I just moved into a new home. My main question right now is, for a gym (converted bedroom), would I be better served to purchase the Sonos Amp and connect two Ascend Acoustics Sierra 2 speakers and Emotiva sub to it (already own them) or to purchase a pair of Play Fives. The bigger story of my setup for the whole home is below. I’d appreciate any advice at all about it.
I recently moved and am currently upgrading all of my audio. My prior main room setup was a Denon receiver with a 3.1 setup consisting of 3 Ascend Acoustics speakers and an Emotiva 10” sub. It sounded great, but there were wires (seemingly everywhere), and it was not a part of a whole home / distributed audio system.
The new house is forcing two changes. First, there is a whole home audio system, consisting of 6 pairs of in ceiling speakers in 6 rooms. Second, the living room (where I will do most of my TV watching / hanging out) does not really allow for a wired setup at all and is shaped very audio unfriendly. It has vaulted ceilings that peak at about 20 feet. And it opens up to the kitchen, so there is no back wall.
In light of that, I was thinking of an Arc with sub for the main room and a port (or multiple ports) for the distributed audio (amp is already in the media closet). The Denon receiver will be retired. Depending on the answer to the question at the beginning of this, either the Ascend Acoustics center speaker will also be retired, or all three Ascends and the Emotiva will also be retired.
I’d appreciate any input at all, especially if someone thinks there is a better way to do this.
Thanks.
