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Do any of the Sonos Speakers produce sound in stereo on their own or can I only hear stereo with two paired speakers? In either case which is the best to choose?

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melvimbe

Most of the current Sonos speakers can produce stereo on their own. The only one that doesn’t is the Roam.

That said, a pair of speakers with good separation is always going to sound better than a single speaker producing both audio channels.

Danny

Ken_Griffiths

My understanding is that the following support stereo playback, when standalone…

Any Sonos Home Theatre product
Five / Play:5 (horizontal orientation)
Move 2
Era 100
Era 300

That said, it obviously makes a huge difference if you go onto pair two non-home theatre speakers and have clear left/right channel separation.

Airgetlam

I think we need to define ‘stereo’ in this context as two (or more) distinct speakers, carrying a right channel, and a left channel.

All Sonos speakers can play a stereo signal, whether it is from one ’speaker’ or not.

Bruce

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

I have a Gen 2 Play 5 set horizontal and it plays stereo sound. If you sit in the very small sweet spot you get a decent stereo image, outside that spot it sounds a bit better (to my ears) than the mono sound it plays when vertical.

Comparing it to a set of Play 1s, fairly well positioned there is a huge difference in the stereo effect and the sweet spot is far larger.

My Play 5 is the perfect choice for where it sits, no place for a pair of anything. My stereo paired Play 1s, Play 3s and One SLs are a far better choice for getting the stereo effect in the rooms where they sit.

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