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xs2thoma
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May 7, 2020
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Phantom center for Sonos AMP

Can the Sonos AMP generate a phantom center speaker with an “optical” tv signal or is this only possible via HDMI ARC connection?

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Airgetlam
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May 7, 2020

And any Dolby Digital signal going in to the Amp, no matter what way it is carried, will generate that phantom center channel.

Bruce
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jgatie
jgatie
May 7, 2020

Can the Sonos AMP generate a phantom center speaker with an “optical” tv signal or is this only possible via HDMI ARC connection?

 

Sonos sells this:

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/optical-audio-adapter.html

It converts optical to HDMI-ARC.  It is included with the Beam, for the Amp it is exxtra. 

Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
May 7, 2020

And any Dolby Digital signal going in to the Amp, no matter what way it is carried, will generate that phantom center channel.

Bruce
xs2thomaAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
May 7, 2020

Thank you for the help! :-)

    xs2thomaAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    May 9, 2020

    Does the phantom speaker also work if the equalizer is set to mono?

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    May 9, 2020

    Huh? Equalizers aren’t stereo or mono, they merely adjust frequency response. I’m not sure I understand your question. 

    Bruce
    xs2thomaAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    May 9, 2020

     

    xs2thomaAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    May 9, 2020

    Ok, its not the EQ setting but the stereo/mono setting. Does the phantom center keep working in mono?

    jgatie
    jgatie
    May 9, 2020

    Ok, its not the EQ setting but the stereo/mono setting. Does the phantom center keep working in mono?

     

    No.  Think about it.  The phantom center is created by the stereo effect.  Without stereo, there is no effect. 

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