I recently bought an Xgimi projector (optical and hmi e arc) and 120” screen to start improving my at-home movie experience , and now that the image quality is on point , I’m starting to work on a proper audio setup. The problem is that I know nothing about speakers and audio setups :) .
Here’s the thing though : my apartment is an attic apartment , the slanted ceiling can be a challenge to work with and , as a result, I only had a single proper rectangular wall on which to install the screen . It also happens to be the wall with the sliding door to the bedroom right in the middle of it . Now that’s not a problem at all for the screen which unrolls right in front of it . But when it comes to sound installation , that makes it impossible to place a soundbar underneath the screen since it would be overlapping the door . I would have to place the soundbar to the side and 50cm off the ground , which doesn’t seem like a good idea (and would greatly limit furniture placement and be quite unsightly anyway) . So I’ve been looking at satellite options like the Hisense HT Saturn as well as the Sony Theater quad which would be able to provide a 4.1.2 or 4.1.4 setup WITHOUT needing any center speaker or soundbar , but both of those products have their pros and cons so I was wondering if there was a way to achieve a similar setup with Sonos products for comparison .
Basically anything that can provide a good surround experience , ideally wireless connecting an amp or something else to the projector isn’t a problem since it’s in a corner of the room and I have plenty of power outlets . Having wires stretching all around the room from the projector/amp would be more annoying . But my understanding is that all Sonos wireless setups use the soundbar as the “brain” of the system to drive the other speakers . Is it possible to get the “brain” part as a standalone without the speakers to create anything 4.1 or 5.1 without much latency ? It doesn’t seem like the Port can achieve that . The amp would need to be directly wired to passive speakers , unless it can be used to pilot active speakers (without actually amping anything) ???
I was thinking that 2 Eras 300s , 2 Eras 100 and a sub would make for a good setup (maybe 4 100s and a sub would do the job) but what I’m missing is the wireless amp that can control it all and that ISN’T a soundbar . Can the Sonos Amp actually pilot those 5 speakers with 4.1 channels ? Would it only be able to do stereo ?
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