Is Sonos the only viable wireless surround sound system?

Is Sonos the only viable wireless surround sound system?

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Mark300zx

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Friday 6th September 2019
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Seems to dominate the stores but are there other options available at this price point?

Mark300zx

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Saturday 7th September 2019
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kingston12 said:
No, there are plenty of others out there, but Sonos seems to work well for most.

It didn’t work for me, so I replaced it with Google Chromecast Audio devices. They are brilliant for less than £30 each and run a lot more stable than Sonos on my network. You can also buy the tech built into speakers which makes it more of a rival to the Sonos Play 1/3/5s.

That’s great for streaming Spotify around the house, but I haven’t been able to find an iOS control app I’m happy with for streaming my own collection, so I’ve just bought a Bluesound Node2i for the main zone. This is a bit like Sonos, but more expensive. I’m hoping it will be a bit more stable!

What are you going to stream, your own collection or online music?
I was going to use for home theatre with a Sonon sound bar.

Mark300zx

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Sunday 8th September 2019
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Apologies one further condition is there is no room for an amp, so sound bar, sub and rears only?

Mark300zx

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Sunday 1st December 2019
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AMST09 said:
For home cinema you are better off installing an AVR and feeding a Sonos connect into it

Will be able to get a better quality setup than using sonos products
No room for an AVR just a soundbar and two rear speakers!