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Bigtim
Trending Lyricist I
November 20, 2024
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sonos arc ultra loudness and overall presence within a home cinema set up

I just invested in the arc ultra + sub 4 + 2 x era 300 surrounds.

I'm a little underwhelmed by the front sound of the arc ultra.  Linked to this I need to have the system volume at around 55 to get a 'normal volume' 

The overall tone of the front of the system is a bit boxy and doesn't seem to fit well with the sub and surrounds

Is this normal? Or could there be an issue with my ultra.

 

I just set up a samsung q990d for a friend and power wise its blowing my set up away. 

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    BigtimAnswer
    Trending Lyricist I
    January 3, 2025

    I stayed with the ultra setup. Whilst it isn't as in your face powerful as the samsung, I concluded it is overall a more refined and enjoyable listen than the samsung.  

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    BigtimAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    January 22, 2025

    I wouldn't say I'm.experiencing that to be honest. For me it's just a bit of a lack of overall presence at the front.  I concluded this is because I am comparing it with my old 5.1 system that had two big floorstanding speakers with oddles of power amps owning the front stage.

      D700
      Enthusiast II
      February 6, 2025

      FYI, I found that my Google TV had “DTS DRC” enabled (Dynamic Range Compression). It was squashing ambient music, sound effects, L to R pan, etc. I still have a center channel volume difference that’s being worked by support but at least am now getting missing content.

      Make sure you don’t have any DRC or “night setting” or similar enabled on the TV.

        Corry P
        Corry P
        Sonos Staff
        March 17, 2025

        Hi All

        I have made the following post which you may be interested in:

        Please be aware that the change made may not relate to the specific problem stated here, but you may find that you will want to try adjusting the setting after installing the update, just to see if it improves matters for you in any way.

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