ARC/ERA300 Is Sonos planning to add the option to easily switch from atmos to stereo, vice versa?

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ARC/ERA300 Does Sono is planning to add the option in their app to easily switch from atmos to stereo, vice versa?

Being audiophile, I really enjoy the era 300 power. The only show stopper to buy the arc ultra is disabeling the front driver of the era 300 when set in surround mode With arc ultra

So, when I listen music I would be like to fully able the era 300

But it seems setting up almos then desetting it and setting stereo seem studious

Does Sono is planning to add the option to easily switch from atmos to stereo, vice versa?

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jgatieAnswer

The two configurations are very different (direct 5 GHz private ad-hoc network vs 2.4 GHz regular wireless) and require a bit of time to reconfigure the radios and perform the handshakes between the two devices. This is why adding/removing surrounds takes the extra time it does, and there’s no real way to speed the process up.

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marsbeetle

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The configuration might be different and the process to get to each configuration might take time but I see no reason why Sonos couldn’t have multiple configurations.

Logically speaking, Sonos speakers could use multiple profiles. Each profile containing a different configuration so e.g. you could have a stereo profile with just two speakers and a full home theatre profile where all speakers are included. When configuring each profile the same process is used to make sure the configuration is possible and then saved to a profile.

Yes, significant changes but once saved into separate profiles it wouldn’t have to go through the initial process and could just be switched to that profile. My KEF speakers allow for multiple EQ profiles, not quite the same thing but similar concept.

You don’t get it. And I’m not going to waste my time explaining again. Suffice to say that this type of toggle feature has been asked for since the first Playbar over a decade ago, and Sonos has stated it is not possible.

I don’t need you to explain it to me, especially not with that tone. Thanks.

As a software developer I have a pretty good idea what is possible in the realm of configurations and switching between those configurations, which is where my logic comes from. Of course I don’t know exactly how Sonos works internally but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out there could be a lot of improvements made.

jgatie

As a software developer of 35+ years who has conversed with Sonos about this issue for over a decade, I too know what’s possible.

Too bad this is a hardware thing.

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