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Hi!

I just upgraded my old Playbar with an Arc Ultra. I learnt the hard way ☹️ that my old Play:3s cannot be used as surround speakers with the Ultra. Poor research; I only blame myself… 

So, I will buy a pair of 100s or 300s. Of course, I crave the better Era 300 with Dolby Atmos and am leaning towards buying those. In addition to films, series and watching sports, I frequently listen to music in this setup. However, the part of the living room where these will be placed is not very large; 3.5m from sofa to TV and approx. 2.5m between the sorround speakers. I think I will need to wall mount the speakers and there are not that much space around them. See attached picture.  

Any thoughts on whether the Era 300 is «overkill» in this setup? I can afford them, but am of course not eager to throw away the money if the 100s will give more or less the same sound experience given the rather small space I will use them in. 

 

I tried the 300s here in my odd space and they sounded great but spouse refused to deal with the locations they needed to be in to take full advantage of their capabilities. Swapped in 100s and they sounded quite good in my preferred location and very good in the spouse approved spots.

Put the 300s in another room as a stereo / Atmos pair and am very impressed.

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