Contributor II

Home theater with Ray and Era 100

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Hi everyone. I bought 1x Ray and 2x Era 100. I put the Ray in the center and the Era 100 on the sides. Can you please tell me if the Sonos app realized that the Era is used for the front right and left channel? I have an assumption that the Sonos app thinks the Era is used for the rear left and right channels. Is there any way I can check this and reconfigure it? Thanks.

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DavidPalAuthor

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I put them on the sides and it seems to sound better. The sound is much more spacious. The only problem is, I can't figure out if Sonos recognizes them as front speakers or rear speakers.

The Era 100’s you put in the front are surrounds, not front speakers, and are meant to be behind you and to the sides. Surrounds are for two things, directional cues like a bullet whizzing by or a plane going overhead, and ambient sounds like rain or traffic . With the surrounds up front, all the sounds meant to travel by you to the rear of the room are all up front, so there are no directional cues at all, and the ambient sounds are mixed in with the real front sounds in the Ray, muddying those up. In all honesty, it couldn’t sound any worse. Put them behind you, you will thank us later.

I returned the Ray to the store and bought an Arc. Era 100 on the sides in the back. I put the surround sound on. But the sound in the back is not really audible, it's there, but I wish the sound was really 360. Maybe I need to change something in the settings?

I've temporarily placed the Era 100 on a table. I'm waiting for the stands to arrive.

In the Sonos app settings, I found two settings for surround sound (TV volume and music volume). But I still don't know what they do.

When the stands arrive I plan to place the Era 100 as shown in the photo (red color). But again it is not clear where they should be directed.

DavidPalAuthor

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DavidPalAuthor

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I was planning on placing them like this. But I'm not 100% sure if this is the correct placement.

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