Replace Arc with 2 or 3 Era 300

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Would it be possible if Sonos allowed it to use three or two Era 300’s to replace the arc as the central speaker? I’m loving some Dolby Atmos music, with the Era 300’s, but the weak point in my home theatre set up is the Arc; it just can’t play music, great for Movies.

I have taken out the 300’s to test as a stereo pair and they sound awesome for Dolby Atmos, but prefer my fives to listen to Stereo Mastered music.

If Sonos would allow users to replace the Arc with Era 300’s I would go out and buy these in a heartbeat. It wouldn’t compete with the Arcs pricing either; oh just imagine?

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AirgetlamAnswer

Not currently, no. We’ve been requesting such a thing for years, essentially since they came out with their first sound bar.

Bruce

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jgatie

It’s been rumored that Sonos has worked on allowing more speakers connected wirelessly in a Home Theater and found the small 30ms buffer needed for low latency cannot handle the extra bandwidth and synching duties. Makes sense to me. Keeping 3-4 wireless satellite speakers in sync with both the video and themselves is far easier than keeping 6-8 (or 11 in the extreme example above).

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SpaddywaddyAuthor

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It’s been rumored that Sonos has worked on allowing more speakers connected wirelessly in a Home Theater and found the small 30ms buffer needed for low latency cannot handle the extra bandwidth and synching duties. Makes sense to me. Keeping 3-4 wireless satellite speakers in sync with both the video and themselves is far easier than keeping 6-8 (or 11 in the extreme example above).

I get this totally and thanks for your clarification. I just hope as tech moves forward a more modular Sonos system could be assembled to the users needs and budget.

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