Home theater

Hi there, I’ve set up a Sonos Arc and two Ones in my living room with the Ones acting as surround speakers. One of the things I really like about it is when I can have the Ones set to play only ambient audio for music. The instrumentation sounds so distinct that way! The next room over is my master bedroom, where I have a wall-mounted Five. I keep fantasizing about adding two Ones and having them provide ambient audio, as well. Is there any way to achieve what I want, short of replacing the Five with a Beam or an Arc?  Have even toyed with the idea of adding them as a second pair of surrounds to the Living Room theater setup, but of course that would require me to play music in the living room I’m not occupying in order to get the ambient audio flowing in the master bedroom.  Thanks for any advice you can offer!

After looking through Sonos’ forums and other internet corners (AV forums, Reddit), I still haven’t quite confirmed whether or not it would be possible to achieve a 5.1 setup with Sonos using the Arc + 2x Ones + Sub for PC gaming on a LG CX.Some posts hint at this being a possibility, but I’d prefer to confirm that it works before I invest more into Sonos’ ecosystem.Does anyone have this setup and can confirm that for PC gaming specifically, you’re able to get sound out through all of the devices satisfactorily?Bonus question: has anyone replaced their Sonos Sub in this configuration with the Amp + third party (SVS) dedicated sub?Appreciate any confirmation/guidance that you might provide!

Hi All,I have a new Sonos Arc Entertainment set, but couldn’t get Dolby Atmos to pass thru to it.  For example, from Apple TV, proven Dolby Atmos material to Sony XBR-65X850C to HDMI4 (ARC) to Sonos Arc.  Apple TV does not hand shake with Dolby Atmos on Sony.  Digital Dolby 5.1 is OK.questions:Does the Sonos ARC do PCM multi-channels or only compressed Dolby? Does the Sony XBR65x850C pass through Dolby Atmos to Sonos ARC via the HDMI4-ARC?please help if you have experiences in the above.many thanksey

So for the last few years, I’ve been living in the dark ages somewhat with nothing more than an HD TV in the living room.The recent purchase of a PS5 has been the catalyst for me to start sliding down a slippery slope to building out a decent surround sound setup in our front room. The first port of call is going to be a new 4K TV (likely to be an LG OLED48CX5LC).However, having asked a question on Amazon around how high the TV stands (so I could figure out whether the Sonos Beam I have would cover the picture), I was basically told that it wouldn’t fit- but not to worry about it, because the direct sound from the TV is better than the Beam anyway so I don’t need a sound bar.So I guess I have a few questions that come off the back of that:Is that a fair point? Should I not worry about the Beam? If I’m not going to use the Beam, can I still connect my SLs for surround sound? If so, how do I do that? Again if the sound from the TV is so good, should I not be thinking about upgrading the

I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this for me.  I recently purchased the HD fury arcana but when I connect it to the firestick and projector I only get sound for 5 seconds while the sonos app is trying  to connect and then it stops and I no longer receive sound.  I was getting sound prior to connecting the hdfury when I used an hdmi switch.  Can anyone confirm what settings I should have on the hdfury to ensure I receive sound.  I'm using 4k cables, about 40 ft long to the projector and to the arc.  I've enabled cec settings on the firestick and projector. 

I am trialing a new ARC by replacing my playbar that was paired with a Sub, with the ARC. That part went ok, now have the ARC and the sub paired, all though Im not convinced the ARC is that great yet (dont have TV with Dolby Atmos )I also have a room with two One SL’s paired. I want to move the playbar to that room and pair it to the One SL’s. The playbar when turned on, comes up as another Room “Family 2”, the ARC and sub are “Family”.I dont seem to be able to unpair or move the playbar anywhere?How do I pair it with the two one SL’s ??Oh the SL’s are on wireless, and the playbar is on wired eth. thanks

Hello forum, first time post, but searching the forum I haven’t found a good answer yet. We are moving in to a new home with the family room having an open back wall into the kitchen. In our previous home, we had a great rectangular family room that I used an Arc, two Play:1s and sub. In the new family room, lacking a back wall, I’m worried the arc won’t work well. I can certainly reflect surrounds off the walls, but would in ceiling rears (connected via AMP) provide a decent surround effect even with the open back? I suspect not, but wondered if anyone had similar set-ups/experience.  thank you!

Hey all!  Got a new TV and wanted Airplay & volume control to work so I bought a Beam to replace the Playbar from my old TV setup.  New TV working great with a Beam + Sub + 2 old Play 1’s for surround.  ✅ All good.Question: If I “group” the old Playbar to the room (as configured above), will the Playbar improve or detract from the 5.1 surround sound?Yeah, I know I could/should just try it but I’m away from home and wanted to ask the sound geeks first.  Thoughts?

I have an LG OLED CX TV with a Sonos Arc. I want to stream Atmos TrueHD movies from my PC however some research suggests that I will need an Nvidia Shield to allow lossless TrueHD Atmos. Without an Nvidia Shield the Sonos Arc downsamples the audio stream and removes the Atmos metadata so it becomes regular Dolby Digital 5.1.However the Sonos Arc only has a single HDMI connection and the LG CX only has a single eArc HDMI connection. So... would I get lossless Atmos if I connected the eArc port on the TV to the Sonos Arc and then the Nvidia Shield to a separate HDMI port on the TV?Thank you.

I tried everything, ARC from TV, optical from TV, to using HDMI to optical extractors, Google Chromecast DOES NOT provide Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.1 sound when using Netflix or Prime. Only Dolby Digital Plus that is not supported by Beam.I tried Fire TV stick, and it does work well.I have an old but really good “dumb” TV, and I’m not buying a new one anytime soon.2 conclusions:Beam has a poor codec support, and inability to have HDMI passthrough with DD+ is annoying as hell. eARC is not widespread enough yet. Sonos, please give us HDMI passthrough on HT devices… Don’t make us buy $200 Arcana eARC extractor for the Sonos Arc. Google doesn’t give a [bleeep!] about Dolby Digital (ac3) support. Support forum “volunteers” doesn’t care and give you non-answers. No real support is available. It would be nice if Sonos could talk to Google on implementing transcoding from DD+ to DD. We the normal people can’t get any replies… I’ve pinged Sonos on Twitter about this, no reply.Sonos, can you please

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We use the Sonos arc only for tv fidelity. I use the app to adjust volume-but tv volume varies greatly depending on what we watch. Really a hassle to keep phone nearby and set volume for each show. This is not a problem w our previous surround system or when we use the tv speakers alone. We bought the Arc only to improve tv sound fidelity (system is in cavernous great room w open walls) which it does-except requires constant adjustment.Disappointed that the arc can’t maintain consistent volume across tv shows.can you help?

Are you really not supporting multichannel PCM on the newly announced Arc? Why? It’s not a licensing issue this time. It seems like there is always something missing with your home theater products.

Hi guys,This is my first topic here, I hope I can get some help and maybe also help others. I already own a sonos Beam which I really enjoy, I’m in process to build a house and I’m planning to get the sonos Amp and in ceiling speakers to pair with my Beam as surrounds. My question is, can I place the Sonos Amp inside of a Rack cabinet in another room and connect both Amp and Beam to my local network by Ethernet cable? Would this work, or do I have to place the Amp near the Beam? Thank you all in advance.

Hi!I have Sonos Arc + Sub 3rd Gen. + 2 Symfonisk as surrounds and now trying to buy new 65'' TV that works without issues with Sonos so I need advice what to buy (or what’s works for you for uncompressed Atmos).This is what's important to me:- TV has working/stable eARC, no issues, sound does not cut out etc. when playing uncompressed (TrueHD) Atmos from external source (HDD via TV USB OR HDD via nVidia Shield..., content is 4K TrueHD Atmos)- must be 4K, price around or up to 2600$/EUR- preferably not OLED (afraid of burn-in, I'm using subtitles all the time/alot), but if you know/have that kind of combo and it works ok please do recommend anyway :)- VA panel if possible, good/great contrast and picture quality (good black levels, minimum blooming...)- TV will be used in moderately lit room with some possibility of controlling room lighting- streaming is not important because my internet connection is not so great- only models that can be bought in Europe (or will be available soon)Tha

In a 30 minute video Peter Pee over on YouTube compared the iPhone 6,7,11, SE2, 12Pro & 12Mini in a somewhat standardized Trueplay method.  The frequency response results are all very different, offering a different sound depending on the device used.I am wondering if some of the newer dialog issues reported by Arc owners could be linked to the device they used during Trueplay.  Some users here have reported that turning Trueplay off gives them back some midrange, vocals or brings the Arc back to life.  This video could show why that is for some.TL;DR the iPhone SE2 & 12 Mini offer the most desirable Trueplay results. The disappointing 12pro results are shown the 22:00 mark. by showing the frequency response from the Arc by itself, no sub, no surrounds. Before in the grey line, blue being the 12Pro.What device are you using? Let me know how the tuning works out for you. I added this to home theater as this involves the Sonos Arc. Links are in bold. Is iPhone 12 the best Truepla

So it’s a rather new model TV and I just can’t get anything other than stereo I’m using a Sonos Arc, Sonos Amp connected to Sonos ceiling speakers and a Sonos SubI have the TV setting as per the following(Don’t worry about the wires, it’s not finished!)Tried Netflix and SkyTried turning the TV on and off at the mainsTried a full factory reset of the TV

I’m downsizing from a house into an apartment and trying to adopt a neighborly spirit while compromising my movie-watching experience as little as possible - “but wait, the topic says ‘dual subs’?”I want to use a Sonos amp to drive a pair of bass transducers to get the shake of heavy bass while having my gen 3 sub turned down low-ish to be a good neighbor. Is it possible to have a mixed pair of dual subs in the Sonos app without killing surround sound? I’ve seen workarounds that involve creating a second room to group but my understanding is that that would negatively impact surround sound/Atmos.

Dear Sonos, I love my 5.1 setup, arc, sub and 2 one sl, but there is one key thing I don’t really like at all. That’s the arc music quality. In comparison the ones sound ALOT better. I would absolutely love to be able to turn off the arc when listening to music so it’s just from the ones and sub. Could u please make this option available. I know I can set ones volume up but that’s not good nor will it match with the sub (right?).  Many thanks for anyone who can help me get this request to the employees/developers.

I recently purchased an ARC Soundbar to replace my Sonos Soundbar in my main family room. I plan on using the old Soundbar in my bedroom as my TV sound is horrible.  I would like to place it where my cable box is currently located (see picture). Any issues with that placement?   thank you for your feedback!  

Hi all, I’ve set up and tuned a pair of Sonos One speakers as Surround for our existing (working) Playbar/Sub. During the tune process, I heard great sound from the surround pair of Ones. Once I began to watch TV, ther was no sound from the Ones (surround) but normal sound from the Playbar and Sub. Anyone know what to do next?

I have a Sonos Arc with 5.1 in my living room. I also have one Play:1 in the bedroom and one Play:1 in the bathroom.  I like to have them all grouped when watching TV. The only thing what is a bit annoying is that when I change the volume with the TV remote only the Arc gets louder/softer. The other grouped speakers don't change.  It happens all to often that I decrease the volume on the TV and the sound comes from bedroom and bathroom what is not what I want and it sounds strange. Is there a possibility to synchronise the volume changes for the entire group when using the TV remote? I know it works when using the app.

I just bought a Sonos Arc, Symfonisk Lamp and Symfonisk Wall Art speaker. I will add a sub soon. Does anyone know if I can use the Lamp and Wall Art as my L and R surround sound speakers? I have the Arc and Wall Art and the Lamp is supposed to be delivered in a couple days

I’m not sure if this is the right place. But, when I turn on the power to my PS5, it turn on as well as the apple TV. Same if I turn just the apple TV on. It will turn on my PS5 as well.Did I connect something wrong from the sonos arc speaker?

It seems that my question is hard to find an answer to, so i try here.I have an LG UHD 58” TV and my Sonos Playbar attached to it. When i play movies with Atmos Dolby i do not get any sound. Is it because the TV cannot scale it down or is it because my Playbar is to old? If it is because my TV is to old an not able to scale it down, it will have no difference if buy an Sonos Arc?