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Beam + 2Threes as side speakers - sound balance

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I’ve got my surround system set up as described.

What I’ve done so far is to use the settings to adjust the distance of the Threes in the app. There is no perceivable difference in sound balance when I do.

I have two surround choices:

- Beam plus 2Ones

- Beam plus 2Threes (current)

The Threes are louder than the Beam and I can’t hear the Beam very well. I know the sound is somewhat balanced but it’s hard to tell.

I don’t want to set up the Ones, just because, then all three components have mics. I can then separate the Ones in to two further groups.

How do I balance the Beam with the Threes.

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furacaoprAnswer

Prodigy III

In reality, it kind magically does that if Music Playback is set as Ambient:

https://support.sonos.com/en-ca/article/change-surround-audio-settings

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Rhonny

Prodigy III

Provided you set the Threes up as surrounds using the correct process, just go to:

Settings - [Room containing Beam] - Surround Audio

and turn down the surround speakers’ TV level and/or Music level accordingly.

And if using an iPhone, run Trueplay too.

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WickedDNAAuthor

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Provided you set the Threes up as surrounds using the correct process, just go to:

Settings - [Room containing Beam] - Surround Audio

and turn down the surround speakers’ TV level and/or Music level accordingly.

And if using an iPhone, run Trueplay too.

Yeah, I already did that by adjusting how far the side speakers are from centre.

Thanks but there needs to be another answer.

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Yeah, I already did that by adjusting how far the side speakers are from centre.

How do you adjust that? What speakers are you using for the three front channels? Sonos only offers soundbars, so the distance is set physically by your choice of Arc, Beam or Ray.

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Rhonny

Prodigy III

Provided you set the Threes up as surrounds using the correct process, just go to:

Settings - [Room containing Beam] - Surround Audio

and turn down the surround speakers’ TV level and/or Music level accordingly.

And if using an iPhone, run Trueplay too.

Yeah, I already did that by adjusting how far the side speakers are from centre.

Thanks but there needs to be another answer.

Huh? I’m talking about turning down the volume of your Threes using the surround level slider. I’m not talking about adjusting speaker distance (either physically or using the speaker distance slider…)

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furacaopr

Prodigy III

Are you using your Play:3s as front or rear speakers? You should be using them as rear, right?

If so, what @Rhonny told you to adjust are these TV and Music level, moving them to the minus sign to your taste:

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WickedDNAAuthor

Avid Contributor I

Are you using your Play:3s as front or rear speakers? You should be using them as rear, right?

If so, what @Rhonny told you to adjust are these TV and Music level, moving them to the minus sign to your taste:

There’s no tv input, I’m only using it as a music surround, so the tv level didn’t work, but reducing the music level from the rear threes did.

In addition, I had a friend with an iphone over for wine, so also used trueplay.

As I move around the breakfast bar in the window where the speakers are set up, the balance changes, so this is a useful trick.

Thank you.

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nik9669a

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There’s no tv input, I’m only using it as a music surround, so the tv level didn’t work, but reducing the music level from the rear threes did.

Depending on your music source, I suspect that you’ve not got a “music surround” system. The Beam is playing music in stereo, and the attached speakers (whether you use your Play:3’s or your Ones) are playing the same music, also in stereo. What format is reported in the app?

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WickedDNAAuthor

Avid Contributor I

There’s no tv input, I’m only using it as a music surround, so the tv level didn’t work, but reducing the music level from the rear threes did.

Depending on your music source, I suspect that you’ve not got a “music surround” system. The Beam is playing music in stereo, and the attached speakers (whether you use your Play:3’s or your Ones) are playing the same music, also in stereo. What format is reported in the app?

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Yup, @WickedDNA, you’ve set up the speakers as a 5.0 surround system. But if the Beam only receives the music in stereo, you’ll get stereo from the Beam and the same stereo from the Play:3’s. The Beam can’t magically change a stereo source into 5.0 surround. All it can do is play what’s sent to it, be that stereo or 5.0 sound.