I have been meaning to get the Sonos era 300 pair, for my living and entertaining area. The intention is to use the pair and a sub as a speaker system for parties and hosting majorly, I also have a separate TV area where I can shift the era’s as surrounds whenever required.
Now, I have two options for placement, attaching design drawings for the same below, since the entertaining area doesn't have too many walls, I am struggling a bit with the placement. I will also buy a sub to give the era's more oomph when throwing parties.
It would be a great help to get some opinions before finalising the drawing with my designer.
I am also attaching a third drawing which gives area specifications, it's an L-shaped room that is 30 ft x 11 ft 6 in (if only including the entertainment area) the living area extends in that L shape adding another 11 ft
PS
I will be wall-mounting both speakers.
I have a few questions regarding the same -
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I am more inclined towards the second placement since in the first placement speaker one is right next to the main entry of my house, I feel it'll be too odd to have a speaker wall mounted on your side just as you enter, as well as most of my sitting and bar area is towards the other end, where I want majority of the sound throw to be, but as you can see in the drawings, the second placement has a distance issue between the speakers, I was wondering if trueplay will help?
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** I wanted to know if the era 300s work as a group rather than a stereo pair, meaning that instead of playing distinct left and right audio, they play the same exact audio like grouped speakers instead of stereo speakers, the second placement might be more fruitful in that situation.
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Will a pair of Fives be a better option considering the shape and room space and overall volume for throwing parties? I feel the era 300’s might fill the room better because of their capabilities to throw sound all around rather than a more directional sound of the fives. please let me know
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I have been hearing a lot of banter with the app issues, I am planning to buy next year, is the app really a pain with the amount of money Ill be spending?
Please help!
PLACEMENT 1
PLACEMENT 2
AREA SPEC