I just bought a Sonos Arc Ultra & an Ace, the Ace for evening TV, in the Black Friday sales When I watch films on Prime the sound is superb on both devices but on terrestrial channels (I’m in the UK) the sound was utter rubbish which I think is from only being broadcast in stereo
I’m using only my TV (Samsung 2018 flagship model) as a receiver as I don’t have Sky & wondering is a decent streaming box would be the way forward to get better sound overall & more choice of free TV. My home is a smart home so the Amazon Fire Cube could be an option but I would also like to use the streamer as a Plex player which the Nvidia Shield Pro does I believe but is there a better option as the Shield is now old?
I used to use a Mede8ter MED600X3D which still works perfectly but years old & was used with my old Atmos setup but I now want a more minimalist home so I don’t want all the cables & speakers all over & a big amp although I could still use it to stream from a HDD if I wanted t
The reason I went with Sonos was so I could easily link surround headphones for late night. My TV only has ARC out so I have also bought an eEARC extractor to run in line between the TV’s One Connect box & the Ultra to get Atmos which I have not tested as yet as want to get the best audio I can before I add it
