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Trending Lyricist I
December 29, 2020

Sonos ARC and DTS Support

Why for the love of god does SONOS not support DTS audio?  No workarounds, no suggestions to look at buying a deconverter.  No I don’t want to RIP my blu rays and connect a server to watch a movie.  I want to understand why SONOS cannot support DTS audio?  Primarily BluRay 4k HD user.  

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    Lead Maestro
    December 29, 2020

    The Sonos Arc now supports multichannel LPCM. Set your Blu-ray player to convert DTS to PCM and you should get multichannel PCM 5.1 from all of your DTS-encoded Blu-rays and UHD discs which sounds just as good as DTS-HD Master Audio.

    "Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
    99ramonAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    December 29, 2020

    I tried that and on the Sonos app /system/ it reads 5.1 LPCM however I’m only hearing front left & front right and center channel I’m not hearing any rears 

    99ramonAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    December 29, 2020

    And when on PCM I don’t get Atmos so I have to continuously go to the Blu-ray player and flip that setting off and on. However if DTS was supported it’s a non-issue

    melvimbe
    December 29, 2020

    There are tons of threads over the years where people have discussed this topic. You’ll probably get a better answer by searching for existing topics.

    Danny
    Lead Maestro
    December 29, 2020

    Taking 10 seconds to change a setting on your player is not that difficult. And many players, including my own, have separate settings for Dolby audio and DTS audio.

    What specific player do you have?

    "Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
    Lead Maestro
    December 29, 2020

    I tried that and on the Sonos app /system/ it reads 5.1 LPCM however I’m only hearing front left & front right and center channel I’m not hearing any rears 

    What is your specific setup? What TV and Blu-ray player are you using?

    "Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
    99ramonAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    December 29, 2020

    It’s not difficult it’s just ridiculous. 

    99ramonAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    December 29, 2020

    Sony ubp-x800

    Lead Maestro
    December 29, 2020

    Sony ubp-x800

    Be sure BD Audio Mix Setting, DTS Neo:6, and Audio DRC are all set to Off.

    What specific disc are you testing?

    "Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
    99ramonAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    December 29, 2020

    Hi I have RokuTCL6 65” class.  And using Skyfall 4k DTS and Kingsman 4k, Blues Brothers 4k and the MI movie in DTS.  they show 5.1 in app.  I’ll do a reset and do the settings again.   I am also replacing my HDMI cables all the way around this afternoon.