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Contributor I
December 13, 2016
Question

One big room solutions please

I am a sonos virgin but just built one big room for my kitchen/entertaining space. It measures 21 meters by 9meters. I want to have a sonos system and don't know where to start ?
I also want sonos in my other rooms- 2 bathrooms/ lounge/ master bedroom.
Do I buy a bunch of play 5's and start from there ?
Any help appreciated - thanks in advance.
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    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    December 13, 2016
    the boost is same as having a speaker hooked to router. Some people have multiple units hooked and there is possibility of it being better or worse that way.

    If its working like you have it I wouldn't go adding more wired units.
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    December 13, 2016
    @Krislu - if all your speakers are working fine, let sleeping dogs lie!
    But that is almost certainly because of a wired in Boost, which is needed ONLY if it is not convenient to have any other speaker wired to the router. But once Boost is wired, nothing else need be.
    Contributor I
    December 13, 2016
    What is the best Ethernet cable? Do you mean cat 6 cable ? If I ran cat 6 cable to every play box , would this be the best option or overkill?
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    December 13, 2016
    Many would say good option. Probably more than 1 wired in each room is overkill. Ie if you have 4 play:1s in the big room wiring all 4 with cat 6 probably overkill.

    I guess best answer would be do you seem to have much wireless interference in your home such as with neighbors wifi. A sniffer app lokknnb at wifi around you would be good to check. If you have a lot of interference then at that point wiring all may be better for you (pretty much only happens in heavy urban areas/apartment condos)
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    Prominent Collaborator I
    December 13, 2016
    "Some people have multiple units hooked and there is possibility of it being better or worse that way."

    Really ? wow!

    "If its working like you have it I wouldn't go adding more wired units"

    It works perfect! No problems at all. I will leave well enough alone then.

    Thanks
    Kris:)
    Prominent Collaborator I
    December 13, 2016
    @Krislu - if all your speakers are working fine, let sleeping dogs lie!
    But that is almost certainly because of a wired in Boost, which is needed ONLY if it is not convenient to have any other speaker wired to the router. But once Boost is wired, nothing else need be.


    Kumar- THANKS! Yes, everything is perfect. I will take yours and Chris' advice and leave it alone.

    Kris:)
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    December 13, 2016
    I am currently using a Single Play:3 as my bridge device.
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    Contributor I
    December 13, 2016
    Many would say good option. Probably more than 1 wired in each room is overkill. Ie if you have 4 play:1s in the big room wiring all 4 with cat 6 probably overkill.

    I guess best answer would be do you seem to have much wireless interference in your home such as with neighbors wifi. A sniffer app lokknnb at wifi around you would be good to check. If you have a lot of interference then at that point wiring all may be better for you (pretty much only happens in heavy urban areas/apartment condos)
    Contributor I
    December 13, 2016
    Thanks chris. So I will cat 6 wire 1x play 1 in the big room and have 3 x play 1 in the same room but wireless.
    I will also buy a boost and then install one socket beside each play1.
    Will that cover everything or have a missed the perfect setup?

    You really know your stuff! Was just going to buy 2 play 5s and hope for the best!!!
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    December 13, 2016
    I don't think you need to get a boost.
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