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Recommended speaker configuration for a 6m x 6m fully insulated garage gym conversion

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I am in the process of converting a 6 metre x 6 metre garage into a home gym. The floor/walls/roof are all being fully insulated and plaster boarded so audio should be similar to if it was in a room inside a house. I am looking for some guidance as to what Sonos products would be best to prove a good music listening environment whilst training. In my head i was hoping to just have 2 high level speakers on one of the walls about 5 metres apart - possibly Era 100s (and could add a floor sub at a later date), but I am worried they will not be powerful enough for the 36sqm space. I do currently have 2 Sonos fives connected to a record player in a 10sqm study so could move these into the gym and replace those with era 100s. I was hoping someone out there may have had to fill a similar size area and could offer some insight

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

The Fives should do the job for the gym.

Consider Era-300s for the office space, if you have Atmos available they are amazing.

The 100s do make a nice stereo pair, maybe with a mini-Sub if the 300s are too much?

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MarkM81Author

Contributor I

Thank you for the reply, would you put the 2 fives in corners or would you set in slightly? I have seen differing opinions about this and whether to stereo pair or not.

AjTrek1

Since the Fives have no rear porting for bass placing them in corners IMO would not make a significant improvement; if at all. I’d follow the traditional placement of speakers for a stereo pair which is 2 to 2.5 meters apart using the mid-point of a wall as the starting point. I’d also allow ½ to 1 meter spacing from the wall. The additional space behind and on either side of the Fives would provide adequate reflection to widen the sound stage.

You might consider a Sub4 for the room size. The Sub4 can be placed where it produces the best low-end which could be a corner.

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

For stereo, and considering the imaging sweet spot the above is good.

If you do a mono setup, for more even sound, then tucking the Fives into the corner and placing them vertically is going to see some, way less than even a mini-Sub, reinforcement of the low end. Not worth doing if you are going stereo as it would be counterproductive.

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MarkM81Author

Contributor I

Thankyou both, it’s much appreciated. I will aim to set them in from each corner by ½ metre, which will give me 5 metres between. Adding a sub at a later date to improve the base sounds like a good idea if I feel it’s lacking.

AjTrek1

Ha 😂…

I edited my original post to read as setting the speakers “2 to 2.5 meters” apart. Being in the US I failed to make the conversion from 6 feet to the approximate equivalent of 2 meters. Sorry for that 😵‍💫

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