Sonos Play 5 1st gen: should I get a second one or upgrade to two Sons One one and a Sub?

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Hello everyone, I'm new to the community, even though I've been using a Sonos Play 5 1st generation since 2014. I would love to consider upgrading the system, and of course, money is often one of the main factors involved in taking decisions.

I've never listened to a pair of Sonos 5 (1st or 2nd generation), neither a pair of Sonos one, with or without a Sub, so I have no empiric experience on my side.

My question would be, is it better to by another second-hand Play 5 1st gen to pair with mine, or to sell my own one and buy two Play One and may be one day add a Sub?

I wasn't able to find a similar thread on the community, but I hope not to be redundant.

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ratty

I agree that ineptly glued-on subwoofers can colour the sound. But the Sub is not just tacked on the bottom end. The Play:5s apply a high-pass filter in order to cross over to it, relieving themselves of mid- and lower-bass frequencies. Trueplay smooths out the overall response and sets the Sub's phase correctly.

Although the P:5s do very well on their own, in my experience their frequency range is not sufficient to get down to the 30-40Hz region with ample power delivery. I guess in the end it depends on one's taste in music.

C

cliffspencer

Lyricist I

From what I read, Sonos will be dropping all support for first generation Play:5. When this happens no equipment in your network will be updated as long as there are deprecated products connected. I’m going to start looking for an alternative to Sonos, the reliability of their system is nowhere like when I started investing in it years ago. Back then it “just worked”. Now it stops playing in the middle of parties (it “just stops”), frequently can’t handle any reconfiguration without dying, and sometimes forgets about components.

That said, if you are a happy Sonos customer you should reconsider buying first generation gear. Here’s a link:
https://blog.sonos.com/en/end-of-software-updates-for-legacy-products/

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

From what I read, Sonos will be dropping all support for first generation Play:5.

You sure didn’t read that in anything Sonos has published or from any reliable source.

Legacy gear will not be getting all feature updates after May but support is not ending.

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cliffspencer

Lyricist I

My wording as indeed imprecise, I was referring to software support, rather than hardware support.

Airgetlam

Software support is not ending either, the devices will just not be receiving new features. Bug and security fixes will continue.

Bruce

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