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Kd0ess
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April 24, 2025
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sonos arc ultra and DTS

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
    Lead Maestro
    April 26, 2025

    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
    Senior Virtuoso
    April 30, 2025

    You are clearly adamant that there’s nothing better than DTS:X even though Sonos has never supported it. Why did you buy Sonos gear, ​@GuyinPA75? 

     

    How is hurting you that I am requesting this feature be brought to Sonos products? There are many requests for this in the forums. I am not the only one.

    Do you update any products you own when updates are available? If so, why?

    It’s not hurting me in any way. You’re the one keeping on about it. And you’re hardly “requesting this feature”. You’re virtually attacking anyone that doesn’t want it and dares to express their contra-opinion. 
     

    I’ll wish you the best in your efforts to sway Sonos on this matter, and will simply carry on enjoying my system - with all the limitations it has. But, as they say, I’m out. 

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