I have been playing with the settings whilst listening to music on the whole surround system and it actually sounded very good indeed, setting the surround setting to -5 as suggested earlier in the thread.
I haven’t unboxed the Five yet to try it but if it doesn’t blow me away and is vastly better than the Arc, sub and surrounds I will likely return it. We’ll see.
I've a Beam, One and Play:3 upstairs and I use them daily to blast music (WFH covid19 ballix), the real game changer in sound for me is the sub. It just completes it, its absolutely amazing difference the Sub makes
I'd be keen to hear what you think of the Play:5 v Play:5 & Sub combo