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fellsteruk
fellsteruk
Contributor I
March 9, 2015
Question

how many play1's can I connect to my playbar...?

Hey, 

So i'm getting a playbar soon and i want to connect my existing and new Play1's to the playbar. From reading online it would appear i can connect two providing i use a bridge however im keen to know if I can connect more than the two and if so is it the same process?

Also, can i connect Play 3 or 5's to my playbar. thinking of buying some with the playbar and unsure if i should stay with P1's

Thanks 
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    March 9, 2015
    The Sub does add a lot
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
    Dave
    Dave
    Headliner II
    March 9, 2015
    The Sub does add a lot
    It sure does, heard it in store and its DEEP even with store background noise. Her indoors stopping me spending £599 on one at the moment.
    Sonos Boost - PlayBar with Surround Sound Play 1's (Living Room) - Stereo Pair Play 1's (Dining Room) - Stereo Pair Play 1's (Kitchen) - Amp with two Canton 845 ceiling speakers (Bathroom) - Sonos Move - HomePod Mini x1
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    March 9, 2015
    The Sub does add a lot
    and it wasn't orange
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
    Jeramie
    Lyricist III
    March 9, 2015
    You can add a bunch of more play components to your physical room. You will simply have to create additional sonos rooms and group them to your playbar+sub+rear surrounds room. To get around the latency and echo issues that your group will encounter, simply go to your playbar settings and adjust the lip sync as needed. My current group in my living room consists of a playbar+sub+four play 1's, and it sounds great. So great that I'm considering adding another pair of play 5's to this configuration to achieve an even fuller room filling sound!
      fellsteruk
      fellsterukAuthor
      Contributor I
      March 10, 2015
      You can add a bunch of more play components to your physical room. You will simply have to create additional sonos rooms and group them to your playbar+sub+rear surrounds room. To get around the latency and echo issues that your group will encounter, simply go to your playbar settings and adjust the lip sync as needed. My current group in my living room consists of a playbar+sub+four play 1's, and it sounds great. So great that I'm considering adding another pair of play 5's to this configuration to achieve an even fuller room filling sound!
      wow, that's amazing :) 
      Dave
      Dave
      Headliner II
      March 10, 2015
      You can add a bunch of more play components to your physical room. You will simply have to create additional sonos rooms and group them to your playbar+sub+rear surrounds room. To get around the latency and echo issues that your group will encounter, simply go to your playbar settings and adjust the lip sync as needed. My current group in my living room consists of a playbar+sub+four play 1's, and it sounds great. So great that I'm considering adding another pair of play 5's to this configuration to achieve an even fuller room filling sound!
      The problem with grouped speakers added to the Playbar 5.1 setup is that when you adjust the volume on the Playbar/Sub/Play 1's using the TV's remote the volume on the grouped Play 1's doesn't adjust. It does if you use the controller. You can use the sonos connect:amp and have upto 4 wall/ceiling speakers as your surround sound, and volume would adjust to match playbar/sub when watching TV https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2248/~/set-up-a-sonos-connect%3Aamp-as-surround-rearshttps://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2248/~/set-up-a-sonos-connect%3Aamp-as-surround-rearshttps://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2248/~/set-up-a-sonos-connect%3Aamp-as-surround-rears
      Sonos Boost - PlayBar with Surround Sound Play 1's (Living Room) - Stereo Pair Play 1's (Dining Room) - Stereo Pair Play 1's (Kitchen) - Amp with two Canton 845 ceiling speakers (Bathroom) - Sonos Move - HomePod Mini x1
      markbuilding20
      Lyricist III
      September 26, 2016
      You can add a bunch of more play components to your physical room. You will simply have to create additional sonos rooms and group them to your playbar+sub+rear surrounds room. To get around the latency and echo issues that your group will encounter, simply go to your playbar settings and adjust the lip sync as needed. My current group in my living room consists of a playbar+sub+four play 1's, and it sounds great. So great that I'm considering adding another pair of play 5's to this configuration to achieve an even fuller room filling sound!

      That's exactly what I was looking for.... So you can have a playbar, sub and 4 Play 1's... then add 2 Play 5's at the back of the room to completely fill the room by adjusting the lip sync till it sounds right?...the sounds awesome to me
      Stuart_W
      Stuart_W
      World-Class Superstar
      September 26, 2016
      I don't think it would work.

      You can add a Sub and surrounds (Play1, Play 3 (?) or Play 5 Gen 2) to make a 5.1 set-up - You can then group other speakers but that will add a 70 mS delay BEHIND the Playbar. So you can't adjust so the additional grouped speakers are synced with the Playbar or video.

      The only think I'm not fully clear on is the 70mS delay that I know is added when you group speakers to the Playbar/Sub/Surrounds I just don't know if the Playbar audio stays synced.

      Don't think it matters much as I think if they all sync they will likely be so far out of sync with video as to be unwatchable
      Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
        markbuilding20
        Lyricist III
        September 26, 2016
        I don't think it would work.

        You can add a Sub and surrounds (Play1, Play 3 (?) or Play 5 Gen 2) to make a 5.1 set-up - You can then group other speakers but that will add a 70 mS delay BEHIND the Playbar. So you can't adjust so the additional grouped speakers are synced with the Playbar or video.

        The only think I'm not fully clear on is the 70mS delay that I know is added when you group speakers to the Playbar/Sub/Surrounds I just don't know if the Playbar audio stays synced.

        Yeah I get where you are coming from.... Perhaps adjusting the video sync on the TV or video source device might alleviate some of the lag and then tweak the sync on the playbar and continue tweak until it looks and sounds acceptable....

        Don't think it matters much as I think if they all sync they will likely be so far out of sync with video as to be unwatchable
        The LHC
        September 26, 2016
        And they won't be the surround channels, you'll be getting the front stereo channels coming from behind you, which will sound stupid.
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