What to do, conventional system, Sonos...

[Craig234]

I have the equipment (Pioneer receiver, Polk ~$200 each speakers) for surround sound but have never hooked it up.

This is in a 'small living room' I guess to be around 10x15.

Meanwhile, seeing shiny objects, I picked up a pair of Sonos bookshelf speakers on black Friday with no idea quite how I'd use them except getting the Beam but missed the sale on that.

I just bought the Beam when it went on sale again, but haven't hooked it up, either.

So now the Sonos sub-woofer goes on sale. I could get it, and have probably a nice Sonos setup.

Or, I could hook up the actual stereo and speakers. Which I'd guess will be 'higher audio quality', but I'm not sure how well it would work for my setup and I suspect it would be annoying having the sound from people speaking on the tv coming from another direction from speakers on the sides and back.

And then I find myself looking for a way to justify setting both up. 'Sonos for normal tv, speakers for music and possibly some movies', and think, maybe that's overkill.

I usually see 'worth it' comments for the relatively expensive (on sale for $549) sub-woofer.

Not sure if I'd be needlessly settling for lower sound quality to actually continue the Sonos setup.

Sonos, Receiver, or both...

 

[WaynePflughaupt]

It's highly doubtful that you will able to use both. Sonos is pretty much a stand-alone system that doesn't play with anything else.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[lovinthehd]

I'd say the Sonos sub is very overpriced unless you need it for a Sonos system, then there may not be much choice. I'd stick to a standard component system rather than a proprietary or semi-proprietary system like Sonos (or similarly, Bose). $500 gets you a good entry level sub from SVS, Hsu and RSL off the top of my head that would be better than the Sonos. Sonos' main appeal is their wireless system.