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Gain adjustments for the individual surround speakers.

  • July 30, 2026
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MoPac
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My room is not symmetric enough to obtain great results using TruePlay.  The system is Arc-Sub3-ERA 300s.  The problem is the room is open on the right side so no reflections off the wall on that side.  This makes it sound as if the right surround speaker is lower in gain.  It would be nice to be able to boost the gain just a bit on the right surround 300.  
 

I know if you run TruePlay you loose the option to set distances.  Not sure changing the distance of the right surround would work to increase gain.  I believe that’s more of a timing adjustment.

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Jamie A
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  • Jamie A
  • Sonos Staff
  • July 31, 2026

Hi ​@MoPac,

It sounds like the balance setting in EQ would’ve helped if it was both available for the Era 300 and able to be used on surround, but thanks for sharing your feedback and feature request; I think this just calls for better EQ settings overall, which is something the CEO mentioned previously on reddit when asked about having split EQ settings for movies and music.

I’ll forward this thread to the relevant teams as a feature request, if you have any other suggestions or ideas, please feel free to share them!

    Mr. T
    • Mr. T
    • July 31, 2026

    Previously, in the old S2 app, you were able to disable Trueplay, adjust the surround distance and re-enable Trueplay, with the respective increase/decrease in volume due to surround distance still applying for each surround. Now that workaround no longer works in the new app.

      Stanley_4
      • Stanley_4
      • Grand Maestro
      • July 31, 2026

      Split the existing single volume control to L/R for surrounds or an add a surround-balance control. Not messing with the distance settings for balance would be good.

      I'm likely not the only user with poorly positioned surrounds that would like that option.

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