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emsuya
Contributor I
March 6, 2018
Question

Sonos Connect AMP vs Play 1's as Surround speakers

Hi,
I am planning on adding two surround speakers to my playbar and sub, but im torn on which route i should take between a playamp and play 1's. Does anyone have input on which setup sounds better.
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    March 6, 2018
    Connect:Amp is going to be entirely dependent on the speakers you wire to it. And you have to wire the Connect:Amp Ethernet to the playbar or your router which makes it not so wireless.

    I would go Play:1 or Sonos One pair all day for the surrounds.
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
    emsuyaAuthor
    Contributor I
    March 6, 2018
    Thanks for the response. I guess the play 1's will do. I need to figure out how to cleanly extend power up the wall.
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    March 6, 2018
    No power up wall (speaker wire in wall) would be one advantage to the Connect:Amp
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
    emsuyaAuthor
    Contributor I
    March 6, 2018
    No power up wall (speaker wire in wall) would be one advantage to the Connect:Amp

    Yep, thats why i was considering the amp, but im not sure how well it works to drive surrounds
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