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I took 10 minutes yesterday looking for such a device on Amazon, and could not find one. Doesn’t mean they don’t exist, but Amazon US doesn’t seem to recognize the search terms I was using, I got a bunch of devices that can accept and pass an eARC signal, but none that could natively create that signal from an incoming HDMI input.

I’d imagine there are some folks working on that right now, given there’s a rather pent up demand for such. It will be interesting to see what price point it comes in at, as most devices that include that type of electronics are TVs, and the opportunity for us to notice a significant price difference is low, since there’s so many other electronics in that package. Perhaps someone like Flexson is already dealing with a purveyor that’s close to production? We just don’t know.

Bruce

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07L3L9TF5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_dJfTEb7ZM2KMV

Enthusiast II

I took 10 minutes yesterday looking for such a device on Amazon, and could not find one. Doesn’t mean they don’t exist, but Amazon US doesn’t seem to recognize the search terms I was using, I got a bunch of devices that can accept and pass an eARC signal, but none that could natively create that signal from an incoming HDMI input.

I’d imagine there are some folks working on that right now, given there’s a rather pent up demand for such. It will be interesting to see what price point it comes in at, as most devices that include that type of electronics are TVs, and the opportunity for us to notice a significant price difference is low, since there’s so many other electronics in that package. Perhaps someone like Flexson is already dealing with a purveyor that’s close to production? We just don’t know.

Here is one I found earlier on amazon

XOLORspace 63021PRO 1x2 4K 60HZ HDMI Splitter YCbCr 4:4:4 8 bit HDR 1 HDMI input 1 HDMI audio/video output and 1 HDMI audio output only, with audio extractor Optical, stereo

That device doesn’t create eARC, it merely passes it along when it’s connected to an eARC device that is sending it (via HDMI 1)

Bruce

Enthusiast II

That device doesn’t create eARC, it merely passes it along when it’s connected to an eARC device that is sending it (via HDMI 1)

You’re right. Realised it today after reading up on the ARC input requirements of the Beam and Arc. What we need is a splitter that can mimic an eARC.

N

nbgr

Contributor I

Hi,

Can B9/C9 owners confirm if audio sync is still a problem in those models? I’ve heard a firmware update fixed it. Thanks

@Marc_51, as soon as I find one, I’ll be posting it where ever I can. So far, nada. But then again, I suspect the market for such a device has increased many fold, so it would not surprise me to see something two or three months down the road. I’ll make do with HDMI-ARC for now.

Bruce

Enthusiast II

I found the weirdest thing today. Whenever I watch Netflix, Disney+, etc via my Apple TV I always get lip sync issues. However, when I watch something on Apple TV+ it will stream in 5.1 DD with no lip sync whatsoever. It’s really weird. One day I’ll figure it out but I will probably have got an eARC TV by then.

I’m not sure if you mean no lip sync issues, or no lip sync.

If you set your Apple Tav’s audio settings properly, it will only send Dolby Digital audio to your TV, and the TV would then forward that to your Sonos.

That may be a moot point when Sonos releases S2, we don’t know yet, and it would also depend on your connection method. For instance, I have an optical connection, which I believe can’t carry Dolby Digital Plus anyway.

Bruce