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Wallands
Contributor I
Jun 17, 2025 6:40 AM UTC
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upgrading

Hi. 
looking for advice on upgrade. 
I currently have a old play 5 and 2 x’s play 3. 
used to stream from Spotify and also my Rega planar 1 plus. 
all works fine although not updated for a few years. 
looking to upgrade to a beam and a couple of Move 2. (I have been gifted 1 Move 2) 
I understand the turntable may be an issue and require additional components. 
can anyone help and advise on the best set up. 

regards 

mark

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Corry P
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Sonos Staff
Jun 20, 2025 7:44 AM UTC

Hi ​@Wallands 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Your old Play:5 is the only speaker that won’t work as part of the same system as the others - the Play:3 speakers can be added to the S2 system that the Move 2 and Beam (Gen 2) will require.

You could keep the Play:5 for playing the turntable, but if you want to be able to stream that to the other speakers, that would not be an option with the Play:5. You could instead get a Sonos Line-In Adapter to plug into one of your Move 2s, but you could not then share the feed with the Play:5, but could with other speakers.

I hope this helps.

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nik9669a
Senior Virtuoso
Jun 17, 2025 6:51 AM UTC

If you’re planning a home theatre setup, you can’t use the Roams as surrounds, but you could use the Play:3’s. 

Which Sonos speakers work as surrounds?

A matching pair of the following speakers will work as surrounds: Era 300, Era 100, Sonos One (including SL), Sonos Five, Play:1, Play:3, and Play:5 (Gen 2).

What Gen is your :5? If it’ll run on S2 you can still use the turntable via the Aux there. 

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WallandsAuthor
Contributor I
Jun 17, 2025 7:05 AM UTC

 Just edited original post.

Its the Move 2 i have been gifted and would like to add to and extend. 
my Play 5 is Gen 1. 

Not concerned about surround sound 

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Corry P
Corry PAnswer
Sonos Staff
Jun 20, 2025 7:44 AM UTC

Hi ​@Wallands 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Your old Play:5 is the only speaker that won’t work as part of the same system as the others - the Play:3 speakers can be added to the S2 system that the Move 2 and Beam (Gen 2) will require.

You could keep the Play:5 for playing the turntable, but if you want to be able to stream that to the other speakers, that would not be an option with the Play:5. You could instead get a Sonos Line-In Adapter to plug into one of your Move 2s, but you could not then share the feed with the Play:5, but could with other speakers.

I hope this helps.

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