DTS on Sonos Arc is a reality as of 11/16/21

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Well, Sonos delivered on their promise to bring DTS Surround 5.1 support to the Arc. Below is what I got with the following source and equipment. Maybe DTS:HD will come later. DTS:X is a long shot IMO.

Disc: Alien 40 Anniversary / 4K Ultra HD Video / DTS:HD Audio

Sonos Equipment: Arc with Sub x 2 and Sonos One x 2 / Sonos S2 app v13.4.

Transport: Panasonic DP-UB9000 Ultra 4K Blu-Ray Player > Audio Settings: DTS HD to DTS

Monitor: LG OLED 65 inch C9PUA > Audio settings: HDMI eArc / Pass-Through

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skullc

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My xbox settings

On lgb8 tv

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skullc

Prodigy III

My xbox settings

On lgb8 tv

Plug disc in xbox test disc is the hulk

Network= livewire cpe pro 3 +eero 6 pro wireless

Generalzod

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My xbox settings

On lgb8 tv

Plug disc in xbox test disc is the hulk

I’ve got the same setup but no dts, it keeps coming up as Dolby atmos…

Generalzod

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Is it a dts-x disc or just dts as dts-x will not work

Both dts x and dts hd coming up as dolby atmos not complaining though, I dont know whether it has anything to with the HDFURY ARCANA...

Ken_Griffiths

Is it a dts-x disc or just dts as dts-x will not work

Both dts x and dts hd coming up as dolby atmos not complaining though, I dont know whether it has anything to with the HDFURY ARCANA...

That’s going to be because dts-X and dts-HD formats are not supported on Sonos devices. They currently only support dts 5.1 audio.

Generalzod

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Is it a dts-x disc or just dts as dts-x will not work

Both dts x and dts hd coming up as dolby atmos not complaining though, I dont know whether it has anything to with the HDFURY ARCANA...

That’s going to be because dts-X and dts-HD formats are not supported on Sonos devices. They currently only support dts 5.1 audio.

But doesnt it downgraded to normal DTS?????, Ive tried a normal dts disc and it still shows up as Dolby atmos on my app...

Ken_Griffiths

Is it a dts-x disc or just dts as dts-x will not work

Both dts x and dts hd coming up as dolby atmos not complaining though, I dont know whether it has anything to with the HDFURY ARCANA...

That’s going to be because dts-X and dts-HD formats are not supported on Sonos devices. They currently only support dts 5.1 audio.

But doesnt it downgraded to normal DTS?????

Yes, probably, if the disc is encoded in that format and if you were to switch off the Dolby codec - a player when set to ‘Auto’ should start at the highest codec available that it can play and ideally work it’s way down the list of codecs until it eventually gets to PCM stereo.. but in most cases if the ‘Auto’ setting isn’t set, then the user can choose a compatible codec manually from the players list of codecs it can use or transcode.

The Blu-Ray disc I tested had its audio encoded in both Dolby and dts formats - I just selected the player to use dts in my test-case.

Why play lossy .dts 5.1 anyway, if you can have uncompressed Dolby TrueHD (Atmos) audio anyway?

Generalzod

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The issue is I try to select bitstream dts audio selection on my XBOX it’s just defaulting to Dolby ATMOS...Doesnt give me the option to change, I also go on device manager BD and click on let my reciever do the work, It comes up on the screen it doesn’t recognise the codec….

Ken_Griffiths

The issue is I try to select bitstream dts audio selection on my XBOX it’s just defaulting to Dolby ATMOS...Doesnt give me the option to change, I also go on device manager BD and click on let my reciever do the work, It comes up on the screen it doesn’t recognise the codec….

Maybe someone here with an XBOX will be able to assist you with its settings, I take it that the disc you’re playing has a .dts soundtrack and if the audio is going via your TV that the TV will pass-through that codec - note some older TV’s may only pass the codec through its Optical port.. so there are those things to consider too.. you can ‘maybe’ check your TV dts pass-through capabilities here at rtings.com

https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/inputs/5-1-surround-audio-passthrough

Hope that assists.