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Ceiling Speakers

  • 21 February 2024
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G

Hi there,

 

Can ceiling speakers be used as main speakers as well as surround speakers?

 

I’ve got a new extension and I’m hoping to get an arc, sub, amp and 4 x ceiling speakers.

2 of the ceiling speakers I’d use pas surrojnd but the other 2 I’d like at the back of the extension and to use as additional sound to what’s coming from the arc.  Is this possible or can they only be used as surround speakers?

 

 

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Best answer by GuitarSuperstar 21 February 2024, 02:35

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You can only add two surround speakers to a Sonos home theater setup. If you wire four speakers to the Amp, you will have two pairs of surround speakers that will be duplicating the same left/right surround audio.

You can add a second Amp to power the second pair of in-ceiling speakers so it acts as a separate zone and then group the speakers with Arc setup. But you will experience a slight audio delay from the grouped speakers when playing TV audio. Streaming music will be in sync though.

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G

Thanks for the reply.

Are there any different speakers that I could use to get the main sound to the back of the room or do they all perform as surround?

Airgetlam

No, unfortunately Sonos doesn’t provide a solution for repeating the ‘front’ data anywhere but up front in their Home Theater system.

You could, however, set up a speaker that is in a different Sonos ‘room’, and group the two ‘rooms’ together. That second ‘room’ would play the data from all the Home Theater speakers, albeit with a slight delay of 75ms. And that speaker could be placed anywhere you like. 

Bruce
G

Thanks!

Sorry one last question. How many pairs of ceiling speakers can be hooked up to one amp?

 

I presume the Arc doesn’t need to be connected to the anp?

Airgetlam

Depends on the ratings of the speakers. If they’re 8 ohm speakers, two pairs. Sonance makes some that can have up to 3 pairs, in their Architectural series. 

And you are correct, the Arc usually connects to the Amp across a ‘hidden’ 5Ghz network connection, so there are some distance considerations. Might be worth reading the wifi interference FAQ, just for informational purposes. 

Bruce
Airgetlam

To be clear, there is a single stereo  pair of speaker posts on a Sonos Amp, so no matter how many speakers you connect, they’d all be playing the same stuff. 

Bruce

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