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Music mode for surround sound setup

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I have a beam, sub and 2 ones setup in a surround sound setup for my TV. It works great for movies and for playing music directly through sonos. The issue I am having is that I watch a lot of music videos on my TV. When listing to music I use the 'full' rather than using the surrounds for ambiant effects. I would love to be able to get something for similar when playing music through my TV.

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I have a beam, sub and 2 ones setup in a surround sound setup for my TV. It works great for movies and for playing music directly through sonos. The issue I am having is that I watch a lot of music videos on my TV. When listing to music I use the 'full' rather than using the surrounds for ambiant effects. I would love to be able to get something for similar when playing music through my TV.

Not possible. You are watching TV regardless of whether movies, musicals, rock operas, music videos etc.; the Beam only recognizes that the signal is coming in from the TV, it doesn't know what's currently playing.

»And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

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julianpc

Lyricist I

+1 for this feature. Should be simple to implement.

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Clinton_1

Why isn’t this a thing? Surely it was thought of during design that people may want to stream music and watch surround sound movies from the same room...

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MT09

Lyricist I

Yes this would be a great feature to add

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ImranKarim

Lyricist I

I turned up the volume TV Level under the Surround Audio settings to the full 15% it will allow. Same thing with the Music Level. This combined with Full seems to help.

However there are times when I’m using certain sources, like my FB Portal TV device, and doing a video call with audio coming from the Beam only. Would love to have a toggle to force the surrounds to output audio too.

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McAlindin Music

Lyricist I

This has to happen, 75% of music I listen to in my home is live concerts on youtube. The sound lacks when streaming through TV, and sounds so much better when simply streaming sound to Sonos. A simole toggle to turn on full music mode when watching TV is integral, and seems so logical. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!

D33p5t3r

Collaborator II

This is not what the Sonos Home Theatre system is designed for (i.e. to pump out a 2.0 signal from all speakers in TV mode like it does with music). Sonos claims that it does not upmix 2.0, it actually does from certain sources (e.g. BBC iPlayer), but not others.

You could just unbind the surrounds, and have them as separate speakers and just group them all. But you have to live with the delay…

If 75% of your watching is from concerts on youtube, then a Sonos system is not the right thing here and you need a “proper” AV amplifier that is able to upmix a standard 2.0 signal to either a fake/virtual surround sound, or will have the ability to just blast the same signal to all speakers. As an aside, I’m not sure why people want this as it’s the antithesis of what home theatre and discrete surround sound is about, but each to their own.

Sony 55XE9305 4K TV | Sonos Beam | Sonos Amp | Apple TV (2nd Gen) | Monitor Audio CT-165 Ceiling Speakers

melvimbe

If 75% of your watching is from concerts on youtube, then a Sonos system is not the right thing here and you need a “proper” AV amplifier that is able to upmix a standard 2.0 signal to either a fake/virtual surround sound, or will have the ability to just blast the same signal to all speakers. As an aside, I’m not sure why people want this as it’s the antithesis of what home theatre and discrete surround sound is about, but each to their own.

I would say that it’s not so much an issue of proper AV amp as it is of not having a proper sound stage, not a soundbar, at least from my experience. Back in the days when I used a traditional AV, I had good stereo separation up front and never felt the need to hear music tracks from the rear. After switching to a playbar, I feel like I want it on full stereo as getting audio from the rear adds something.

So if I was watching youtube concerts 75% of the time, then I’d probably want to use a Sonos Amp upfront to give me the proper stereo separation, and really not care about surround sound or audio from the rear at all. You could easily add rears without having to have wires for movies and such where surround sound matters. The advantage of this over proper AV amp is the better physical size, lack of wires to the rear, and better control.

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McAlindin Music

Lyricist I

If 75% of your watching is from concerts on youtube, then a Sonos system is not the right thing here and you need a “proper” AV amplifier that is able to upmix a standard 2.0 signal to either a fake/virtual surround sound, or will have the ability to just blast the same signal to all speakers. As an aside, I’m not sure why people want this as it’s the antithesis of what home theatre and discrete surround sound is about, but each to their own.

I would say that it’s not so much an issue of proper AV amp as it is of not having a proper sound stage, not a soundbar, at least from my experience. Back in the days when I used a traditional AV, I had good stereo separation up front and never felt the need to hear music tracks from the rear. After switching to a playbar, I feel like I want it on full stereo as getting audio from the rear adds something.

So if I was watching youtube concerts 75% of the time, then I’d probably want to use a Sonos Amp upfront to give me the proper stereo separation, and really not care about surround sound or audio from the rear at all. You could easily add rears without having to have wires for movies and such where surround sound matters. The advantage of this over proper AV amp is the better physical size, lack of wires to the rear, and better control.

i appreciate the feedback, but its just a convenience thing. I like the sonos beam, sub, and surround for watching movies. I just want to be able to switch from watching a movie to watching a concert in a matter of seconds. And whether or not its “designed” to do that is irrelevant, it plays that way in Full mode when i stream from spotify, seems like all it is is an toggle option to put TV in full mode. Ive considered unpairing the surrounds when watching concerts, its just a lengthier process. To me it just seems like an option that should be available, as many touring acts stream their shows live over youtube etc. , and the added punch from fukl surrounds is undeniably more enjoyable in my space

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DuranDoranMartell

Avid Contributor III

+1 for this.

Come on, Sonos. Why haven't you implemented this feature yet? Just give us the pickle.

Sometimes we just want music to wrap us up like a blanket.

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morilm

Lyricist I

+1 from my side

Shouldn´t be so complicated to put a third button on the Sonos app like the voice enhacement or night sound to enable the music mode even the sound comes from the TV and the “music settings” for the soundround speakers are selected rather than TV soundround mode

This has nothing to do with HDMI, stereo or whatever… Is just allow to select soundround music mode even the signal comes from TV (because you are watching a concert/opera or whatever)

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