional listen area. Maybe behind the bar, table, or billards table? This appears to be a multiuse space with multiple areas where you might want to optimize the audio. I would not use that extra pair for TV audio, but for music, you may find it helps fill up the room better.

Danny

Corry P

Sonos Staff

Hi @Stanley_4

The least they could do is have a nice “Sonos terms” definitions section in the FAQ.

I agree so much I wrote this:

Which I just found out you commented on. Don’t worry - my memory is bad too. 😂

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Yes, and it is quite handy BUT it doesn't show up in the support pages search.

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/search?q=Terminology+

It does in the Community though, Search the Community for Bond and you get 11267 posts, it being the 16th.

Look for Pair and it isn't in the top 100.

Bond under Learn? Nope, you get Amp binding posts.

It should show up everywhere (Community, Learn and Support) and in the top 10 results as it has basic, necessary information to understand many of the other search results.

Corry P

Sonos Staff

Hi @Stanley_4

Ah fair.

It does show here: https://en.community.sonos.com/tutorials-and-how-to-s-229149

I have asked for it to feature at the top the Controllers section - it looks a bit empty there anyway.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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