Help With System as Gift. (4 x One + Sub); or (2 X Five + 2 X 1); or (Five + 3 X One + Sub)

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Hello everyone. This is my first post, and hopefully it is in a format acceptable to this forum.

I am trying to gift a system to someone. The person loves music, enjoys high quality sound, but is not at all interested in learning anything about systems, hi fi or technology of sound.

The room it would go in is nearly a circle. It is also nearly all glass (due to views), and with a mix of wood and rug flooring. Sound does not bounce as much as one would expect.

Although the space is a good size, the dining and sitting areas will never need different sound volumes.

My goals are: 1) achieve sound excellence; and 2) Hide most of the system as much as possible.

I have three scenarios depicted as attached.

BLUE. Four Sonos One + Sub
RED. Two Sonos Five + 2 Sonos One
GREEN. One Sonos Five + 3 Sonos Ones + 1 Sub

Would much appreciate if you would give me your preference, and reasons for why.

Or, please give me an alternative other than those shown.

Many thanks in advance for your responses.

p.s. currently there is Mu So by Naim on the table by the door. Decent sounding when it does not give you an electric shock when you touch it. Yes, you read that correctly.

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MattBiancoAuthor

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Also, if this is a barefoot living situation ….

Yes, I agree that ceiling speakers would be best for this application, but a gift wrapped construction crew would probably be a stretch of your friendship

The utility of Line-In of the FIVE depends on the crowd and what sort of devices are likely to show up. If this is an APPLE crowd, Airplay 2 should suffice. If necessary you could add PORT for the Line-In, but this would add the clutter of another “box”.Bluetooth fans will be disappointed in any case.

It is barefoot. I suspect there is a short somewhere. Any device that has a touch sensitivity feature is generally more susceptible. The Naim sounds great, but is lost in that space. One good thing about the problem there is that it is making the family less likely to plug in and connect wireless. NO one wants to touch it.

Friendship … (to disclose, brother), would not tolerate construction or wiring. hahaha

Mostly an AirPlay crowd. Spouse and some relatives are used to plugging in something. They have to adjust.

Thank you for being so precise in your responses.

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