Best option for TV sound without using a Sound Bar

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I am in the process in getting a new TV (Samsung Frame) which will be mounted over a fireplace.

I previously had a setup using a Sonos Sound Bar , Sub and two Ones.

Mounting a Sound Bar (even the Arc) is not going to be feasible above the fireplace.

What option do I have for TV sound without using a Sound Bar? (e.g. just using the two Ones perhaps)?

Thank you

Anthony O.

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer

Lead Maestro

The only other Sonos option (besides a sound bar) is to install in-wall speakers on either side of the TV and power them using a Sonos Amp. You can use the Sub and Ones with this setup too to complete the 4.1 setup.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer

Lead Maestro

The only other Sonos option (besides a sound bar) is to install in-wall speakers on either side of the TV and power them using a Sonos Amp. You can use the Sub and Ones with this setup too to complete the 4.1 setup.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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asoliveriAuthor

Contributor I

Thank you. I was afraid that might be the answer.

Too bad there is no way to use the Ones wirelessly without a Sound Bar.

melvimbe

The only other Sonos option (besides a sound bar) is to install in-wall speakers on either side of the TV and power them using a Sonos Amp. You can use the Sub and Ones with this setup too to complete the 4.1 setup.

They don’t have to be in wall speakers. If bookshelf speakers, or any other type of passive speakers, make more sense for your setup aesthetically, then you can go the route too.

Danny

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John B

Too bad there is no way to use the Ones wirelessly without a Sound Bar.

That would require the TV to output sound wirelessly in a form that could be played by Sonos speakers. I don't think you should hold your breath on that one. Bluetooth to a Move or Roam would be a possibility, but a poor one, from some TVs

buzz

Grand Maestro

Your previous setup was surround. Do you need surround in the new arrangement?

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asoliveriAuthor

Contributor I

Not necessarily - thank you

Does the Sonos Port help at all here?

Airgetlam

Not really. It’s a stereo only device, and the input on it would have a minimum of a 75ms delay.

For connecting to a TV, Sonos offers the various sound bars, and the Amp. These are the only Sonos devices with a low latency/delay ARC / digital input.

Bruce