Another feature request. Rather than just basic bass/treble/ambient/full adjustments for speakers, any chance of pre-configured (or configurable) DSP settings for music Sonos, you know, those “old skool” DSP settings like Concert Hall, Jazz Club, Dance, Dolby Theatre, etc to select from?
For some added context and having been through MANY different varieties of music, surround sound and home theatre systems over the years. Sometimes, nothing beats good old fashioned 2.0 stereo but without the technology of today, those old systems had to use psychoacoustic trickery to make the sound more interesting/engaging, some with greater success than others
Using my TruPlay’d Arc, 2 x One and Sub setup as basis, for movies and TV’s, it sounds as great as would be expected. For music as well, it’s definitely no slouch and certainly has presence and fills rooms but it’s all based on TruPlay and the room acoustics and manual adjustments of levels. The only thing I found is that it’s still somewhat directional and you really need to be in the sweet spot in front of the main channel (the Arc in most cases).
I’ve tried spatial audio and Atmos content on Apple, Amazon etc. but found it very hit and miss in terms of the experience because it is so heavily dependant on how well the mix has been done. In my mind, the old skool DSP approach applies it to all audio regardless of mix so a “Concert Hall” DSP might leverage the upfiring speakers or psychoacoustics better to make to add a bigger/different colour to the soundstage rather than expand it
Granted, some of those old DSPs are/were VERY tacky and it may not be something that everyone wants. It would also be very subjective in terms of experience whether people would like it.
From my side though, a small, nicely curated set of specific DSPs (e.g. Concert Hall, Jazz Club) would be a nice touch just for music (automatically disabling the DSP when switching source back to TV/video) to give an added (different?) sense of immersion to music when you want to listen to music more immersively like how we get 5.1/Atmos/DTS for modern movie/audio content.
Just thought I’d throw it out into the ether. Sorry if it’s been asked already.
