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Sonos Beam with LG - optical or ARC?

  • 7 March 2021
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I have a new LG UN8100 6LB which features an option for using the TV surround sound and the optical out simultaneously. I have a beam which is currently connected via HDMI ARC. 
 

I don’t care about losing voice control features if I switch to optical - what are the audio benefits/pitfalls of the two options: HDMI Arc to Beam or TV surround + optical to Beam ?

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Best answer by John B 7 March 2021, 11:05

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Hi.  Given that the Beam can only do DD5.1 or stereo, I don’t think there is any inherent difference in sound quality between HDMI-ARC and optical.  I would wonder about sync but this may be fine as the TV is controlling everything.  I have absolutely no idea what the combination of TV speakers and Beam will sound like.  The obvious suggestion is try it.

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Thanks John B, appreciate you taking the time.

 

I was hoping for a more technical response though, I can definitely “just try it and see”, but would like to know if this has been tested by Sonos or anyone else & what the results are?

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