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Upgrading from Ikea bookcase surrounds to Era 300s game console sound issues

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I recently upgraded from an Arc with ikea bookcase speakers for surrounds to Era 300 surrounds. Streaming content sounds great which is in typically Dolby Atmos or Dolby Digital 5.1. I tried out using my game console and am finding that the rear channels have a bit of a garbled sound. My console is outputting uncompressed 5.1 sound, and with the ikea speakers the rear channels sounded normal. My console specifically is a docked Steam Deck and I’m unable to output Dolby digital or atmos. Has anyone experienced this before and is there some remedy to fix?

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106rallye

What sound format does the Sonos app say you are playing when this occurs?

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Contributor I

What sound format does the Sonos app say you are playing when this occurs?

It says Multichannel PCM 5.1. Weirdly powering my TV up cold boot this morning fixed everything, I noticed the UI running slow when trying to switch sources. So maybe it was struggling to handle the bandwidth of 5.1 uncompressed signal due to the slowness.

Schlumpf

Virtuoso

TV software often is a pain…

Imo it would be better to have external connectivity boxes with high performance hardware and software that can be connected to high end displays.

Ralf

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