Would I notice much improvement if I upgrade my Playbar to an arc and kept my two play 1s and gen 2 subwoofer
i already have a playbar two play 1s and a generation 2 subwoofer and i am thinking of replacing the playbar with the sonos arc would the upgrade be noticeable
Ok thanks for that advice. I will definitely unbond the rears and sub when I take out the Playbar. I’ve always used the Trueplay option since I first got the setup and will do again. I didn’t think there would be any gain in upgrading the rear speakers or the sub either I first need to upgrade my LG TV to one which supports eARC my current one only has ARC
Yes. No benefit at all from replacing the Sub….. but you could add a Gen 3 as an additional Sub if you want to push the boat out on the Bass. But there’s no sonic ‘upgrade’ from a straight swap.
in terms of rear/surrounds. Unless you’re going to upgrade to the 5s then stick with the ones you have. Upgrade to 5s is a marginal gain for surround (you have to be playing loud to notice much difference). It does upgrade the music experience. But it is also a diminishing return. But I had a spare pair of 5s so needed to put them to some use. I’d probably not pay the extra to upgrade otherwise unless it was in a very large room.
When I replaced my PLAYBARs with Arcs, I saw no reason whatsoever to replace the PLAY:1s I use as surround speakers, or the SUBs I use.
However, the key is making sure that before you remove the PLAYBAR, you un-bond the surrounds and SUB. Then they’re ready after the swap to be re-bonded to the new Arc.
If you can, TruePlay can help after setup, in some instances. In others, it may not. I waited a few days before running the process, due to time restraints. It helped in one room, a bit, in the other, made no difference. If you’re an Android user, I wouldn’t overly fret, you can at some point borrow a friends device….or just ignore it completely. There’s often a huge deal made over the process, much more than I think is appropriate.
I have now ordered an Arc taking advantage of the 15%discount deal but not too sure if there would be any advantage in changing the play 1s (rear speakers) or the gen2 sub for a gen 3
obviously having the Arc in the same room would satisfy any Alexa or speech advantages that the play SLs would otherwise offer
thanks for any advice/ opinions
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