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I recently splurged on a Sonos sub, arc, and 2x era 300s setup for the best Dolby atmos music and movie experience.

Using just the Era 300s + sub gives the best music experience. The moment I add the arc, the eras use the surround profile, where they don’t use all their speakers. This provides a much worse listening experience.

 

I do not want to have to reset up the eras and sub each time I’m switching from listening to music to watching a movie.

 

I imagine there are a couple different ways to fix this issue, but being to change the surrounds profile manually from music to movie seems the easiest to me.

But perhaps not as easy as you think, as you’re fundamentally changing the nature of the relationship (from parent/child to peer) as well as the device the signal is coming from (the soundbar to a standard Wi-Fi signal). The same goes for the Sub, in addition.

It has been requested since Sonos originally released the PLAYBAR back in February of 2013. I’d assume if they haven’t done so yet, it’s not as easy as one might think.