Caveat - this from my experience with Sonos Sub; I do not have the 5 units you refer to.
First, are you hearing this or are you just letting some app tell you this?
If yes, is it across all genres of music or a particular album?
I have a one pair + Sub, and Trueplay is just the ticket for eliminating heard bass bloat in that set up. I don't use apps to tell me this, just that acoustic bass instruments sound just right with Trueplay on, and very bloated when Trueplay is toggled off.
And with 5 units placed into the room as you have, this should not be an issue.
But try this too: unpair the two and see if you hear the bloat in both when played as single units. If only in one, that is probably a defective unit.
Trueplay is broken on my set up fo a Stereo Pair of Play 5s and a sub gen 2. You may be experiencing similar. Tuning just creates a bass mess and a super dominant left channel. This is a recognised issue that started a couple of months ago, see this thread.
Ignore the answer as it is wrong and the issue remains. Hope the next update solves this.
I’d suggest the answer isn’t wrong, as it suggests providing hard data to Sonos, so that they can help find, and resolve the issue.
However, it’s not an ‘answer’ as to how to fix the issue.
OK I might open a case with them. Interestingly I was watching a review of a Buchardt speaker where the reviewer was having issues with room correction and Max Buchardt commented that the quality of microphones on iPhones is deteriorating over time - if true may be a factor also - either in Trueplay, in my measurements or both!
In addition to SUB placement in the room, listener placement is significant too.
either in Trueplay, in my measurements or both!
This may affect Trueplay, but why are measurements needed for evaluation of the listening experience in the home?
I’m not too familiar with the HouseCurve software, but this is what I see with a stereo pair of Fives in the Living Room… (That’s with TP tuning).
Thanks for the comments.
You’re correct as regards listener position, moving around three feet forward does drastically reduce the boom.
I found rerunning Trueplay then reducing bass by -7 in the equaliser gets the measured curve closer to the target. Bass in tracks like Maroon by Taylor Swift or Thus Spch Zarathustra off Time Warp still sounds satisfying and tauter/less boomy. A lovely pair of speakers!
