Home theater

Hi everyone! I know that Sonos playbase/playbar do not reproduce Dolby Atmos, but my question is: Anyone having a modern Smart TV (Atmos compatible) connected to the playbar/playbase have achieved reproduce Atmos via on air TV-transcoding to Dolby Digital 5.1??? Theoretically, it could be possible as Atmos signal is hidden via Dolby True HD and DD+, and some TVs as LG OLED permit on air transcoding of those formats to dolby digital. Anyone can prove this? or by contrast there is no way to have DD 5.1 from a Dolby Atmos signal?? Stereo will be the only option? If I am gonna invest 2,000€ in a audio setup, I would like to have at least Atmos as DD 5.1. Thanks!

Hi Guys,    I have been a Sonos user for a few years now (4x Sonos One’s, 4 different rooms) and I am considering upgrading my living room set up to 5.1 by utilising one of my existing Sonos One’s and buying a Beam, a sub and a One SL.  However, I want to know if there is an option to regroup my potential 5.1 set up to the existing group after the TV is switched off. I currently have my rooms permanently grouped as I like to listen to the same music in every room. I don’t want to have to manually regroup my living room to the rest of the system every time I turn the TV off. Is this a feature which has been implemented as of yet? I currently use a Panasonic sound bar in the living room that I want to replace but this feature alone is preventing me from making the purchase.    My ideal scenario would be: wake up and listen to music in every room. switch tv on and living room ungroups from other rooms and plays TV sound. turn tv off, living room regroups with other rooms and is ready to p

Does anyone have the above set up and listen to a lot of music through it?  I want to set up a 5:1 home cinema system but I am hoping that it will also work well for listening to music. Doing this will allow me to ditch the traditional hi-fi in the room and free up space. As well as streaming from Spotify, I would probably link in my turntable & CD player as well through a Port. How well does it perform as a music player and can it crank out a high volume without distortion?   Thanks

Hi Everyone   I am looking to get the best out of my 5.1 sonos set up.  I understand that the layout of my room is not ideal with a corner sofa   See below sketch of my current plan. I have two Play 1’s sitting on Flexon stands behind the sofa and the Sub is sat on the floor next to the tv unit.   Please could you help with some speaker placement suggestions on how to to get the best out of what i have?  Even if the answer is that i am better off with just a play bar and to remove the surrounds / sub.     Also, in the current position of the Play 1’s should they be angled in slightly towards the Main seating position? Or face straight forward?   Thank you!   50 inch TV PLAYBAR SUB 2X PLAY 1’s    

Hi All,  After some conflicting information I’m looking for some guidance.   Essentially I had planned 2 purchase: 2 x In Wall Sonos Speakers & AMP to power 2 x Sonos One 1 x Sub   I’d planned to set these up as a Surround Sound System, with the In Wall Speakers creating the Phantom Centre Channel, and the 2 x Sonos Ones being the rear left and right.   Apparently this can’t be done?   I don’t want to purchase a Beam or Playbar as the TV currently sits on a chimney breast and the wall is flush without plug sockets. I haven’t opted for the ceiling speakers either as I want a speaker as part of the surround sound setup to have Alexa built in I can group.   Any assistance before I go spending a few 1000 is great.   Thanks,   Adam  

Hi guys, I was hoping you could help me out with placing my speakers. I have got: Playbar 2 Play 5’s Sub The room I want to put them in is 9 meters long by 8 meters wide (about 26 by 30 feet) and is further fully open with a high pointed roof. I could place the speakers over the entire length of the room on a railing at a height of 2.5 meters (8 feet) At the moment, all speakers are on top of the railing for the mirrors that I have at the end of the room at about 2 meters (7 feet) height (except the subwoofer that is on the left on the ground) I will ad a drawing of the current situation. My question is: What do you guys think is the best spot to place each speaker to get the best possible sound in the entire room?  

  we hope it has all the audio and video decodings   https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/5/2/21245203/sonos-upgrade-playbar-new?fbclid=IwAR19EgoXoxQ74F_qfx_0B6prL92Bj967yGu3v5FeCsDbeI4-xnmyVn_TTMc

I prefer the appearance of the Sub in black, but I noticed some older threads about the first generation sub’s black gloss finish getting easily scratched. Any thoughts as to whether the black or white finish will show materially less wear over time (3+ years)?

Will my Sonos playbar post 2015 be able to plat hi res music with the software and app updates coming later in the year? Thanks Martin

Hi all,    recently purchased Sonos Beam   I have Sky Q 2TB box connected to HDMI 1 on my Samsung Q80R, with Beam connected via HDMI ARC.   audio through TV apps back to beam is perfect, no lag at all, whereas I’ve got lip sync issues when watching sky Q. my audio sky q settings are correct, DD and audio delay set to 0ms. Ive carried out a test by connecting the Sky Q box directly to the Beam and the lip sync issue vanishes, if I leave it set up like this though, I lose the Beam sound for TV apps like Netflix etc.   anyone help? Samsung didn’t want to know, said the issue isn’t with the tv.

I’m sure that in the past a temporary price reduction on product has then seen new product releases soon afterwards. With the trade-in program generating some volume of sale of some of the current products, plus the price reduction on many items at the moment, and with the new controller app coming soon, will we see some new products soon, do you think? New HT products? New Play:3 and Play:5? Maybe even a Play:7? (I’m guessing at what a new, high-end speaker might be called!)  

Hi all I have a 5.1 set up with a Samsung TV. Sonos beam, sub and two sonos ones. The system works well with music however, when playing the TV there is no sound from the two sonos one surrounds I have one of the sonos ones connected to my router as it would not set up totally wirelessly when I recently moved house and got a new internet connection. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Janish

Hi,   I have had dropouts when I stream content to my Playbar since the end of October. I have my Playbar setup as a home theatre with a sub and two Sonos One. I also have 4 more Sonos One speakers in different rooms. The dropouts only happen on the home theatre. I have never had a dropouts with the other speakers.    I spent 3 hours on the phone with Sonos Support trying different options: Playbar wired to the routeur, changing channel of the SonosNet, changing the output format of my TV, etc. Nothing work. They asked to move the Playbar in another room because the support agent thought it was cause by interference. It worked but for me it doesn’t make sense that it was cause by interference.    When I moved the Playbar in another room, I unplugged the optical cable. I figured out that the problem is when the optical cable from the TV is plugged to the Playbar. I put back the Playbar where it was (below the TV) without plugging the optical cable and then, no dropouts. The problem is r

I have the new Sonos Amp with Oberon 5 speakers as a replacement for my PlayBar. I am disappointed by 1. the implementation of the phantom center channel on this, 2. the DSP settings available for the surround speakers and 3. overall brightness, especially when adding the Sub. Although the Amp is an improvement for Music alone, the Playbar is better for Movies (together with Trueplay, Sub and Surrounds). It seems like a half finished product to me and hopefully they will make improvements over time. 1. Phantom center: I already noticed that voices are very low in volume compared to movie sound effects on my Playbar, but this is even more noticeable on the AMP. Due to complaints Sonos has partly solved this in the past by adding a button which artificially increases the “voice frequencies”. This option is far from ideal as it does not cover all voices (especially low ones) and it also brightens the rest of sound image. A much better option would be in my opinion if Sonos let you choose

I have not seen any post about this question in over a year, so hopefully there is current news? Can we get an update on the next version of the Playbar? As stated in many of the threads its overdue and the potential upgrades are needed. Personally, I'm looking for a blue tooth option since everything I have is running throught a mac mini and it has no optical out option... thanks

I have just purchased the beam, two sonos ones as surround sound and it makes a massive difference to my TV experience so far BUT   My TV is a samsung smart tv and when I insert media, movie or via USB. I have two options of sound mode PCM and DOLBY DIGITAL   Which is best to get the best surround sound for my system

I have see some very old threads talking about the exact same issue that I am facing. I have a Sonos Beam with Sub and two Sonos SLs I have the beam connected to TCL6 series via HDMI arc and TV audio is set to output Dolby Digital. I am using native roku apps to stream.   When I play YouTube, I get good dialogue volume, Level 20 is good enough and the music and dialog levels seem balanced. When I play netflix, the sound effects are way too loud in comparison and dialogues are barely audible. To make sense of the dialogues I have to turn up volume to 40 or even higher however that makes the effects too loud.  I have to constantly keep adjusting the volume.  This is so frustrating.   It almost feels like the center channel is not loud enough in either 3.1 or 5.1 setup. I have tried the Speech Enhancement too, it helps a little but not enough.    I have also tried True Play tuning many times.   Any more ideas?  

Good morning I was looking for some help please, I currently have a Sony amp running a 5.1 surround system wit two ceiling speakers and two wall and a Center speaker all connected and running well also have a sonos connect to allow me to play music through the speakers, ,y question is how could I connect the speakers and amp to allow me to play the sound from the TV through other sonos connect to allow the sound through Bose speakers I have on the patio and the outdoor kitchen. Looked at the new amp but can’t see how that allows the current 5.1 sound that I have through the Sony amp. Many thanks in advance for any help offered and hopefully I’ve explained my self well enough  SET UP  TV running into a Sony amp with a sonos connect connected to allow sonos to play through the 5.1 speakers  Patio two Bose speakers running through a sonos connect amp  Outdoor Kitchen two more Bose speakers running through another sonos connect amp (I also have a play bar on the tv in the kids playroom but

Hi All I have a Samsung QE55 Q9FN Tv, a Sonos Beam & have just purchased x2 Sonos One Speakers. I am trying to get 5:1 Surround Sound but to no avail ?!  Everything is connected through a Samsung One Connect box, my Beam is connected using the HDMI Arc port, then the Tv, PS4 & Sony 4K player using the other HDMI ports. I have just purchased x2 Sonos One Speakers all paired up connected to my System / Account. If I play music through the Sonos App thats fine, sound comes through all Speakers, the Beam & both Sonos Ones. However when watching TV, using PS4 or 4K player sound only comes through the Beam ? I have made sure TV Audio settings, PS4 & 4K player are set to Dolby Digital but still sound only through the Beam. If I go on the Sonos App to My System to check what sound is coming in it says Dolby 2.0 when watching Tv, Dolby 5:1 when on PS4 & just Stereo when on 4K player but sound only comes through the Beam. So my Q. Is how on earth do I get 5:1 Surround Sound f

I just purchased another Sonos One speaker today for the purpose of setting up surround sound in my kitchen/family room (which are connected). Previously, I only had one of the Ones in my kitchen that I use to listen to music while I'm cooking or doing dishes and whatnot. I like to use the Alexa feature for timers and skipping songs when my hands are dirty. Now I have a Beam with 2x Sonos Ones bonded as surround sound speakers in the kitchen, facing the family room and TV.  The problem I have (that everyone else seems to like) is that anytime I want to play music in the kitchen at night while my kids are sleeping, I have to listen to the beam and both Ones in surround sound. I don’t want this. Previously, I would just listen to the one speaker and it was plenty loud and not full of too much bass. I went through the process of turning off the surrounds and only listening to the beam in to the family room, but its too far away and I have to turn it up too loud to hear it. Then I went thr

Simple question;   Will it still be possible to use the old Amp for driving rears together with a new AMP when the legacy-split is effected or will the old amp then “hold back” all of my new speakers?   I will have all my amps located in an AVR-cabinet so could save a lot  if I could buy 1 new AMP for fronts and supplement with buying a used Connect Amp for rears which sells at around 1/5 of the cost of the new Amp.    Probably a long-shot but understanding is that the AMP driving the fronts defines the group so I wanted to check. 

We have a Sony tv with a sonos beam and 2x play 1s we use as surround sound.  The play 1s and the beam sound great with music through the app but for some reason the play 1s are now not playing any sound when watching tv. We have the tv volume up so loud to be able to hear through the play bar.  It was working fine but I got the Ikea symfonik lamp speaker at Christmas set up in another room and sometimes I group them all to play same music, but that's the only thing thats changed so why is it now not working??

Hi everyone. Today I went out a bought my self a  Samsung TU8000. This TV is sold as having Airplay 2 function built into it. I also have a Sonos Move speaker, wich also has Airplay 2 built into it. For the life of me I can’t work out how to get the sound from the TV to go to the Sonos Move useing Airplay 2. ! Does anyone know how?. Ive spent the last 3 hours hopping to find an answer on the net, but no luck so far.    Thank’s 

I’ve just ordered a couple of Ones to pair with my Beam for Surround. That being said, now I’ve done so I’m a little confused as to where to place them. I have the TV on one wall, with the Beam by it, seating position in front.    I considered getting stands to put directly behind the sofa, but I’m not a fan of how the wires would have to run from one of the existing outlets. either by the TV or the back of the room to get them powered and they’d probably look a little out of place.    I’m currently thinking it may be better to place them on top of the counter at the back of the room, ~3 metres behind the seating position. Would that work or would they really be too far away to be effective?

Hi, I purchased a Sonos beam recently and I am unable to use Bluetooth headphone unless I unplug the beam. Baby is slightly a bit to young to appreciate the beam sound quality even with night mode turned on. Is there a software update coming soon that will allow me to turn off the beam so I can use headphones?