Sonos play 5 as center channel speaker in 7.1 setup question

Good point. So I have a center, left and right front and then in the house we bought, they already had a ceiling l/r front and l/r back.
All of these work pretty good now with our pioneer receiver but we have the play:5 off to the right on a bookshelf all lonely and stuff.

Goal was to see if I could swap out the smaller sized Center speaker for the Play:5 to incorporate the Sonos into the surround sound AND just use it as a Sonos speaker whenever we wanted.
2 birds, 1 stone attempt.

However, I'm not sure how that would sound since the Sonos is pretty much built to be a standalone? Is it even possible?

Just buy a Playbar and use it for your LCR. It rocks.

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I'm so tempted to slowly start sonos'ing my house out and eventually ditch my receiver and such.

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I did. It's awesome. Pricey, but awesome.

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I'm very tempted to do this, actually. Question though. If I were to get a playbar and plug it into the optical out from my receiver, would I ONLY be playing sound to the Playbar?
As in, would my ceiling speakers

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I think you can do this but I would worry about sound sync. One may lag the other. You may want to call Sonos support and talk through it with them.

I have a Playbar (LCR), two Play1s as surrounds, and a Sonos Sub. I'm running it all through a Sonos Boost.

To me it sounds as good if not better than my old receiver/wired speaker setup which was Harman Kardon/Boston Acoustic. Especially at higher volumes I get more clarity and less distortion.

I have no receiver. The hdmi cables input to a switch with one hdmi to the tv. Tv optical out to the Playbar.

All in it was over $2,000 but my older receiver and some components were not playing well with newer versions of HDCP which required me to constantly tinker with the system. Finally I was facing having to get a new receiver. so I just said screw it rather than doubling down on antiquated receiver tech.

Plus the added benefit of adding wireless speakers throughout the house was awesome.

To keep some of your wired speakers I think you are looking at a connect amp + Playbar setup.

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Pax Regis

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One additional question, how do you control your volume for Playbar + any additional speakers? You can use a traditional or Harmony (universal) remote, correct?
You're not forced to use the Sonos app exclusively, are you?

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One additional question, how do you control your volume for Playbar + any additional speakers?

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It's super easy and there are multiple ways to do it. Mainly I use my Harmony Ultimate One. You can also use the Sonos app or the Harmony phone app. And surprisingly I find myself using the hard buttons on the top of the PLAY1s which are on the sofa table behind my head if I'm too lazy to get my phone or the remote.

So then my final question is, can I use a connect amp to connect 4 speakers (my ceiling speakers)?

Hmmm ok, so that'd be half my battle. They are all the same speakers so they should. Next issue I am seeing is - my TV is somewhat old.
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That manual is for my TV model/Brand (Samsung). I think it only has an optical out vs. in. That should mean that I'm ok, right?
I'm so tempted to go blow my money load on this and see if it works. I like the challenge.

The only thing this can do that my AVR can't is handle wireless speakers. My Zone 2 is split between rooms and I can control it by my phone and listen to all of those Internet sources.