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This is a great post as others have mentioned. Another vote for the 5s up-front. Before I discovered Sonosquencr, I had two fives in the front of my living room for music only and had arc, sub mini, and connect:amp running rears. But my preferred music listening mode was to group the 5s with the HT

From what I understand - coming from no speakers at all, and not a ton of space, I don’t think you need a “full” setup with a big amp, passive speakers etc. Also you’ll want minimal faff getting music actually playing in the speakers from your phone, laptop etc. Honestly I think a stereo pair of Son

He could stick in Sonos-world and still have a pretty damn great setup. An Arc Ultra + 2 Fives is still a beast of a setup, regardless of how it compares technically with a top of the line home theatre setup. If you're at all space or wife constrained a full sonos setup is going to deliver plenty

I highly recommend adding fronts. I’ve experimented with Fives, Play 3s, era 100s, and One G2s. They all sound awesome but the order I listed them is how I rank them in terms of overall sound quality. I bought the Play 3s just do the test. $140 for the pair which seems to be the going rate. I was sh

It sounds like you've got a bit of a mess to straighten out in order to get the full functionality. Neither 5s nor Ones will play Atmos, but they work really well for straight stereo music. There's a also a way to pair the Ones as front channel speakers with an Arc for a better 5.1 setup. If you wan

The Five is for sure Sonos best speaker for two channel music, and I’m glad you found the Beolit to your liking. As for the Emerge, I used it to update from the M3. In a largish master bath space. In that capacity (similar enough to your use case) it worked the treat. I’m not sure I’d be happy with

This works best for me, paired with my 2 Sonos Fives.