I am looking for a little help on how I would go about setting up a system before I pull the trigger and buy a bunch of stuff. I currently have and use a Symfonisk Lamp with my Apple TV which also has 2 HomePod Minis paired in stereo. I typically use this setup for everything except audio with my PS4 and standard cable box as my TV doesn’t have ARC capabilities.
I recently ordered a new TV (Samsung Neo 8K) and am thinking of picking up a set with the Beam and two One SL (possibly a sub, although I live in a townhouse so I’m worried the bass would annoy people). I also have a nice Philips hue setup with Sync Box.
It looks like I can run the Beam with eArc, but am curious how I’d connect everything to get ALL sound played through the Sonos setup. Currently, the Philips sync box acts as a “hub” as I connect everything there and have one HDMI connection to the TV. Would I be running that connection to a non eARC input on my TV and then use the eARC connection TO the Beam?
Also, I use Siri for a lot of smart home integration, and I was thinking I would keep one of the HomePod minis in the room for that, but if I asked Siri to play some music, it would obviously default to playing on that HomePod and NOT immediately come to the Sonos (correct?). I would have to turn on the Sonos setup separately I assume?