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Dissapointed62
Contributor I
October 25, 2023
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stadium effect/better separation effect

I've tried everything so maybe somebody can confirm that what I'm doing isn't possible. (I find it hard to believe that such an expensive system wouldn't give a user more options)
I've been completely disappointed with my Playbar plus 2 play threes. My $150 Yamaha sound bar had better ability to select/create separation effects for different stuff that I'm watching. For instance, I like to watch sports. With my old sound bar I could press a button and it gives the stadium affect. Love it! Also could select different simulations in stereo separation. I'm not looking for super quality 5.1 separations, I'm just looking to see if I can simulate different things and left/right delays when I'm watching.

i've tried every setting I know but can't seem to create that stadium affect. It's just a super dull experience.Yes I've changed distances etc.

i'm hoping for a Sonos professional to just tell me if I'm missing something or will just continue to be disappointed.

Maybe going back to my old (much cheaper) soundbar  

 

 

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AjTrek1
AjTrek1Answer
October 25, 2023

Hi

Sonos doesn’t offer any type of simulated digital processing effects on any of its sound bars (Playbar/Playbase) including the Arc, Beam 2 and Ray. Sonos only processes the actual codec for DD, DD5.1, DTS Surround and/or Dolby Atmos depending upon which soundbar you own.

However, on my Arc with sub and surrounds I get the broadcaster voice mainly from the Arc and crowd noises from the rears when it's a DD5.1 broadcast.

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buzz
Grand Maestro
October 31, 2023

I don’t see any major conflict between Trueplay and Hall Effects. First Trueplay characterizes the room, creating a base platform, then Hall Effects can be incorporated. This is the approach taken by many A/V receivers.

    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    October 31, 2023

    I don’t see any major conflict between Trueplay and Hall Effects. First Trueplay characterizes the room, creating a base platform, then Hall Effects can be incorporated. This is the approach taken by many A/V receivers.

    Yes that’s certainly the case. I had the Sony Home Theatre HT-AS5 many years ago and that had auto/manual room-correction calibration (it came with a plugin mic. and very long cable) and there were various DSP built-in sound effects, such as ‘sports’, ‘news’, ‘movies’ & ‘games’ etc. I mostly left it on its AFD Standard (default) setting - The ‘sports’ effect, as an example, was designed to create a stadium-like effect, but of course it was just a delay ‘echo’ to some speakers and it sounded really awful, particularly when commentators were talking over the action on screen and their voices echoing around the room too… I couldn’t stand to listen to it.

    The Beam and Arc (with surrounds/sub) that we use now in various rooms anround our Home are so much better and far more natural & realistic IMHO - especially when playing surround sound codecs.

    I don’t miss the Sony HT-AS5 audio effects, truth be told.

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