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Romeo17
Contributor I
January 9, 2024
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era 300 central speaker off when connected to beam

I just took beam 2 plus sub mini with 2 was 300. The 300’s of surround sound did not have the central speaker active and therefore any dialogue is not played by them. Really disappointing result. You have suggestions? Thank you 

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
January 9, 2024

When the Era 300 is used as a surround speaker, the front-facing driver is disabled. This is by design. Even if the front-facing driver was enabled, dialog still would not play from the Era 300. Dialog is usually only played through the sound bar in a home theater setup. This is also by design as the person who is speaking on the screen is usually speaking in front of you, not behind you.

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
January 9, 2024

When the Era 300 is used as a surround speaker, the front-facing driver is disabled. This is by design. Even if the front-facing driver was enabled, dialog still would not play from the Era 300. Dialog is usually only played through the sound bar in a home theater setup. This is also by design as the person who is speaking on the screen is usually speaking in front of you, not behind you.

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    Romeo17Author
    Contributor I
    January 9, 2024

    I have an oled 65 inches in a room of 20 square meters and I assure you that the performance of the system during the dialogues (95% of the time in every film or other tv program) is really disappointing ( like that of the television without home theater …) 

    GuitarSuperstar
    Lead Maestro
    January 9, 2024

    What model TV do you have? Have you performed Trueplay tuning?

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    Romeo17Author
    Contributor I
    January 9, 2024

    SAMSUNG QE65S95CATXXU 65" Smart 4K Ultra HD HDR OLED  ,

    I did Trueplay…..:(

    GuitarSuperstar
    Lead Maestro
    January 9, 2024

    Set the TV to these settings:

    HDMI-eARC Mode: Auto (Off if only using the TV’s native apps)

    Digital Output Audio Format: Pass-Through

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    jgatie
    jgatie
    January 9, 2024

    As stated, if you are expecting main dialog through the Era 300’s, or any surround speakers, you are always going to be disappointed.  That’s not the way surrounds work.  Surrounds are for ambient noises (traffic, rain, forest sounds), and directional cues (bullets whizzing by, traffic or planes passing from front to back, off-screen voices).  That said, the settings for your TV have to be correct to take full advantage of surround enabled soundtracks.  After checking the suggested settings given by @GuitarSuperstar, check the Now Playing screen for your TV room.  The icon in the lower left should say “Dolby Digital 5.1”, Dolby Atmos”, or “DTS” to be getting true surround sound.

      Stanley_4
      Stanley_4
      Grand Maestro
      January 9, 2024

      There are some posts here asking for Sonos to add a independent volume control for the center channel on an Arc, haven’t seen one for the Beam.

      Would that help you offset poorly mastered sound on some media where the dialog is too weak?

      Romeo17Author
      Contributor I
      January 9, 2024

      the clear feeling is that I have bought a Ferrari but that it can only go like a city car…

      is possible add two era100 as a stereo pair to have more lively dialogues? Can they work together well with era 300 beam and sub mini?

      Ken_Griffiths
      Ken_Griffiths
      January 10, 2024

      the clear feeling is that I have bought a Ferrari but that it can only go like a city car…

      is possible add two era100 as a stereo pair to have more lively dialogues? Can they work together well with era 300 beam and sub mini?

      Perhaps watch this video below, which tries to explain what the Era’s can do when they are setup as Home Theatre surrounds… I found this interesting:

       

      Romeo17Author
      Contributor I
      January 10, 2024

      Do any of you have the same configuration as me and are happy with it? help me set up mine?

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