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sonos arc ultra and DTS

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hi there. I need a definitive answer from the Sonos community, as this will dictate whether or not I spend the money for the Sonos arc ultra and associated speakers. I possess a lot of Blu-ray discs, which some of them only have the English audio track in DTS audio. I have been getting differing answers on this, so I would like to know if The arc ultra does in fact support DTS/X audio? Thank you!

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer

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Sonos supports lossy DTS Digital Surround audio but not lossless DTS-HD Master Audio or DTS:X. When playing a DTS-encoded Blu-ray disc, you can either set your player to play the core DTS Digital Surround audio track or set the player to convert the DTS audio to PCM resulting in lossless Multichannel PCM audio. Keep in mind that to do the former, your TV must support DTS pass through. To do the latter, your TV must be equipped with eARC and support LPCM passthrough.

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nik9669a

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Supported formats here:

https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/supported-home-theater-audio-formats

106rallye

So (basic) DTS only, which also depends on whether your TV’s pass through setting can handle it (most recent LG’s and Samsungs cannot). A work around would be using a BD-players that converts DTS formats in DD.

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GuyinPA75

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hi there. I need a definitive answer from the Sonos community, as this will dictate whether or not I spend the money for the Sonos arc ultra and associated speakers. I possess a lot of Blu-ray discs, which some of them only have the English audio track in DTS audio. I have been getting differing answers on this, so I would like to know if The arc ultra does in fact support DTS/X audio? Thank you!

Honestly if you looking for proper and legit DTS sound, Quite sadly, Sonos is not for you.

What I’m gathering and seeing, Sonos is not willing to spend money (despite charging premium prices) for DTS format. Which is very unfortunate as without a doubt Sonos customer base would grow exponentially if support DTS:X.

No excuses for Sonos not supporting DTS:X.

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer

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Sonos supports lossy DTS Digital Surround audio but not lossless DTS-HD Master Audio or DTS:X. When playing a DTS-encoded Blu-ray disc, you can either set your player to play the core DTS Digital Surround audio track or set the player to convert the DTS audio to PCM resulting in lossless Multichannel PCM audio. Keep in mind that to do the former, your TV must support DTS pass through. To do the latter, your TV must be equipped with eARC and support LPCM passthrough.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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GuyinPA75

Enthusiast I

Sonos supports lossy DTS Digital Surround audio but not lossless DTS-HD Master Audio or DTS:X. When playing a DTS-encoded Blu-ray disc, you can either set your player to play the core DTS Digital Surround audio track or set the player to convert the DTS audio to PCM resulting in lossless Multichannel PCM audio. Keep in mind that to do the former, your TV must support DTS pass through. To do the latter, your TV must be equipped with eARC and support LPCM passthrough.

Or Sonos could just properly support all DTS options. That be fantastic start. Especially with numerous other soundbars supporting all levels of DTS at lower price points.

Or, Sonos could lower their product prices to represent not being premium home theater products.

Airgetlam

Last I checked, and it has been a while, there was a licensing fee for each speaker that could be part of a DTS system. Has that fee been dropped finally?

Bruce

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GuyinPA75

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Last I checked, and it has been a while, there was a licensing fee for each speaker that could be part of a DTS system. Has that fee been dropped finally?

Heard the same theory, too. Not sure how DTS could track use in legit sense. What if family or friend brought or Move 2 and connected to system not theirs. Would DTS know this? How would they know this? How would they know about any speaker use?

My belief Sonos simply going to the cheap route with their customers. With all bad press from the poor app debacle, Sonos would implement DTS to earn good will back with customers.

DTS support is very important and requested and wished for by MANY Sonos customers, especially home theater users. DTS is HUGE must for serious home theater enthusiasts.

Airgetlam

Advertising, I suspect. When I was tangentially in that arena, and dealing with Dolby, they were wanting to charge a fee for every device sold that had a capability of playing (and used their labeling) of a Dolby signal.

As far as I’m aware, DTS is supported, just not DTS-X, but I admit I don’t use either.

Bruce

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GuyinPA75

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Advertising, I suspect. When I was tangentially in that arena, and dealing with Dolby, they were wanting to charge a fee for every device sold that had a capability of playing (and used their labeling) of a Dolby signal.

As far as I’m aware, DTS is supported, just not DTS-X, but I admit I don’t use either.

Once use and hear the difference with DTS vs Dolby it’s night and day. Highly encourage when are able give a try and listen, go for it.

Honestly, I’d rather have DTS when watch any movie. Especially DTS:X.

jgatie

Once use and hear the difference with DTS vs Dolby it’s night and day. Highly encourage when are able give a try and listen, go for it.

Honestly, I’d rather have DTS when watch any movie. Especially DTS:X.

I assume you are comparing DTS-X with Dolby True-HD? If so, how can the differences be “night and day” when you are comparing two lossless codecs? By the definition of “lossless”, they should sound alike, as long as they are from the same master. Unless (as has been proven before) DTS is cooking the master to sound different.

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