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JoeAcunzo
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August 9, 2020
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From Bose to Sonos

In my prevous house, I had a Bose Lifestyle V25 surround sound system setup (5.1), and loved it.  Just bought a new house that has wall and ceilng speakers (two front, two rear).  Was thinking of taking my Bose center channel and subwoofer and connecting to the receiver/amp where those existing speakings are connected, and figure out how to wire it to the four existing speakers.

Only issue is that I don’t think the Bose supports 4K video (all inputs go throug it to the TV) and just bought a new Samsung Q80T.

Someone suggested hooking up the TV to a Sonos wireless system instead.

So my question to everyone -- Is this a good approach?  That is, buy a Sonos controller (?), center channel (Beam? Arc?) and subwoofer, and use existing wall/ceiling speakers for front and rear channels.  Can all this be wireless via WiFi?  (Snaking wires may be a problem in this new house.)

Thanks in advance!

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    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1
    August 12, 2020

    @tracker

    The article you are referring to regards the discontinued Connect:Amp which required an Ethernet connection to a  Sonos soundbar or router if used to power surround speakers.

    The Sonos Amp can communicate wirelessly with a Sonos soundbar or another Sonos Amp. 

    The Sonos Amp has a 5Ghz wireless card to communicate with other Sonos soundbars or another Sonos Amp which the Connect:Amp does not. Therefore the Connect:Amp required a Ethernet connection between it and another soundbar or router.

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