upgrading surround

  • 15 December 2020
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J

Can anyone assist with my upgrade questions? I currently have a 5 speaker surround set in living room as well as a single “One” (not hooked up with tv) and a connect - that connects my amp and surround speakers to my other Sonos speakers thru the house. I want to streamline all the devices as I currently have the amp/receiver, subwoofer, Apple TV, ps3 (only using rarely to play a DVD) and the Sonos connect . Should I just purchase one soundbar non Sonos and hook up to current sub woofer and the Sonos connect? But then I would still require my amp for the connect? Or get a Sonos beam or other and one more “one” and then use existing sub woofer (not sure I can) and get rid of all other equip? I did spend a lot on the “connect” though but don’t want all this equip. 

Any advice is much appreciated. 

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T

To be honest, as someone who is trying to have less clutter and wires my recommendation would be get a Sonos sound bar of your choice, one more One then add the sub. I don’t have any experience with the amp or connect. Someone else can certainly chime in with advice on what to do with those. 

J

Thanks for this! Do I need to use the Sonos sub or use of existing one will work ?

T

Thanks for this! Do I need to use the Sonos sub or use of existing one will work ?

I do not want to give you wrong information as I do not own a Sonos connect or amp. But I feel like you cannot have a Sonos soundbar (playbar, beam or Arc) connected to a 3rd party sub through a Sonos amp. I know you can run the sub within a wireless speaker set through the amp, but once its connected to a soundbar using Arc/eArc HDMI I don’t think they stay paired up.   Take what I said with a grain of salt, I have never tried this. I am sure there are other threads on this topic, it would be worthwhile to search / dig through them sometime. 

J

Ok thank you I really appreciate your reply 

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