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Expand your home audio setup with this Sonos Playbase. The 10 amplified drivers produce a full range of sound, as they consist of six midrange drivers, three tweeters and a woofer, and it's compact enough to place anywhere. This Sonos Playbase also includes a controller app for effective customization and easy streaming from mobile devices.
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Great addition to SONOS family, very versatile
on May 19, 2017
Posted by: bigtechfan
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Added the PLAYBASE to my mix of 4 PLAY:1s
Normally run two PLAY:1s as stereo pair in Living Room, single PLAY:1 in Master Bedroom and final PLAY:1 in Guest Room. When I want 5.1 surround I pull the Master and Guest and configure them as the rear L and R.
First time moving already configured speakers (Master/Guest) out of their current roles into the 5.1 setup took about 10min to figure out. This wouldn't be the case if the rears were just new never configured speakers. Now knowing the reset step I can do the entire setup in 2 min. Just unplug and then hold down the pause button on top of the PLAY:1 before you plug it back in. Keep holding the pause button until the light goes orange (about 10-15 seconds), then configure speaker as one of the rears in the SONOS app (Setting / Add Player or Sub). Repeat for second rear. The app shows you step by step but starts assuming its a new speaker vs one you need to first reset from prior association. The key was holding the pause at plug in until orange light to reset it.
The sound as a 5.1 is AMAZING. I didn't get a dedicated SUB as the PLAYBASE has plenty of sub for my taste. Was watching the latest Resident Evil the other night, decided it was going to a fun ride so moved the setup into 5.1. What a difference in the movie experience. I don't use the Living Room pair as their plugs are harder to reach, else would just pull those and setup as the rear L and R.
Another cool feature of the PLAYBASE is it allows using all your SONOS speakers as TV speakers. I live where I can see into a baseball park from my deck. Shortly after getting the PLAYBASE I had a baseball party and put all 5 speakers into play as TV output. Nice to be able to hear the every play of the game from any room in the condo.
To get to the heart of the review, the PLAYBASE took my 4 PLAY:1s to a new level. They always sounded great but playing music with the added PLAYBASE gives the sound extra depth and range. I sometimes show people with and without the PLAYBASE added to the groupings. Everyone notices what the PLAYBASE adds.
Sometimes I'll just play the PLAYBASE solo grouped for music. There is great separation of instruments and it easily fills the 1700 sqf condo.
I've yet to turn the PLAYBASE volume to 100%. My building has 3 feet concreate floors but don't want the blast the neighbors in who share the floor.
Last note, during the day I have all 5 speakers playing music. When I turn on the TV after dinner, it auto migrates the PLAYBASE from music output to TV output. Nothing required, I guess when it detects the TV input, it just auto ungroups it and assigns it to the TV. Next day when I want to play music from all 5 I just group the TV back with the other 4 speakers, takes about 2 seconds to add it back to the main group. The TV output with just the PLAYBASE (no 5.1) is magnitudes above my TV speaker. The TV's default sound bar wasn't bad (2016 high end LG OLED) but it cannot compare to the PLAYBASE.
Like all SONOS products, the initial setup was a breeze. The unboxing was very Apple Zen like and adding the PLAYBASE was very simple via the step-by-step direction in the SONOS app.
It's a great purchase, loving it, would highly recommend as an addition or a starting point for anyone entering SONOS. If you start with just two PLAY:1 or just the PLAYBASE, you'll be happy happy but when you add the complementary product you'll be BLOWN AWAY.
My Best Buy number: 2209043444
My Best Buy number: 2209043444
I would recommend this to a friend!
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