Home Theater

sound output power for arc, arc ultra and sub gen 3 & 4

Wanted to add another request to add the ability to use a pair of Sonos roams as surround speakers for Sonos beam gen 2 or any other bar.I think all Sonos owners who use this feature would be capable of enabling / disabling the feature manually without any software changes.I have seen suggested elsewhere that a good option could be the roams could enter surround mode when placed on charge if that is desired. 

Hi everyone,I have 5 pairs of Sonos in-ceiling/in-wall speakers, each connected to its own Sonos Amp. I’m exploring the best way to create a high-quality surround sound experience in a single room.I’m happy to add one or two Sonos Gen 3 Subs to enhance the setup, and I’m also open to adding one or two Sonos Fives if that helps achieve a better 3D or spatial audio feel. Ideally, I’d like to avoid using a soundbar if possible.A few specific questions: Can I use more than two pairs of in-ceiling/in-wall speakers in one room as part of a true surround setup? I’ve read about 4.1 or 4.2 configurations using one pair as front L/R and another as surround L/R — but could I push this further? For example, could I use three pairs as front L/R and two pairs as surrounds? Is Sonos planning to support richer surround configurations in the future? Is this a limitation due to technical reasons, or more of a product/marketing strategy to encourage soundbar and Era speaker sales? Lastly, would it

I have an Arc paired with a sub and 2 Sonos 1’s, however can I add 2 additional Play 1’s (for a total of 4 surround)?

Should we expect to get an update for Sonos Era 300’s where we can control volume of each rear surround speaker (left and right) individually? I have Sonos Arc connected to my Sonos Era 300’s. I really want this feature in Sonos app where i can control volume of each rear individually.

I suppose my refurbished arc bought on sonos shop might be defective as I completely can’t hear the atmos power. I performed the Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 check via Dolby app on xbox and there is no difference between channels e.g. top rear surround and top front surround . Every channel produces sound from front. nothing on top/behind… and of course I performed Trueplay optimization  

Hi everyone. I tried to do some digging before posting, but unfortunately everyone’s room dimensions are different so it was hard to gather what is good for me or not. Question:I have a 2 story family room (approx. 20ft high flat ceiling) with a ceiling fan in the middle of the ceiling. The rest of the room is appropriate 14ft long x 12ft wide (couch would be placed approx 12-13ft from the Arc). I have a fireplace mantle that I would ideally place the Sonos arc ultra, at approx. a 4ft height, and it would be pretty dead center in the room on the back wall. Because of the high ceiling height, is the Arc largely going to lose a lot of its effectiveness with the upward firing speakers? Should I keep my play base or go with a beam and skip on the upward firing speakers? Or is it still by far worth it to go with the Arc Ultra?Additionally with the above, Era 100 or Era 300 rear speakers? I assume if I lose the effectiveness of the upward firing speakers of the Arc, that I should default to

 This is roughly the living room set-up we are working with, there’s no wall behind us, and we don’t want to do speaker stands. Does it make sense to ceiling-mount 2 ERA 300s where the red is? I want feedback from people with a similar set-up, curious on how the surround sound wokrs when paired with an Arc Ultra and a Sub.

In my front room I have the following hardware that I would like to setup for TV listening.  I know that it won’t be a true surround 7.1 system, but I have a separate home theatre room for that.  I figure this setup should be far superior to the current little TV speakers, so…The hardware that I have is:Bookshelf speakers for fronts powered by a Sonos Amp (one of the current black ones).  This amp is labeled “TV Fronts” (clever huh?).8” in-ceiling speakers powered by a second Sonos Amp. This one is labeled as “TV Rears”The TV is a few years old Samsung UN75NU6900F that does have an ARC HDMI port (#2).For a TV source, I use an Amazon Fire Cube for Hulu, Max, Netflix, Prime etc.I have attached an HDMI ARC cable from the TV’s ARC port#2 to the Sonos Amp “TV Fronts” HDMI port.The Amazon Fire Cube HDMI out is connected to the TV’s HDMI port#1.I have already downgraded both Sonos Amps to work with the S1 App (I have a lot of other Sonos Amps and Connects that won’t work with the S2 app (“Tha

My wall mounted 75” TV protrudes 4-1/4” from the wall. I am planning on wall mounting my Sonos Arc Ultra underneath using Sonos wall mount bracket which is essentially flush to the wall.  Will the upfiring speakers be affected (will I have enough clearance) ?

Gday all from Australia I recently purchased an Arc Ultra (placed under the TV - just not pictured) which has been great. Looking at adding either sub mini/4 along two era 100s?Looking for advice and placement on the basis that the space is living/dining/kitchen. (7m x 6m) Where would you place the tears?Also looking to place some speakers outside in the covered alfresco area. Any advice here is appreciated. 

Hola Tengo 3 días que no funciona sonos, mi proveedor de internet es Totalplay Totalplay dice que son las bocinas, sonos dice que es Totalplay Sonos dice que es porque no hay una IP fija Totalplay me dice que no son fijas la IP y siempre cambian Alguien más ha tenido este problema?Cómo lo resolvieron?

This topic was closed without resolution but I have a comment which may help others as I got mine to work.

Hello, I have the sub ultra arc, the Sub4 and two era 300. They are set as a surround system under home theater. I have a surround system when. Watching my cable. Channel on TV everything works perfect. When I am on youtube, Netflix or other app only the ultra Arc sub works and the Sub 4. The two eras 300 silent remain silent. I called the the tech support but they could not fiz the issues. While I have a different set up upstairs the arc and the five and sub3 work perfectly even when watching youtube, Amazon etc. Who can help me seolve this issue? It is very frustrated especially when the tech cannot fix it 

Not sure this exists but would really like to see it.Just be able to suspend, not disconnect or unpair, Era 300s and Sub from home theater setup. Mainly due at night when playing a game, it be nice to only have lower volume sound come from just the Arc Ultra.

I find it is impossible in practice to use the Beam (Gen 1) connected to my recently purchased LG OLED TV through the ARC socket.If I want to switch to Bluetooth headphones, the connection lasts for a few seconds before the Beam snatches it back. If, on the other hand, I connect my DVD player via HDMI, the TV tells me that I cannot use the ARC connection. The answer has been to use the optical out connection and everything seems to work perfectly. I can leave them all connected and they function when required. However, I obviously lose some functionality although I have been able to make the volume controllable by the LG remote. Do other people have the same experience? Who do I “blame” for this? Is it something about the Beam or is it that LG have not developed an ARC that functions with all possible connected equipment? 

I'm using a Sonos Beam Gen 2 + Era 100 rear speaker. The placement of my speakers varies greatly during the day and night time. Because I move my speakers to the bed at night. But as you know, Trueplay is too loud. So I was always very psychologically uncomfortable at night because I think I'm hurting the person next door to me. So I've been exploring if there's a way to save Trueplay's multiple profiles and found it's not possible. But instead I found a great alternative!If you have another smartphone, before starting Trueplay, you can set the start volume of Trueplay through another smartphone!Trueplay sets the default volume value to 50 in the immediate message warning you that you will start the test tone. You can change this default volume as much as you want. Increase or lower it. So if you have to play Trueplay when the surroundings are noisy, you can raise this, and if you have to play Trueplay when you have to be quiet like me, you can lower this.In the case of Advanced Truepl

I have the Samsung theframe tv and I used to see the volume control number where I am at. When I added Sonus arc to the system I no longer see the volume number and now I just have to rely on the sound I hear to control the volume. How do set it up so that I will see the volume control number again.

I ran Advanced Tuning on my Sonos Beam Gen 2 + Sonos Era 100 setup today. It changes the EQ quite dramatically. It is a very noticeable change and the sound becomes more balanced and better.The problem is that there is no change in the volume of the side firing speakers at all. When playing 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos test tones, the side channel is simulated through the sound output from the side firing of the soundbar and rear speakers, but the sound output from the side firing speakers is so small that it actually feels like 5.1.4.In order to feel like 7.1.4, the volume balance of the side firing speakers and the rear speakers should be adjusted by TruePlay, but the current TruePlay technology does NOT change the volume of the side firing speakers.Ideally, TruePlay would measure the distance between the soundbar and the rear speakers, and the farther away they are, the stronger the output of the side firing speakers should be, and the closer they are, the weaker the output of the side firing

With recent news of the "Pinewood" Streaming Box being scrapped, I have been considering what functionality of that product I was looking forward to.  The video streaming services were almost irrelevant for me. What I was looking forward to was the box providing a gateway to wireless connectivity to Sonos Speakers for TV Audio, with HDMI Switch.  My request is that Sonos focus on that. Forget the video streaming services. And focus on a hub that connects to TV via hdmi and provides functionality to wireless connect to Sonos Speakers, with multiple HMDI connections to run Games Console, 4K Blu- Ray etc through the audio.   In my mind it seems like something so simple that would open a new world for Sonons Home Theatre.  Please Sonos, I would love a Sonos TV Hub. 

I actually posted a post about this before. And from a conversation I had with Sonos support they say this is normal. Um... I thought this was a bug but they said this is normal.Of course, this can be considered normal in terms of marketing strategies. This is because it will encourage people to purchase separate subs. If LFE from surround sound and overhead channels is managed through a woofer built into the soundbar, it is good for consumers but not for sellers because it creates tremendous progress in the Bass experience.When Sonos Beam Gen 2 is used alone, the LFE signals generated from the surround and overhead channels are not processed by the woofer embedded in the beam. Only the LFE generated from the L,C,R channels is processed by the woofer embedded in the bar. Therefore, when LFE occurs on the surround and overhead channels, an empty can is heard rather than a grand bass.On the other hand, when the rear speakers are used together, such as Sonos Beam Gen 2 and Sonos Era 100,

Hi recently purchased the above, although the sound through the HDMI is very good and full, I have found the quality of sound is lacking when playing music through the Sonos app.In order or get a decent amount of sound, the vol needs to be at around 80 (my play 5 second gen) would not need this amount of vol.The sound is also very thin sounding with little midstageI have  spoken to tech support online, who are unable to find any issues, just tell me to fiddle about with the EQ and suggest I telephone their support.Anyone else come across this issue and if so what was the resolution?  thanks 

Hello All, I’d like to connect a DJ’s consol to my Sonos Arc.From consol I only have a chinch cables, how can I connect it?

My set home theater set up was working fine with Sonos arc, two back speakers and the mini sub, working with my ps4.I connected my ps4 to internet (I don't know if it's related) and on the same day, the crackling noise started.I can see that many people have had that problem, going back 6 years ago!!Are you guys going to fix this?We've all paid good money to have good sound. And we don't.And I don't want to go through all the nonsense of "doing this, unplugging that, trying this or reset that…" I have set it up well, it was working, and now it's not.Make it work or give me a refund thanks.