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Ajiazho
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September 4, 2018

Play 5 vs. Beam

In my living room, I now have 2nd gen play 5 connected to TV line-in, and a pair of play 1's bounded with a SUB. They are grouped together for watching movies and listening to music. I know it does not provide surround sound and cause slight delay of lip sync when watching TV.
I am thinking about getting a beam to replace the play 5. Can anyone adives what the gain and loss would be in terms of sound experience? I heard play 5 beats beam in sound quality.

Thanks in advance!
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    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1
    September 7, 2018
    Hi again

    Great that the sound is to your liking. If the sub is overpowering you can adjust its level in the Sonos app. Better still... if you have the Sonos app on an iPhone, iPad or iPod you can use True Play in the Sonos app to adjust the sound of all your Sonos speakers in the room. If you don’t own one of the devices I mentioned maybe you might use a friends, place it on your network and load the Sonos App on theirs temporarily. True Play does not work with Android devices.

    If you try the Play 5...just know that you cannot bond the sub to it and your Beam simultaneously. Although you may find the Play 5 has enough low end without the sub. Good luck and enjoy your Sonos!

    Cheers!
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      Ken_Griffiths
      Ken_Griffiths
      September 8, 2018
      Thanks AJtrek1. Removed sub from table and placed it on the floor! Sounds great. Way too much for my small living room.
      May start with one Play 5 on a stand to left of TV. See how that sounds for music. Not complaining about current music setup, just looking for ultimate Sonos setup.
      Did you choose to set your rear speakers to play 'Full’ music audio? If not, then goto 'Settings/Room Settings' and select the 'Room’ for your Beam and choose 'Advanced Audio/Surround Settings' and switch the 'Music Playback' from 'Ambient' to 'Full'... then try your music playback again.

      Hope that helps.
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