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mewantsonos
Trending Lyricist I
June 6, 2020
Question

why not allow 2 one SLs or ceiling speakers as rear height channels for ARC?

Hi Sonos,

 

it’s great that you launched the ARC but why limit that with just front height channels? Why can’t you allow us to add rear height channels using ceiling or ONE SLs speakers? It would blow everything else out of the water...plus it will give us true Atmos experience with physical speakers?

 

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      zlinuk
      Trending Lyricist I
      June 6, 2020

      Could probably be done with a little software tweak. Would add another level of functionality to an already versatile system, would be totally unique in the saturated soundbar sector and would give a boost to the sales of AMP.

      Come on Sonos, there isn’t any downside to this.

      106rallye
      106rallye
      June 6, 2020

      I expect this would not just mean “a little software tweak”. More channels mean more processing and, since bonded Sonos speakers are using a designated 5Ghz connection, a heavier strain on this connection. Now idea if this is a viable option for Sonos.

        zlinuk
        Trending Lyricist I
        June 6, 2020

        Then maybe someone from Sonos who does know if it is viable will answer that question for you.

         

        Where there’s a will there’s a way.

        Smilja
        Smilja
        June 6, 2020

        Third party speakers aren’t able to join the 5GHz connection @106rallye is referring to. Honestly, if I were you I’d pray that your wireless Atmos experience isn’t going to give you true experience in enduring dropouts and cutouts caused by bitrates from 6.000 kpbs rating up to 18.000 kpbs.

        »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)
          jgatie
          jgatie
          June 6, 2020

          Third party speakers aren’t able to join the 5GHz connection @106rallye is referring to. Honestly, if I were you I’d pray that your wireless Atmos experience isn’t going to give you true experience in enduring dropouts and cutouts caused by bitrates from 6.000 kpbs rating up to 18.000 kpbs.

           

          While at the same time, a significant portion of the market will be wirelessly streaming 4K video to their TV or streaming device.  

            zlinuk
            Trending Lyricist I
            June 6, 2020

            There is some confusion going on here.

            What is being proposed is that either an additional pair of one SLs mounted up high or an Amp driving wired in ceiling speakers could be fed the height channels, instead of using the upward firing spekers on the arc.

            jgatie
            jgatie
            June 6, 2020

            There is some confusion going on here.

            What is being proposed is that either an additional pair of one SLs mounted up high or an Amp driving wired in ceiling speakers could be fed the height channels, instead of using the upward firing spekers on the arc.

             

            No confusion, we understand the proposal.  We are pointing out the fact that two wireless height channels would entail more wireless bandwidth, whereas the up-firing speakers in the Arc require no extra bandwidth. 

            mewantsonosAuthor
            Trending Lyricist I
            June 6, 2020

            Third party speakers aren’t able to join the 5GHz connection @106rallye is referring to. Honestly, if I were you I’d pray that your wireless Atmos experience isn’t going to give you true experience in enduring dropouts and cutouts caused by bitrates from 6.000 kpbs rating up to 18.000 kpbs.

            I don’t think bandwidth would be an issue it’s just the software that needs a bit of work. 
             

            Airgetlam
            Airgetlam
            June 6, 2020

            I do have to wonder, if it was as easy as ‘a little software tweak‘ that Sonos would have long ago provided a method by which we could use three Sonos speakers as front right, center, and left in a standard Dolby Digital set up. 

            Bruce
            mewantsonosAuthor
            Trending Lyricist I
            June 6, 2020

            I do have to wonder, if it was as easy as ‘a little software tweak‘ that Sonos would have long ago provided a method by which we could use three Sonos speakers as front right, center, and left in a standard Dolby Digital set up. 

            You need an HDMI connection to receive that 5.1 or 7.1 info and then process it. If the bandwidth was an issue then how is it possible to add multiple speakers in a group and play them all together at the same time? Speakers in the whole house? Maybe 5 or even 10 pairs of speakers?

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