Sonos ARC + Sonos SUB + Ikea SYMFONISK(x2) - Movie vs Music

You’ll notice I said “including,” which infers other changes. The TV and Music shortcuts I created are vastly different from each other. Between the two “modes”, I’m changing pretty much everything that can be changed, which is obviously easier done with a single button-press than going into the Sonos app to do it all manually.

So what exactly are you changing?

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You’ll notice I said “including,” which infers other changes. The TV and Music shortcuts I created are vastly different from each other. Between the two “modes”, I’m changing pretty much everything that can be changed, which is obviously easier done with a single button-press than going into the Sonos app to do it all manually.

So what exactly are you changing?

I change treble, bass, surround level, ambient/full, sub level, turn on speech enhancement and night mode for TV (turn them off for music), and turn on loudness for music/off for TV. Each profile gets saved as a shortcut, which I have set as widgets on my home screen for quick and easy access. You can, of course, update other settings, and select, programatically or at run-time, which rooms/speakers to apply the settings to. And you can create numerous (as far as I know, unlimited) profiles to set as short cuts. So, for instance, you can create profiles for movies & TV, and different genres of music.

I change treble, bass, surround level, ambient/full, sub level, turn on speech enhancement and night mode for TV (turn them off for music), and turn on loudness for music/off for TV. Each profile gets saved as a shortcut, which I have set as widgets on my home screen for quick and easy access. You can, of course, update other settings, and select, programatically or at run-time, which rooms/speakers to apply the settings to.

Considering Sonos pushes Trueplay as the definitive sound on their systems, I highly doubt you are going to see them automate all those settings which override their Trueplay optimization. It’s also a hell of a lot of programming and maintenance for something that a lot of people probably won’t ever use (again, because of Trueplay).

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I Agree with you as to the necessity of such an app. However, I researched it found that it integrates with iOS shortcuts which does create special routines. It apparently can create routines for Sonos that may take several steps if you are constantly making EQ and mode adjustments. You can search Soro and get an AI briefing.

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@jgatie

I Agree with you as to the necessity of such an app. However, I researched it found that it integrates with iOS shortcuts which does create special routines. It apparently can create routines for Sonos that may take several steps if you are constantly making EQ and mode adjustments. You can search Soro and get an AI briefing.

Oh I’m not saying it isn’t useful for some who like to tweak, I’m just saying that it doesn’t really fit Sonos’ philosophy, which has always been the opposite of “let the listener decide what sounds good to them”.

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I change treble, bass, surround level, ambient/full, sub level, turn on speech enhancement and night mode for TV (turn them off for music), and turn on loudness for music/off for TV. Each profile gets saved as a shortcut, which I have set as widgets on my home screen for quick and easy access. You can, of course, update other settings, and select, programatically or at run-time, which rooms/speakers to apply the settings to.

Considering Sonos pushes Trueplay as the definitive sound on their systems, I highly doubt you are going to see them automate all those settings which override their Trueplay optimization. It’s also a hell of a lot of programming and maintenance for something that a lot of people probably won’t ever use (again, because of Trueplay).

Sadly, you may be correct. Sonos doesn’t seem to care to give users what they want. Trueplay works poorly for me and I’ve read plenty other comments indicating the same from other users here and elsewhere. I’d also prefer a dedicated center channel and controls, vice the current simulated surround nonsense, but they won’t give us that, either. I see no harm in giving users an “expert mode” for people who prefer to dial in our own sound preferences. The ability to save profiles, IMO, is also not a huge ask. And really, that has nothing to do with Trueplay. A single sound profile for both TV and music is silly and unachievable.

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@jgatie

I Agree with you as to the necessity of such an app. However, I researched it found that it integrates with iOS shortcuts which does create special routines. It apparently can create routines for Sonos that may take several steps if you are constantly making EQ and mode adjustments. You can search Soro and get an AI briefing.

Definitely have to update the shortcuts if making changes, but that’s super-easy!

Sadly, you may be correct. Sonos doesn’t seem to care to give users what they want. Trueplay works poorly for me and I’ve read plenty other comments indicating the same from other users here and elsewhere. I’d also prefer a dedicated center channel and controls, vice the current simulated surround nonsense, but they won’t give us that, either. I see no harm in giving users an “expert mode” for people who prefer to dial in our own sound preferences. The ability to save profiles, IMO, is also not a huge ask. And really, that has nothing to do with Trueplay. A single sound profile for both TV and music is silly and unachievable.

Correct, Sonos doesn’t seem to care what some users want. No company can be all things to all people and still be profitable.

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Sadly, you may be correct. Sonos doesn’t seem to care to give users what they want. Trueplay works poorly for me and I’ve read plenty other comments indicating the same from other users here and elsewhere. I’d also prefer a dedicated center channel and controls, vice the current simulated surround nonsense, but they won’t give us that, either. I see no harm in giving users an “expert mode” for people who prefer to dial in our own sound preferences. The ability to save profiles, IMO, is also not a huge ask. And really, that has nothing to do with Trueplay. A single sound profile for both TV and music is silly and unachievable.

Correct, Sonos doesn’t seem to care what some users want. No company can be all things to all people and still be profitable.

Interesting how you chose to state that, “...some users...” Are they giving anyone what they want? Given the recent app-fiasco, it would appear not. And are they profitable? A quick Google search indicates they are not. There’s an old saying: “If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.” Perhaps Sonos needs to start giving users what we actually want instead of trying to dictate. We don’t want Sonos as a content provider. And we want full control over the hardware we buy. They market products as audiophile-level, then do simulated surround? A dedicated and controllable center channel isn’t too much to ask for. And as for the ability to create multiple sound profiles, I work in software engineering, not costly or difficult.