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Upgraded One's SL to ERA 300'

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Hello as the topic says I Upgraded system to Era 300’s with my existing Arc. Set up my 300’s with full anticipation set up some music and did hear a noticeable different. A bit more fuller in sound.

Then I watched my favourite TV’s which I do way more then listening music and my hearth sank beneath the bottom of the earth straight into hell itself. Did i just get scammed?

The tv shows are often 5.1 digital. Not atmos. The ones do not support Atmos, so for the few things i do watch in it and love hearing, I thought hell yea, i can afford to upgrade, lets do it! But its NOT a upgrade!? The 5.1 digital shows so far I hear nothing in the back, even at +15 volume on the surround option, nothing, the One’s were so much better! And the content on all the streaming are often 5.1.

I read that the central speaker of the Eras gets turned off when put into surround? Fine, if thats what makes Atmos work/hear better do it, but if its not, turn it back on!? Please? I got a feeling that THAT are the speakers I would need to at least get the same performance as the One’s. Unless iam doing something wrong. I hope so but i fear i do not.

There should be massive bold letters on the selling page that this will be your experience if you upgrade from One SL’s.. cause this feels so bad… for this kind of money.

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I have a 4k Fire Cube and there is a free Jack Ryan fil in 4k that I always use to test. Perhaps it’s a country or account restriction.

Maybe! BUt I got some good news. Fiddling around the web, i found someone say that the lobby scene in the matrix is good to hear stuff in surround, and he is right to some extend, its a 2.0 output, but i could hear things in the back. Then I went into Better call Saul. a 5.1 series and at first I heard quite a bit of music sounds, then nothing in the next scene then thank god a clear and good example of an echo type sound when he was in the bathroom, THAT is what i wanted to hear, then I know 100% sure that its just the way it was recorded of what ever show iam watching, not a sound system error.

Though i still find it odd it shuts down the middle driver .. i mean wouldnt that add more sounds? Or is that driver specific for voice lines?

UKMedia

Voice is 99% out of the Centre channel, which in your setup is from the Arc, this is why the driver is disabled.

Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)

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Voice is 99% out of the Centre channel, which in your setup is from the Arc, this is why the driver is disabled.

Very good to know! You seem very knowledgeable maybe you can answer me this that isn't related to the topic but I heard that the required apple OS is going to be 17 not 16, does this mean if I buy a iphone 8 that is max ios16, i cannot use it for trueplay when the required sonos iOS will jump to 17?

UKMedia

Voice is 99% out of the Centre channel, which in your setup is from the Arc, this is why the driver is disabled.

Very good to know! You seem very knowledgeable maybe you can answer me this that isn't related to the topic but I heard that the required apple OS is going to be 17 not 16, does this mean if I buy a iphone 8 that is max ios16, i cannot use it for trueplay when the required sonos iOS will jump to 17?

Sorry but I don’t know much about iOS, perhaps @Ken_Griffiths can help better.

Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)

Ken_Griffiths

If the plan is to get an iDevice to use with TruePlay, then see this Sonos Support link (and any links off it) for compatibility:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/trueplay-compatible-devices-and-sonos-products

Anything less than iOS/iPadOS16 will not support TruePlay tuning (subject to change). Sonos tend to support the iDevices up-to a year, or so, after Apple stop supporting the product themselves.

TruePlay tuning is quite often just a "set-once & forget" feature for most situations, so if you’re not normally an iDevice user, my suggestion would be to perhaps borrow an iDevice from a colleague, friend, or family member to do the tuning of the necessary rooms and hand it back.

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JinShepard01Author

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If the plan is to get an iDevice to use with TruePlay, then see this Sonos Support link (and any links off it) for compatibility:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/trueplay-compatible-devices-and-sonos-products

Anything less than iOS/iPadOS16 will not support TruePlay tuning (subject to change). Sonos tend to support the iDevices up-to a year, or so, after Apple stop supporting the product themselves.

TruePlay tuning is quite often just a "set-once & forget" feature for most situations, so if you’re not normally an iDevice user, my suggestion would be to perhaps borrow an iDevice from a colleague, friend, or family member to do the tuning of the necessary rooms and hand it back.

Aye that would be the best, sadly I am one of those people with a network of 1 person, and that person has an android like myself. I guess i could post something on my flat whatsapp but there is a reason i havent done that yet haha… O dear.

It stores the trueplay settings on the devices itself? I gotta do it again when i get a Arc Ultra in one or two years.. maybe i should wait untill then if i cant find one now instead of buying a product, even second hand, those apple tax stuff is expensive..

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