I currently have in my Mancave a Playbar, 2 Play 3’s and a Subwoofer. They all sound great. In another room a floor away, I have 2 Play 5’s, Gen 1 -- well past their prime. I have just now upgraded to Sonos FIves (but have not yet installed them) and my thought is to take the Play 3’s in the Mancave and move them upstairs and use the new Sonos Five’s in place of the Play 3’s as rear speakers in the Mancave. WIfe doesn’t like the size of the Play 5, Gen 1’s in “her space” anyway. Smaller Play 3’s would probably be acceptable. Conundrum is what to do with the existing Sub? Can the new Sonos Fives co-exist with the existing Sub or is the Sub now useless.
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Using my new SONOS 5's
Fives should have no Sub issues.
https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/set-up-your-sonos-sub
Fives don't really need a Sub in a lot of rooms, consider it with the Play 3s (I use one with mine) or with the Playbar.
Maybe the old Play 5s as surrounds and the new Fives elsewhere, maybe as stereo speakers in your cave?
Firstly, the Fives require the current Sonos app, so if you are currently using the S1 app for your system due to the Play:5 (Gen1) being incompatible with the current app, you will have to upgrade the firmware of the other devices so they can be used in the same app.
The Fives will work with your existing Sub, either in a stereo pair or if you add them as surrounds with the Playbar.
Personally, I would have replaced the Play:5 (Gen1)s with a stereo pair of Era 100s and possibly a Sub Mini and left the man cave setup as it is.
Thanks Stanley _4 and Mr. T. Very helpful. I’m leaving the Play 5 Gen 1’s because they are the remnant that only use S1. Good to know that my Sub is not useless but sounds like it may be redundant.
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