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Grace Mani
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September 18, 2023

New shop with high ceiling

  • September 18, 2023
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Hi, I’m going to open a concept store soon and wonder which Sonos I should pick for the shop.  It’s an open space of 120m2 with 4 meters high ceiling.  Is the HiFi Set a good choice? Or something else? 

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    nik9669a
    Senior Virtuoso
    September 18, 2023

    The human body is a great blocker of wifi signals, so you might want to consider a wired rather than wireless setup. 
    To avoid the need for high volume near the speakers, you might want to consider multiple speakers distributed around the shop. If so, I’d go for multiple One SL’s rather than two Fives. 

      melvimbe
      melvimbe
      September 18, 2023

      The human body is a great blocker of wifi signals, so you might want to consider a wired rather than wireless setup. 
      To avoid the need for high volume near the speakers, you might want to consider multiple speakers distributed around the shop. If so, I’d go for multiple One SL’s rather than two Fives. 

       

      I agree with this for the most part, but I would go with Era 100s rather than the One SLs, which I don’t even see available on the Sonos website anymore .  The Era 100s is the more current model and has 2 tweeters giving you a stereo image from a single speaker, rather than mono. It’s a little more expensive, but should give you better sound and a bit more flexibility in adding additional speakers as needed in the future.

      I would also recommend looking as Sonos for business.

      https://www.sonos.com/en-us/sonos-pro

      Danny
        nik9669a
        Senior Virtuoso
        September 18, 2023

        Hardwiring the Era range will also require the adaptor; the One/One SL incorporates it. I’m also not sure how critical stereo sound is for a shop? 

          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          September 18, 2023

          In a shop, I’d definitely be going with mono.

          Bruce
          melvimbe
          melvimbe
          September 18, 2023

          Hardwiring the Era range will also require the adaptor; the One/One SL incorporates it. I’m also not sure how critical stereo sound is for a shop? 

           

          Good point.

           

          In a shop, I’d definitely be going with mono.

           

          I would not go with stereo pairs, but I would prefer a single speaker producing stereo audio over a mono speaker.

          Danny
            nik9669a
            Senior Virtuoso
            September 18, 2023

            If the music is “background”, I still don’t see a need for stereo. A fairly even volume level across the shop floor is more critical. Price difference for One versus Era100+Ethernet adaptor is about $70 per speaker; if using 4 speakers, that’s a big price hike to go the Era route. 

              Airgetlam
              Airgetlam
              September 18, 2023

              Not to mention the monthly cost for ‘legal’ music use….

              Bruce
              Stanley_4
              Stanley_4
              Grand Maestro
              September 18, 2023

              I’d look at the Sonos Amp powering six Sonos-Sonance architectural speakers in mono mode. You can put the Amp in a secure spot and wire it to Ethernet to eliminate the potential WiFi issues.

              If six speakers isn’t enough for your space then a Sonos Port and an external multi-channel amplifier would be good. That opens up your possible passive speaker selection too.

              https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/wireless-stereo-components

              https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/architectural

               

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