Sonos cinema, any alternatives?

[Mark300zx]

Thinking of going down the Sonos route, arc, sub and surrounds, I know there are alternatives, what would you choose??

[AndyTR]

Focal Sib Evo, I'm waiting for my local dealer to get one in for demos when they reopen.

[Douglas Quaid]

What’s the budget? Sonos is a compromise sound wise, they’re a lifestyle speaker.

[Mark300zx]

Douglas Quaid said:

What’s the budget? Sonos is a compromise sound wise, they’re a lifestyle speaker.

I can pick up an arc, sub and two surrounds for £1700 so roughly around that point, not a fan of wires though!

[alorotom]

The Bose soundtouch 500 and 700 have the ability to accept wireless rears and a wireless sub ... it’ll be about the same cost as the Sonos setup.

We have the 500 setup and went for it over Sonos as I didn’t like the Sonos range in the test suite against the Bose.

[JEA1K]

Mark300zx said:

I can pick up an arc, sub and two surrounds for £1700 so roughly around that point, not a fan of wires though!

They still need power ... unless you know something about wireless electricity that I don't?;)

[JEA1K]

To add to this and this is some general advice, concentrate on spending more of the budget on creating a higher quality front sound stage rather than adding more speakers. A better AVR and front channels + sub (stereo pair, L&R can be used in certain modes) to start then add more channels as funds allow.

For some reason, some believe they need 'Surround sound'. As a rule, TV programs are not produced nor broadcast in multi-channel audio formats so unless you watch films more than TV or anything else in a multi-channel audio format, you could be spending money needlessly.

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

We have a sonos lifestyle speaker (play IIRC). Came free with my phone.

Sounds good but Sonos' ability to make Alexa work is just awful.

I certainly wouldn't spend my own money on sonos kit based on how poor their software integration seems to be.