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2x One and Sub in average- sized living room.

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Having surrendered my music room I've just got into Sonos; I started with just the Sonos One until I read on this forum that a pair would give a half-decent stereo performance so I bought another One and paired them up. Still sounded a bit ' thin' to be honest so I went into Richer Sounds ( who were really good to deal with by the way) and after hearing a demo, bought the Sub to add a layer of depth.

I am really impressed with the set-up now, it sounds very rich considering the size of the Ones. I didn't purchase the Sub for out-and- out loudness ( don't like loud music tbh) , the Sub does add a subtle depth to the presentation so I'm very happy.

The million dollar question is whether, as funds permit, I move the Ones into other rooms around the house and replace them in the living room with a pair of 5's..........

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gazza1977

Prominent Collaborator I

Hi Paul

You have hit nail on head with me aswell. I have play bar sub and 2 play one in lounge. Which is fantastic for music and surround sound.
I have been considering moving the play ones into another room and replacing them with play 5s and I have been considering this and researching the pros and cons for months
And I have to admit this also included speaking to Sonos direct and getting there opinion so this is where I ended up

I still currently have the same set up after everything I have researched in surround mode I would gain no benefit at all from the play 1 to play 5
The only real benefit for me would be in music mode only and I believe this would be a substantial benefit the question I now find myself asking is, is the substantial benifit worth £1000 and the honest answer is I don’t really know

UKMedia

Hi

I have 2 Play:5's paired and a 5:1 setup with a Playbar and a pair of Play:1's in another room. The 5:1 set-up delivers by far the better sound in my opinion, compared to the pair of play:5's. This is of course without a sub but I would recommend trying a Beam rather than changing to Play:5's and if you buy from Sonos direct you get the 100 day return policy if you aren't happy! 🙂

Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)

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PaulinBontAuthor

Avid Contributor III

Thank you both for yourfeedback; I'll only be using Sonos for music as I have gone down the Sony Z9F soundbar route for home cinema, it is only Virtual Dolby Atmos though ( I don't want wall - mounted rear speakers tbh)

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gazza1977

Prominent Collaborator I

I am going to take the plunge and order the two play 5s and compare them on my current system. If there is not a massive improvement I will use the 100 day money back guarantee that Sonos offer

UKMedia

Please let us know what you think. ?

Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)

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PaulinBontAuthor

Avid Contributor III

Yep, definately considering 2x Play: 5 with a Sub in main listening room

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Kumar

If you find that the Ones + Sub are almost as good as the 5 + Sub - because the Sub adds a lot more depth to the smaller units than it does to the much more bass capable 5 units - consider deploying the 5 units to the other rooms; that might make more sense overall than redeploying the One units.

A properly placed 1/One + Sub in up to a moderate sized listening space, with Trueplay tuning done and Sub output levels tweaked to personal preference thereafter is a very worthy music system, fully deserving the "audiophile" tag. For the money, I know of none that sounds better. And many that don't sound as good.

The Sub does as much to add presence to the music at low volume levels as it does to deliver room shaking bass at high sound levels.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

If you want massive low end and price isn't an object a Connect running into an amplifier matched to your 5.0 speakers and a DBX 120 Subharmonic Synthesizer hooked to a pair of large high power sub-woofers. A pair of bi-amped Klipsch La Scalas or larger work well too.

https://dbxpro.com/en/products/120a

"The dbx process actually produces a new bass note, exactly an octave below the bass in the original audio."

If Sonos has a few bits left in the sub's memory adding something similar would be fantastic given the poor state of current recordings low frequency fidelity. DBX likes to licence technology and seeing one of their stickers on something is a good selling point too.

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PaulinBontAuthor

Avid Contributor III

All this is music to my ears 😉

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BrianJ

Enthusiast I

Curious no know why one would want to add synthesised frequencies not in the original music content? Maybe OK for film sound effects but I would imagine the additional lower register notes could muddy the content (in that Beats) fashion.

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