Dialogue level through playbar

Just had an email about the new beta and dialog levels through the centre channel is listed as one of the changes. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet but hopefully it will fix this problem.

Just had an email about the new beta and dialog levels through the centre channel is listed as one of the changes. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet but hopefully it will fix this problem.

is that a "public" beta?

Yeah the public beta that was released yesterday, tried it last night though and it didn't really make a difference.

Yes, I agree. It is awful to watch movies at night with phone in hand to increase decrease volume during speaking and action parts. As much as I love sonos I warn everyone not to purchase the sound bar due to this extreme oversight. It is extremely annoying. I'm highly considering using my tv built in speakers since even they offer this option.

To Ryan S,

I am also finding the dialogue too low for the soundbar,I think there should be a option to increase it further.

+1

So frustrating. I have a playbar and 2x1's for the surrounds and we have to crank the sound up to hear the speech yet if there's an action scene the whole house shakes.

May just be my setup but the speech enhancement switch makes zero difference. Please sort this out Sonos, not really good enough for nearly a grands worth of kit

Speech enhancement makes a noticeable difference on my Playbar, even more pronounced with 5.1 sources. One of the reasons I bought it was because I was fed up not being able to hear what people were saying on TV programs!.

+1 I have the playbase just over a week and have the same issue. Using the TV speakers the sound is generally the same but with the playbase its a bit hit and miss. It does seem that the dialogue volume gets progressively better as you move from stereo to dolby 2.0 to 5.1 but thats just my impression.

Whats most annoying is to have to keep changing the volume as you change channels or is that just me?

+1 dialogue levels need some form of volume control, the speech enhancement helps but only a little. Using playbar, sub and play:1's for surround. Thanks

I'd be surprised if anybody uses their device without Speech Enhancement enabled. Kinda says it all really.

There was one week during the trueplay beta for Playbar that mine worked really well, then they changed the EQ before launch and it never sounded the same for me. Shame, as I know it could work, just never did.