Is it time for a soundbar
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We are currently decorating the living room and I’m wondering if it’s time to go for a Sonos ultra, currently we have
Demon 3400
Bk xl200
Monitor audio 90’s front and rear and a 200 centre
Most of the stuff we watch is tv - either sports or YouTube and it runs through amp and front speakers and we very rarely use the rears
So if I went Sonos it would be the ultra and a sub as I assume I cannot run the bk sub with it.
Or do I just pick up a set of used monitor audio bronze speakers and c150 centre ?
How good is the Sonos with music ?
Room is 5x3 with a lvt floor
Demon 3400
Bk xl200
Monitor audio 90’s front and rear and a 200 centre
Most of the stuff we watch is tv - either sports or YouTube and it runs through amp and front speakers and we very rarely use the rears
So if I went Sonos it would be the ultra and a sub as I assume I cannot run the bk sub with it.
Or do I just pick up a set of used monitor audio bronze speakers and c150 centre ?
How good is the Sonos with music ?
Room is 5x3 with a lvt floor
How about a passive soundbar?
I went for a Monitor Audio passive soundbar (SB3) to replace the three front channels, plus MA ceiling speakers for the rears. Kept my existing Quad sub and Denon AVR.
We've since reassigned the ceiling speakers to Atmos channels, and added a pair of slim Polk floorstanders as rears.
I went for a Monitor Audio passive soundbar (SB3) to replace the three front channels, plus MA ceiling speakers for the rears. Kept my existing Quad sub and Denon AVR.
We've since reassigned the ceiling speakers to Atmos channels, and added a pair of slim Polk floorstanders as rears.
The Wiim Wiimbar may be worth waiting for. No proper reviews yet, but I'll be surprised if it doesn't work very well.
The wiim system is all digital with DSP doing the heavy lifting for creating a proper room sound. Their products include room correction through their app, and I really like my Wiim Amp Pro.
https://www.whathifi.com/tv-home-cinema/soundbars/...
The wiim system is all digital with DSP doing the heavy lifting for creating a proper room sound. Their products include room correction through their app, and I really like my Wiim Amp Pro.
https://www.whathifi.com/tv-home-cinema/soundbars/...
I was going to start a similar thread as I m in the market for a new home cinema system, hope you don’t mind a piggyback.
We’re a Sonos house and have various speakers and soundbars dotted round the house. I can get an arc ultra, sub4 and 2x era 300 speakers to use as rears for a little under £1900 (with upgrade discount), giving me a full Atmos surround setup.
Watching a very helpful review has led me to believe this will be a more than competent Atmos setup. And I do like the low faff factor and clean setup this provides, particularly as we have many Sonos products in the house already. At the same time, I m debating what separates system I could get for the same money, particularly if it would blow the Sonos setup out the water.
Curious if anyone is in a similar boat or has gone through this decision?
We’re a Sonos house and have various speakers and soundbars dotted round the house. I can get an arc ultra, sub4 and 2x era 300 speakers to use as rears for a little under £1900 (with upgrade discount), giving me a full Atmos surround setup.
Watching a very helpful review has led me to believe this will be a more than competent Atmos setup. And I do like the low faff factor and clean setup this provides, particularly as we have many Sonos products in the house already. At the same time, I m debating what separates system I could get for the same money, particularly if it would blow the Sonos setup out the water.
Curious if anyone is in a similar boat or has gone through this decision?
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