Home Cinema setup Front only

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Hiya

I have a Beam and two Ones which are set as a hone cinema but only in front, I can't get any power behind our viewing position.

I've set them up with the One's as surround but is there anyway of telling the app that they are Front Left and Rights not rears?

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AirgetlamAnswer

There is no way to set up disparate front speakers in a soundbar system. The soundbar, in this case the Beam, already contains the three channels of right front, center front, and left front.

Bruce

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Airgetlam

You’ll have difficulty with lipsync, I would expect, as those line ins (on all Sonos analog line ins, like on the Era 100s) are subject to a 75 ms delay.

Bruce

jgatie

Soundbars are always a compromise, giving limited front soundstage in exchange for less wires, more convenience, and a neater install. If you aren’t willing to make that compromise, the answer is not to add more speakers to your already fully represented front channels, the answer is to purchase a traditional wired Home Theater, or a Sonos Amp plus passive speakers.

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