Skip to main content
Shimmer BFF
Avid Contributor I
December 25, 2020

Mulichannel LPCM

  • December 25, 2020
  • 2 replies
  • 607 views

If I set my blu ray player to decode DTS and output LPCM to my television that has EARC, and set my television to pass through audio to the Arc, will the audio sound as good as if the Arc decoded the DTS format? Will every speaker on the Arc, with the exception of the up firing drivers produce sound?

This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.

2 replies

GuitarSuperstar
Lead Maestro
December 25, 2020

If you allow your Blu-ray player to convert DTS to PCM and allow your TV to pass through the audio through HDMi eARC to the Sonos Arc, you should get multichannel PCM 5.1/7.1 from all of your DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS:X encoded discs. And, yes, it will sound just as good as DTS.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
Laird M Malamed
Enthusiast I
December 30, 2020

If you allow your Blu-ray player to convert DTS to PCM and allow your TV to pass through the audio through HDMi eARC to the Sonos Arc, you should get multichannel PCM 5.1/7.1 from all of your DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS:X encoded discs. And, yes, it will sound just as good as DTS.

 

As GuitarSuperstar writes, this is correct. I have this set up working with an LG UBK90 Blu-ray/4K player, a LG C9 55” TV (2019) and the Arc 5.1 set up. I have eARC enabled (default is off) and passthrough is the mode for the ARC output. This prevents the LG from taking control of the stream. You want to make sure you blu-ray player is also not mixing audio from the menus. (There is often a setting for this.)


Also, ensure your cable to the Arc supports ethernet over HDMI which is how the audio signals travel. (I cannot recall if I used the cable that came with the Arc - is there one? - or my own.)

There is a thread on this group with the Panasonic 820 4k player where some modes of DTS decoding are not working at the moment, and the suspicion is that the LG TV is the issue. I’ve seen similar posts with other mixes of HW from Samsung and Sony. 

One thing to test if you can is if Atmos is passing all the way to the Arc without being decoded into Dolby Digital 5.1. If the Sonos App shows the Atmos Logo, it is working. That is a good first test on the set up. Then you can debug menu settings for DTS to PCM being proper.

I’ve been diving into this all week, so it’s fresh on my mind! (But working, I am happy to report. My only issue is that with my LG 4k player, I have to turn off decode to get Atmos to work and back on for DTS discs.)

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement