Because the Era 300’s send the TV surround audio out via their outer-side drivers, I can see why the audio reflecting back off the window might cause you to perceive the audio as being louder on the right rear channel … this is one reason why I would like to see the ability to balance the audio manually, but some say that Trueplay tuning should resolve these things. I’m not sure that it does in some listening environments. I will personally continue to campaign for a Sonos HT ‘balance’ option.
Anyhow it’s a nice room and Home Theatre setup, but maybe the reflective surfaces are your issue. My thoughts would be to use wall mounts, or floor stands perhaps, but because of the Window and no option to switch the Era’s to use the front facing drivers, or to balance the surrounds, my thoughts are you might get better results here with Era 100’s or Sonos One/SL’s instead (angled towards the sweet-spot) and they may hopefully improve things for that environment and be easier to wall mount too. Then use the Era 300’s either as a front stereo pair for music and a wider front soundstage or maybe use them elsewhere in the Home.
Following instructions on Peter Pee’s YouTube video on era 300 speaker placement worked out well for me.
Here’s the link to that… FYI
So if anyone reads this post with the same question… I finally figured it out and I have amazing Dolby atmos sound! So basically the era 300’s are still facing the wall of the tv, not turned inwards. Only difference now is that I placed them a little higher and on stands, directly next to the couch. The era 300’s are on ear level now. What I realized is that true play tuning doesn’t do good for the Dolby effect in this setting!! I tried tuning several times, also according to the instructions of Peter pee on YouTube. Seems like true play tuning works really nice for music, but not for movies. That’s why I also want to see a feature soon from Sonos to separate these things in the app!! What’s also weird, is that the Dolby works much better when I select +3 meters for the surrounds, when they are actually not. When I select 0,6 to 3 meters, I realized that the atmos effect is much less.
to clarify, I was able to test all the sounds on my Xbox with the Dolby app, the official Dolby atmos test videos. Now I can finally say I’m overwhelmed by the effects.
So here are my settings for this type of room and according to my personal taste.
trueplay off! (At least for movies)
EQ base and treble set to 6
loudness on
Audio surround speakers: for tv +6 for music +3
music range : full (I guess it’s like this in English, I use the Dutch version off the app)
Distance to speakers: more than 3 meters
audio sub: just do your personal taste
Heights audio: +8
hope this works for others as well. Now I can clearly hear thunder sounds in the Dolby test video over my head and the ball that’s goes around, I can clearly hear passing behind my head as well (Dolby natures fury test video).Last night I watched the horror movie: smile on Netflix, I was blown away by the atmos effect. The moment when u indeed get a smile on your face…
So if anyone reads this post with the same question… I finally figured it out and I have amazing Dolby atmos sound! So basically the era 300’s are still facing the wall of the tv, not turned inwards. Only difference now is that I placed them a little higher and on stands, directly next to the couch. The era 300’s are on ear level now. What I realized is that true play tuning doesn’t do good for the Dolby effect in this setting!! I tried tuning several times, also according to the instructions of Peter pee on YouTube. Seems like true play tuning works really nice for music, but not for movies. That’s why I also want to see a feature soon from Sonos to separate these things in the app!! What’s also weird, is that the Dolby works much better when I select +3 meters for the surrounds, when they are actually not. When I select 0,6 to 3 meters, I realized that the atmos effect is much less.
to clarify, I was able to test all the sounds on my Xbox with the Dolby app, the official Dolby atmos test videos. Now I can finally say I’m overwhelmed by the effects.
So here are my settings for this type of room and according to my personal taste.
trueplay off! (At least for movies)
EQ base and treble set to 6
loudness on
Audio surround speakers: for tv +6 for music +3
music range : full (I guess it’s like this in English, I use the Dutch version off the app)
Distance to speakers: more than 3 meters
audio sub: just do your personal taste
Heights audio: +8
hope this works for others as well. Now I can clearly hear thunder sounds in the Dolby test video over my head. Last night I watched the horror movie: smile on Netflix, I was blown away by the atmos effect. The moment when u indeed get a smile on your face…
Not that surprising a slight tilt makes no difference given the surrounds are 10 feet away
So if anyone reads this post with the same question… I finally figured it out and I have amazing Dolby atmos sound! So basically the era 300’s are still facing the wall of the tv, not turned inwards. Only difference now is that I placed them a little higher and on stands, directly next to the couch. The era 300’s are on ear level now. What I realized is that true play tuning doesn’t do good for the Dolby effect in this setting!! I tried tuning several times, also according to the instructions of Peter pee on YouTube. Seems like true play tuning works really nice for music, but not for movies. That’s why I also want to see a feature soon from Sonos to separate these things in the app!! What’s also weird, is that the Dolby works much better when I select +3 meters for the surrounds, when they are actually not. When I select 0,6 to 3 meters, I realized that the atmos effect is much less.
to clarify, I was able to test all the sounds on my Xbox with the Dolby app, the official Dolby atmos test videos. Now I can finally say I’m overwhelmed by the effects.
So here are my settings for this type of room and according to my personal taste.
trueplay off! (At least for movies)
EQ base and treble set to 6
loudness on
Audio surround speakers: for tv +6 for music +3
music range : full (I guess it’s like this in English, I use the Dutch version off the app)
Distance to speakers: more than 3 meters
audio sub: just do your personal taste
Heights audio: +8
hope this works for others as well. Now I can clearly hear thunder sounds in the Dolby test video over my head. Last night I watched the horror movie: smile on Netflix, I was blown away by the atmos effect. The moment when u indeed get a smile on your face…
Not that surprising a slight tilt makes no difference given the surrounds are 10 feet away
What do u mean? What tilt? I didn’t tilt anything. Only changing the settings on the app made the difference, that was my point. :)
Just meant “not seeing a difference from not applying Peter Pee’s suggested small tilt is understandable especially if your speakers are significantly distant "
So if anyone reads this post with the same question… I finally figured it out and I have amazing Dolby atmos sound! So basically the era 300’s are still facing the wall of the tv, not turned inwards. Only difference now is that I placed them a little higher and on stands, directly next to the couch. The era 300’s are on ear level now. What I realized is that true play tuning doesn’t do good for the Dolby effect in this setting!! I tried tuning several times, also according to the instructions of Peter pee on YouTube. Seems like true play tuning works really nice for music, but not for movies. That’s why I also want to see a feature soon from Sonos to separate these things in the app!! What’s also weird, is that the Dolby works much better when I select +3 meters for the surrounds, when they are actually not. When I select 0,6 to 3 meters, I realized that the atmos effect is much less.
to clarify, I was able to test all the sounds on my Xbox with the Dolby app, the official Dolby atmos test videos. Now I can finally say I’m overwhelmed by the effects.
So here are my settings for this type of room and according to my personal taste.
trueplay off! (At least for movies)
EQ base and treble set to 6
loudness on
Audio surround speakers: for tv +6 for music +3
music range : full (I guess it’s like this in English, I use the Dutch version off the app)
Distance to speakers: more than 3 meters
audio sub: just do your personal taste
Heights audio: +8
hope this works for others as well. Now I can clearly hear thunder sounds in the Dolby test video over my head and the ball that’s goes around, I can clearly hear passing behind my head as well (Dolby natures fury test video).Last night I watched the horror movie: smile on Netflix, I was blown away by the atmos effect. The moment when u indeed get a smile on your face…
Really nice setup! I’m receiving my Era 300s in a couple of days and cannot wait. My living room has a very similar room shape, with a big window on one side and an open space to the other one. You ended up placing the rears in stands and next to the sofa instead of behind?
So if anyone reads this post with the same question… I finally figured it out and I have amazing Dolby atmos sound! So basically the era 300’s are still facing the wall of the tv, not turned inwards. Only difference now is that I placed them a little higher and on stands, directly next to the couch. The era 300’s are on ear level now. What I realized is that true play tuning doesn’t do good for the Dolby effect in this setting!! I tried tuning several times, also according to the instructions of Peter pee on YouTube. Seems like true play tuning works really nice for music, but not for movies. That’s why I also want to see a feature soon from Sonos to separate these things in the app!! What’s also weird, is that the Dolby works much better when I select +3 meters for the surrounds, when they are actually not. When I select 0,6 to 3 meters, I realized that the atmos effect is much less.
to clarify, I was able to test all the sounds on my Xbox with the Dolby app, the official Dolby atmos test videos. Now I can finally say I’m overwhelmed by the effects.
So here are my settings for this type of room and according to my personal taste.
trueplay off! (At least for movies)
EQ base and treble set to 6
loudness on
Audio surround speakers: for tv +6 for music +3
music range : full (I guess it’s like this in English, I use the Dutch version off the app)
Distance to speakers: more than 3 meters
audio sub: just do your personal taste
Heights audio: +8
hope this works for others as well. Now I can clearly hear thunder sounds in the Dolby test video over my head and the ball that’s goes around, I can clearly hear passing behind my head as well (Dolby natures fury test video).Last night I watched the horror movie: smile on Netflix, I was blown away by the atmos effect. The moment when u indeed get a smile on your face…
Really nice setup! I’m receiving my Era 300s in a couple of days and cannot wait. My living room has a very similar room shape, with a big window on one side and an open space to the other one. You ended up placing the rears in stands and next to the sofa instead of behind?
Hi! They are actually place kinda similar, only difference is that they are now on the stands next to the couch. Distance to the wall back is about 2 to 3 cm. True play does not work for my room, I find the Dolby atmos experience worsening with true play. For music it’s nice tho. I would advise to use the soro app so you can preset settings for different kind of situations, like live tv, movies and music. It’s a pity the Sonos app doesn’t allow this by default but the Soro app works amazing. :)
Following instructions on Peter Pee’s YouTube video on era 300 speaker placement worked out well for me.
That’s great to hear! Peter Pee’s tips on speaker placement must be spot-on. Did you notice any significant improvements in your audio experience with the Era 300?
Because the Era 300’s send the TV surround audio out via their outer-side drivers, I can see why the audio reflecting back off the window might cause you to perceive the audio as being louder on the right rear channel … this is one reason why I would like to see the ability to balance the audio manually, but some say that Trueplay tuning should resolve these things. I’m not sure that it does in some listening environments. I will personally continue to campaign for a Sonos HT ‘balance’ option.
Anyhow it’s a nice room and Home Theatre setup, but maybe the reflective surfaces are your issue. My thoughts would be to use wall mounts, or floor stands perhaps, but because of the Window and no option to switch the Era’s to use the front facing drivers, or to balance the surrounds, my thoughts are you might get better results here with Era 100’s or Sonos One/SL’s instead (angled towards the sweet-spot) and they may hopefully improve things for that environment and be easier to wall mount too. Then use the Era 300’s either as a front stereo pair for music and a wider front soundstage or maybe use them elsewhere in the Home.
For optimal placement of your Sonos Era 300 speakers in a health-focused room, position them at ear level and ensure they're placed behind or beside the main seating area to create balanced surround sound. Consider the room's size and shape to adjust speaker distance for even sound coverage, and use calibration tools to fine-tune audio settings. Aim for a setup that enhances relaxation or motivation, depending on the room's health-related activities.
