home theatre rear speakers

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So , I have a player and two rear speakers . Sometimes , especially late at night or it may just be what’s playing , I want to put the voice on the rear speakers so I don’t have to crank the volume . Is there a way ? I wish there was just a mode you could turn on !

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Another option you could perhaps try, is to unbond the rear speakers from the HT and stereo pair them instead and then group them with the Soundbar, but mute the soundbar, so as not to create an echo in the room. That will usually work too with PCM stereo audio. I don’t personally like this however, as the voices coming just from behind my listening position always seems a little odd to my ears.

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PovertyacresmykAuthor

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I have pcm , full back channel sound on the rears

Ken_Griffiths

I have pcm , full back channel sound on the rears

That sounds like you’re getting Dolby ProLogic II decoding, as that allows ambient audio to the rears - I would double check the TV settings are set to PCM and not Auto.

Ken_Griffiths

Maybe see this link…

https://audioviser.com/pcm-or-dolby-digital-for-soundbar/

"PCM isn’t built to support surround sound"

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PovertyacresmykAuthor

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Ken_Griffiths

I have an LG TV too - I’ve just tested it with the news channel here and get nothing from my rear speakers until I move the TV Slider. It’s probably some sound engineering trickery. PCM 2.0 (uncompressed) is just two channels only and no separate .LFE (Sub channel) as far as I’m aware.

Ken_Griffiths

If you’re getting some background/ambient audio from PCM 2.0 - then you’re likely going to hear the same ‘merged’ channel audio from the rear speakers aswell, even if Sonos were to introduce a ‘mode button’ to do this anyway.

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