Planning a Sonos home theatre set-up (not music) and I’m considering two different solutions:
4.1 Surround
- Sonos amp with Elac dbr62 stereo speakers (which I already own and use for music)
- Sonos Sub Mini
- Sonos One/Play:1 as rears
7.1.4 Spatial audio
- Sonos Arc
- Sonos Sub Mini
- Sonos Era 100 as rears
I’m looking to compare performance not cost as I can get both set-ups at similar prices. Specifically I’m interested about these tradeoffs:
- Centre channel: virtual vs real
- Soundstage: narrow with smaller drivers vs wide with larger ones
Obviously I’d rather have spatial audio capabilities but I wouldn’t compromise sound quality from the front channels for it.
Can’t test both set-ups before committing so I’d like to hear if someone has experience with both set-ups or similar ones.
Thanks!