Just curious to hear if folks here use Trueplay or turn it off?
Every situation is different for every room, every person’s ears. But for me, I’ve come to turn Trueplay off as it seems be hindrance to sound quality than tuning and keeping it. Night and day difference. I might change mind later. But sounds more detailed and full with no Trueplay for me.
Anyone else find the sound much better with or without Trueplay?
Some rooms, I use it, others I don’t perceive a difference, so I leave it off. In no cases does it ever make things ‘worse’, just not ‘better’ to my ears. But I suspect it is subjective, and different users have different experiences, based on their own hearing, rooms, and speaker setups.
I know a fellow who has some hearing loss and runs the tone controls and sub at max. TruePlay would be a disaster for him. TruePlay can’t accommodate variations in individual ear response.
i also think that we accommodate to the room response over time and any sudden change can seem out of place — regardless of which response is “correct”.
I generally find true play, regardless of room and room setup, to colour the audio in a negative way. Certain peaks and frequencies are just too hot/ blown or, giving the illusion of mid frequencies/ vocals sounding more up front, but it’s not comfortable to listen when turned up to an audible level, and more often than not the soundstage sounds flatter/ recedes and does not sound balanced, natural, or immersive.
I’ve recently been using two 20 year old Sony flute standing speakers and a 20 year old receiver ( no hdmi!) and that setup sounds 100x better and much closer to a theater experience that these over priced Sonos speakers, and do a fraction on the cost if you look on eBay or Facebook market place. I think the biggest reason is I have way more control in calibrating the stereo image of these speakers (no surrounds needed!) vs Sonos crappy lack of eq and independent volume settings for each channel in the arc, it’s pathetic given the price you’re paying.
Bottom line, use true play at your own risk, turning off will give you a more consistent soundstage/ experience.
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