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Proc · 11 Mar 2021 at 14:28

Keep toying with the idea of getting a sub, already have a beam and 2 One’s for rears. But hard to justify the £600 price tag to the wife unless it really improves the sound that much.

Basher · 11 Mar 2021 at 14:38

Proc said:
Keep toying with the idea of getting a sub, already have a beam and 2 One’s for rears. But hard to justify the £600 price tag to the wife unless it really improves the sound that much.

It does. Get it ordered.

M1k3H · 11 Mar 2021 at 15:24

I am really contemplating about the Sonos Move. Have needed a speaker that I can take to other rooms and outdoors in our garden. Initially thought I'd be able to take the Sonos 1s I have as rears, but that's not possible as I need to remove them as surrounds and then add them and do trueplay everytime, which isn't ideal.

Mariusz · 11 Mar 2021 at 15:31

Proc said:
Keep toying with the idea of getting a sub, already have a beam and 2 One’s for rears. But hard to justify the £600 price tag to the wife unless it really improves the sound that much.

Basher said:
It does. Get it ordered.

This man speaks the truth

I've got an Arc with sub and surrounds and a Beam with sub and surrounds and the sub really fills out the sound and adds lovely bass. If you watch action films you'll love it

My subwoofer with the Arc died last year and was replaced by Sonos under warranty and I really noticed the difference in the sound when I was waiting for the replacement, explosions lacked impact and soundtracks weren't as immersive.

the-evaluator · 11 Mar 2021 at 15:33

M1k3H said:
I am really contemplating about the Sonos Move. Have needed a speaker that I can take to other rooms and outdoors in our garden. Initially thought I'd be able to take the Sonos 1s I have as rears, but that's not possible as I need to remove them as surrounds and then add them and do trueplay everytime, which isn't ideal.

That's the same reason that prompted us to buy a Move. It works brilliantly.

M1k3H · 11 Mar 2021 at 16:17

the-evaluator said:
That's the same reason that prompted us to buy a Move. It works brilliantly.

Just need to convince myself (and the missus) to get one

ChrisD. · 11 Mar 2021 at 17:42

I also have a Move and it's excellent.

the-evaluator · 12 Mar 2021 at 07:20

M1k3H said:
Just need to convince myself (and the missus) to get one

Less thinking, more buying!

Moobert · 12 Mar 2021 at 08:55

the-evaluator said:
How are you planning to do that using the Roam?

It's the cheapest Sonos that has Bluetooth. I'm hoping that if I can connect the player through BT it will allow me to transfer the music to any other Sonos I may have.

The cheapest option to do this currently is either running a Raspberry PI or laptop on and creating a stream. Failing that the next option is a second hand Connect which are going for about 150 on ebay

Proc · 12 Mar 2021 at 08:56

Basher said:
It does. Get it ordered.

Lol straight to the point, like your reasoning. Just got to convince the wife now.

the-evaluator · 12 Mar 2021 at 09:00

Moobert said:
It's the cheapest Sonos that has Bluetooth. I'm hoping that if I can connect the player through BT it will allow me to transfer the music to any other Sonos I may have.

That's not going to work. When the bluetooth is active the wifi is disabled and vice versa so theres no way you could have a bluetooth source playing on the Roam or Move and then send that the your other speakers.

Moobert said:
The cheapest option to do this currently is either running a Raspberry PI or laptop on and creating a stream. Failing that the next option is a second hand Connect which are going for about 150 on ebay

If you get a Connect and you're using Sonos S2 then make sure you get an S2 compatible version. Mine wasn't so I ended up getting a Port using the upgrade scheme.

Moobert · 12 Mar 2021 at 10:33

the-evaluator said:
That's not going to work. When the bluetooth is active the wifi is disabled and vice versa so theres no way you could have a bluetooth source playing on the Roam or Move and then send that the your other speakers.

This apparently isn't the case with the Roam. At home you can have a simultaneous WiFi and BT connection.

Simmz · 12 Mar 2021 at 11:02

Just noticed the app finally shows every format now when playing something on the TV. Only used to display Dolby Atmos and you used to have to go into the about to see the rest. Doesn't show if it's dolby atmos true hd or dd+ annoyingly though. Not sure when this changed, but a welcome change.

Moobert · 12 Mar 2021 at 11:47

Moobert said:
This apparently isn't the case with the Roam. At home you can have a simultaneous WiFi and BT connection.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/9/22319251/sonos-roam-pricing-features-release-date

the-evaluator · 12 Mar 2021 at 12:24

Moobert said:
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/9/22319251/sonos-roam-pricing-features-release-date

Well that's fantastic! A good move by Sonos.

mug2k · 20 Mar 2021 at 13:45

I just got a Beam and I'm pretty impressed with the sound the little thing puts out. Just wondered if the rears/surrounds add any fullness to the sound when watching movies? I know a Sub will help a ton with that but money is tight at the moment so I think I want to prioritize a pair of One's first!

Mariusz · 20 Mar 2021 at 13:50

mug2k said:
I just got a Beam and I'm pretty impressed with the sound the little thing puts out. Just wondered if the rears/surrounds add any fullness to the sound when watching movies? I know a Sub will help a ton with that but money is tight at the moment so I think I want to prioritize a pair of One's first!

One's will help put you in the middle of the on-screen action, a subwoofer will help fill out the sound and really adds to films. Love both my 5.1 Sonos set-ups.

2004typer · 20 Mar 2021 at 14:42

Proc said:
Keep toying with the idea of getting a sub, already have a beam and 2 One’s for rears. But hard to justify the £600 price tag to the wife unless it really improves the sound that much.

Basher said:
It does. Get it ordered.

Yep - no question, immense improvement.

I've got two play ones linked to a sub, the difference is astounding.

batfink · 20 Mar 2021 at 14:54

mug2k said:
I just got a Beam and I'm pretty impressed with the sound the little thing puts out. Just wondered if the rears/surrounds add any fullness to the sound when watching movies? I know a Sub will help a ton with that but money is tight at the moment so I think I want to prioritize a pair of One's first!

If it's one or the other, I'd get the sub first. The difference is not subtle.

Minstadave · 20 Mar 2021 at 15:37

batfink said:
If it's one or the other, I'd get the sub first. The difference is not subtle.

This is the route I took.

Used the 30% off voucher from an old Play:5 to get a Gen 3 sub £500.

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