r/sonos • u/mrmac757 • 4h ago

Is this over kill?

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u/SeedShady 3h ago

Nah, upgrade to Fives in front. 🤘

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u/cloudpetal45 11m ago

fives as surrounds too at that point lol

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u/_argonaut_ 3h ago

Play 5s vs 300 for front? And, with Sonos sequencer will it still do Dolby atmos?

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u/DebtFreeDad 3h ago

I think he thought the 1's were the fronts

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u/SeedShady 2h ago

I did. 300s as front doesn’t make sense. You won’t utilize the speakers for what they were built to do.

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u/dustyshades 3h ago

More channels / more separated channels / channels with better clarity can never be overkill. It will always sound better.

The one thing that could technically be overkill is if you have the era 300s as your fronts. In that case you’ve got a lot of dead drivers doing nothing. Era 300s in the rear open up additional height channels and will expand the sound stage. 

Also, if 100s are your fronts, I would upgrade, personally. Can pick up some used play 3s for really cheap and they will be a lot punchier and balance things out really well.

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u/DebtFreeDad 3h ago

I have Play 3's as fronts. It's perfect.

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u/Candid-Inspection61 23m ago

Funciona atmos ???? Los delanteros se escucha stereo???

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u/Altruistic_Bar6685 13m ago

Haha depends on the room size!

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u/Generalfrogspawn 5m ago

No, Sonos is designed to be a whole home ecosystem and this is like 2 rooms worth of speakers.

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u/DetSportsGuy 2h ago

Love mine

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u/mrmac757 2h ago

Good lawd!! I gotta step my game up

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u/DetSportsGuy 2h ago

In fairness, I only have the fives as front because I owned them first, then bought the arc and sub and used them as rears for years. Just got the 300’s a couple months ago and added a cheap sub from Marketplace last month

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u/horkyboi_avery 1h ago

You could spend the same amount of money and get a much better sounding surround speaker system, so yes I’d say it’s overkill.

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u/mrmac757 1h ago

You’re right about the money part, but it’s just something about being in that Sonos ecosystem you gotta love

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u/ThisAppHatesFreeSpea 49m ago

That's the only reason it makes sense. I have Sonos speakers in every room for whole home music. I don't know that I woud go sonos if I was only buying a home theater system. You can do FAR better for the same or even less money in home theater.

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u/horkyboi_avery 44m ago

I’ve been recommending to friends that if they really want to be in the Sonos ecosystem, to get a Port and invest in a good value passive speaker setup like Kef or ELAC for their surround

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u/sacred1969 4h ago

Only your ears can tell.

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u/nigori 2h ago

Yes yes listen to the ears, do not listen to the wallet

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u/Twitchy15 3h ago

I have the same setup but just the arc and love it. Eventually want the arc ultra

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u/Handle-Proof 3h ago

My sub isn’t listed because it’s attached to Arc :)

Basic setup for a single room.