Ideal setup if line-in is needed?

Take a look at the Sonos Port option too: https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/port.html

You missed the Port, to which you can connect a turntable and that would send the sound to other Sonos devices. The Port is a bit cheaper than the Five, but does not have a speaker.

From what I have read on this forum people do not like touse Sonos for DJ-ing because Sonos adds 70ms delay to the sound needed for buffering.

You’re right, I did miss the Port. Looks about $200 cheaper than the amp. Would there be any benefit to getting the Port/Amp over a Five though if I only plan to use a turntable or phone with local FLAC saved to it? I would not be connecting anything other than Sonos speakers to the system (nothing third party).

Could you also let me know if a Five, 2 Ones and a Sub would be overkill for the space I described?

Good to know about the delay for DJing. This isn’t a must for me, so no biggie.

The main benefit of an Amp is if you have passive, third-party bookshelf speakers you would like to use with your Sonos ecosystem… but you don’t, so the Amp isn’t necessary.

The benefits of the Port are it is the least expensive and has the smallest footprint out of the three options. But it doesn’t have a speaker like the Five does.

Whether or not the setup is “overkill” depends on the size of your room. How large is your space?

Its a pretty large space. Open concept kitchen, living room, bonus room. Total dimensions of the space are 42 feet by 15 feet. Space is tall too, about 9 feet. Overall would be thinking Sub + 2x Ones + 1x Five.

It think that setup would sound great in that large space.

One more note… if your turntable doesn’t have a phono preamp, you would have to add one to your setup with the Port or Five. https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3548?language=en_US

Awesome! My turntable has a preamp, so all set there.

One thing that’s also not completely clear to me is how the setup I described would be setup stereo-wise. I know the Five can either be mono (if you have two Fives) or stereo. Would I essentially setup the Five as the main speaker in the group, then the two Ones as satellites? Or are there a bunch of options to choose from in the app? I am trying to thinking about how the stereo separation would work with a setup like this.

You would create two zones - one zone for your Five/turntable and one zone for your two Ones. Since you have only one Five, you will keep it in the horizontal orientation for better stereo separation. You will pair the two Ones as a stereo pair. You then have to decide to connect the Sub to either the Five or the pair of Ones. I would try both to see which sounds the best. This setup will give you the option to listen to either zone separately or “group” both zones together to play the same music out of all of your speakers.

Are you planning on keeping the Five and two Ones together or at two different locations in the room?

In the future, if you decide to add the Sonos Beam or Sonos Arc for your TV, you could use the two Ones as rear surround speakers and connect the Sub to the sound bar to have a 5.1 (Beam) or 5.1.2 (Arc) home theater setup.

Just for clarification: "zones” in Sonos speak are called "rooms". Each room is a speaker or a standard set of (surround or stereo) speakers. Foor stereo you can only pair two of the same speakers in one room (One and OIne SL count as the same). Foor surround you need a soundbar.

This is all very helpful. Thanks everyone. I was supposed to be working today, but I have gotten completely sucked into the Sonos rabbithole

Here’s what I’m thinking for a final setup:

Zone 1: Five with my turntable connected to it

Zone 2: Pair of Ones with the Sub

The Five and Ones/Sub would be in two different locations. The Five would be in the bonus room area, and the Ones/Sub would be in the living room area.

If I am understanding correctly, I can play either Zone 1 or Zone 2 separately, or both of the Zones 1 and 2 together without any latency or them being out of sync or anything?

Rough layout: