Prodigy III

14.20 update

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December 6, 2022
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Anyone updated yet?

Any issues?

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slongChez

Trending Lyricist I

I just updated to 14.20.1.

Coming from 14.20 which lowered my arc volume, weakened my front channels of the arc, overpowered my surrounds (I had to put -6 on tv) and seemed to hurt bass, 14.20.1 has fixed these issues for me.

My surrounds now blend in perfectly, surround effects and soundstage have improved dramatically, and volume on arc and fronts are back to normal. Night mode seems to be more impactful also. If I have one thing that I have to test more, is the center of the arc. It seems dialogue has been dialed down at lower volumes.

Would love to hear others impressions, but so far I am super happy. I almost returned my arc because of 14.2.0, now Im in love with it again.

This is great to hear. I’ve had the similar issue with the surrounds being overpowered and having to turn down my speakers to about -7. Will have to test this later today.

Dogdad

Headliner III

Anyone updated yet?

Any issues?

Updated! Sound very good on my Sonos speakers. Hope Sonos will not change the sound again and leave it with this. Automaticly update off, for the future.

3x One SL, 1x Ray, 1x Sub Mini and 1x Roam.

I had the auto update to the off position but found out Sonos will eventually lock you out of certain features on the app until you do the new update…

skullcAuthor

Prodigy III

@mrtapout just updated had to turn treble down to -4 as speech sounds like people have a lisp😳

Will do truplay again tomorrow and test it more over the weekend I only use my arc for movie and TV content so cannot comment on music

Hopefully truplay will improve it but it's not as bad as when the first clarity update happened and I had to have treble at -8

I’ve only tested movies, but interestingly I had to turn treble up to +4. It could come down to the source, I’m playing 4k atmos movies from Vudu which as we all know isnt the best source for sound. Havent tried uncompressed trueHD audio yet. I havent used trueplay (waiting for my friend to come over to let me use his Iphone lol!)

Don't have vudu in the UK I have tried apple tv content I own and currently watching a 4k bluray treble still at -4 and I have redone truplay

At least it's not worse 😊

Network= livewire cpe pro 3 +eero 6 pro wireless

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mrtapout

Lyricist II

After further testing 14.20.1 I do feel dialogue is too low. The center channel seems not as robust and powerful as before, unless the volume is 30 +.

Without being said, I have just an arc and two One SLs with no sub and watching the racing scene of Ready Player One absolutely blew me away today. The amount of crisp sound detail, thunderous bass, and very multidirectional soundfield not only stunned me, but left my 2 buddies that came over mesmerized,, saying it sounds like a movie theatre and it sounds Insane. My one buddy was truly shocked at what this soundbar and two wireless speakers were producing. It was great to see them have this reaction

Once the dialogue gets back too 14.8 levels, I think we'll be in a really big place if they don't mess up the other stuff. If you are not happy with the EQ, try adjusting the loudness, treble, and bass settings because after this update their does seem to be a change in how everything sounds

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arcosin

Enthusiast II

After further testing 14.20.1 I do feel dialogue is too low. The center channel seems not as robust and powerful as before, unless the volume is 30 +.

Without being said, I have just an arc and two One SLs with no sub and watching the racing scene of Ready Player One absolutely blew me away today. The amount of crisp sound detail, thunderous bass, and very multidirectional soundfield not only stunned me, but left my 2 buddies that came over mesmerized,, saying it sounds like a movie theatre and it sounds Insane. My one buddy was truly shocked at what this soundbar and two wireless speakers were producing. It was great to see them have this reaction

Once the dialogue gets back too 14.8 levels, I think we'll be in a really big place if they don't mess up the other stuff. If you are not happy with the EQ, try adjusting the loudness, treble, and bass settings because after this update their does seem to be a change in how everything sounds

Were you on 14.20 before?

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mrtapout

Lyricist II

After further testing 14.20.1 I do feel dialogue is too low. The center channel seems not as robust and powerful as before, unless the volume is 30 +.

Without being said, I have just an arc and two One SLs with no sub and watching the racing scene of Ready Player One absolutely blew me away today. The amount of crisp sound detail, thunderous bass, and very multidirectional soundfield not only stunned me, but left my 2 buddies that came over mesmerized,, saying it sounds like a movie theatre and it sounds Insane. My one buddy was truly shocked at what this soundbar and two wireless speakers were producing. It was great to see them have this reaction

Once the dialogue gets back too 14.8 levels, I think we'll be in a really big place if they don't mess up the other stuff. If you are not happy with the EQ, try adjusting the loudness, treble, and bass settings because after this update their does seem to be a change in how everything sounds

Were you on 14.20 before?

Yes see my post a few up to see my experience with it

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wilwong829

Enthusiast II

How come Sonos updates for controller and system becomes weekly or bi-weekly???

Pretty tired for that if we’re to retune the system after every update… :(

Ken_Griffiths

How come Sonos updates for controller and system becomes weekly or bi-weekly???

Pretty tired for that if we’re to retune the system after every update… :(

You don’t need to retune a Sonos room unless something has changed in that room, or the update requires you to retune (which is hardly ever).

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Aidyb

Trending Lyricist I

14.20.1 has capped my Sub/bass again, I've had auto updates off since the 14.12 debacle, it was fixed to a degree with 14.18 but my loudness setting stopped working in the process of that update, I felt we were on the right track and was happy enough with the sound and thought the loudness setting would be fixed in the next update, that didn't happen but I was happy with my living room sound (Arc, Sub gen3, Sl ones) stupidly I bought a Sub mini for my other room set up (Beam 2 One sl's) and was forced to update the whole system to add the Sub mini to 14.20.1 since then my main room with the Arc has lost bass impact, overall sound stage has taken a step back, I'm really regretting I ever stepped into this Sonos world, when it's good, it's really good for a convenient wireless solution but with these constant updates ruining the experience and the fact they are forced updates if you buy a new product has become too much, why don't they just leave it alone….