choose between 2 x5s or 2x Era300

  • 3 March 2024
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I have a large gym area about 12m x 5m with a double height pitched roof, what would be the best set up, 2x5s or 2xEra300 I wood have an arc on the Tv and a Sub Gen 3, any suggestions?


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What do you mean by “best setup”?

Is it for tv sound with the Arc or for music? 

I would personally go with the larger Sonos Fives for that size of room, not much point in using the smaller Era’s with a high pitched roof anyway. 

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I’d be tempted to go with an Amp and the Sonos / Sonance outdoor speakers mounted high enough to be out of the way and angled down into the listening area. You can put three pairs on a single Amp and that should do a decent job in that space.

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/outdoor-speaker-pair

If you want it really loud a Port and third-party amplification and speakers is a possibility.

What do you mean by “best setup”?

Is it for tv sound with the Arc or for music? 

I have a TV in the gym for the odd music channel /sports but 90% of the time it’s streamed music, I mainly use Spotify 

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What do you mean by “best setup”?

Is it for tv sound with the Arc or for music? 

I have a TV in the gym for the odd music channel /sports but 90% of the time it’s streamed music, I mainly use Spotify 

If your choices, I’d go with the Fives, set up as Room1 and Room2 and then grouped.

@Stanley_4‘s suggestion also has merit. 

Thanks for the suggestion, i’m leaning towards the 5s, not keen on the Sonance speaker, i dont think they are actually made by Sonos  

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The Sonance speakers are made by Sonance with a special Sonos design so that they are more compatible with the Sonos Amps.

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