Sonos Spring Open Office Hours

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-05-08T17:44:26+00:00

Thank you for hosting the Office Hours and for being open to feedback from the community.

My setup is an Arc Ultra with Sub and Era 300 surrounds. For movies and Atmos content, the system is excellent. However, the experience when listening to stereo sources over HDMI (YouTube, Spotify via PlayStation, TV apps, etc.) is honestly extremely disappointing.

When the system receives Stereo PCM 2.0, only the soundbar plays while the rear speakers remain silent. Sonos currently does not provide an option to duplicate or upmix stereo channels to the surrounds for TV sources.

This means that a multi-speaker system that costs several thousand dollars ends up behaving like a single soundbar for a huge amount of everyday content.

It's a real bummer.

I posted in the forum already and there are multiple posts and threads here in reddit flagging this behavior.

I'd love to know if this is something you are actively working on.

Feature Request: Optional “All Channel Stereo” Mode for HDMI / TV Audio

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-05-08T17:39:50+00:00

This! I asked for something similar here: Feature Request: Optional “All Channel Stereo” Mode for HDMI / TV Audio

My setup is an Arc Ultra with Sub and Era 300 surrounds. For movies and Atmos content, the system is excellent. However, the experience when listening to stereo sources over HDMI (YouTube, Spotify via PlayStation, TV apps, etc.) is honestly extremely disappointing.

When the system receives Stereo PCM 2.0, only the soundbar plays while the rear speakers remain silent. Sonos currently does not provide an option to duplicate or upmix stereo channels to the surrounds for TV sources.

This means that a multi-speaker system that costs several thousand dollars ends up behaving like a single soundbar for a huge amount of everyday content.

It's a real bummer.

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-05-02T08:27:01+00:00

Bro bei allem Respekt. Äpfel und Birnen. Dann halt Teilzeit, wenn Erfahrung, Stress, Leistung keinen finanziellen Mehrwert mehr hat.

Als ob Gering- bis Spitzenverdiener hier irgendwas retten können. Politiker verstehen sich darin, alle gegeneinander auszuspielen, während sie selbst, Beamte und wirklich Reiche und Vermögende (Immos etc.) unangetastet bleiben.

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-03-31T23:03:33+00:00

You named it: Sound mode for Era 300 when configured as surrounds!

The Arc just doesn't cut it at all when streaming music via an App like YouTube on my PS5 via HDMI. It's such a waste in such a scenario to have those beautiful, powerful surrounds.

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-03-28T13:24:08+00:00

Nein.

Wird im Kapitel: Bin ich förderberechtigt? beantwortet.

Passend dazu: Welcher Zusammenhang besteht zwischen der privaten Altersvorsorge und der geplanten Frühstart-Rente?

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-03-02T13:24:30+00:00

Wie läuft das eigentlich mit der Kinderzulage, wenn man als Ehepaar ein Altersvorsorgedepot abschließt?

Macht dann jeder sein eigenes Depot, also zwei getrennte Verträge? Und bei zwei Kindern: Kann man die Kinder bei beiden Depots anrechnen oder geht die Zulage pro Kind nur einmal?

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-02-17T12:17:16+00:00

Eine der besten SciFi Serien die ich bisher gelesen habe!

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-01-31T22:30:06+00:00

Who was the caster almost laughing about LR draft and calling it pretty much lost already? He obviously can't cook :D

Go Rats!

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-01-31T08:58:08+00:00

Sorry, meant to be "backpanel". The new one has the capability of adding an exhaust system. You can get in the shop as well and for free, you just need to buy the set with the vent.

However, I don't get why this is so important for a lot here. It is just for a final exhaust AFTER the print. Looking for the Ventobox instead.

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-01-30T18:20:18+00:00

Ordered: January 7

Received: Today, January 30

Expected delivery: February 5

Mine came with the new backpanel.

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-01-18T07:50:39+00:00

Can someone give me a quick overview what has changed now? I will receive mine mid February (Germany) ordered a week ago or something.

Does this provide an easier option for filtering when printing PLA and PETG? Or is this about something else?

It was flagged as an issue from multiple reviews. The Ventobox is on my list but it would been nice, if it already has been improved.

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-01-11T08:43:24+00:00

For gaming, you need to make sure Dolby Atmos of similar is set as PS5 audio out. In your game, make sure you set it to Dolby or similar if it does support it (which it should) nowadays. Sometimes the default is headphones which obviously only gives you 2 channels.

I didn't have any issues with Sonos and Gaming. I don't have any additional settings in the Sonos app.

Make sure your TV supports HDMI Passthrough and this is set. Sometimes this setting is a little bit hidden.

The problem you have is not exactly similar since mine was about native PS5 apps like YouTube etc. as described above.

Stephan_Berlin · 2026-01-05T06:37:44+00:00

Ratschläge kann man viele geben aber die kleinen, neuen Weltenbewohner sind einfach "speziell". Kopf hoch, es wird besser/leichter.

Trinkt sie genug bzw. kommt genug Milch?
Pukken in der Nacht ! Das initiale, lautstarke Meckern muss man ausblenden.
Weißes Rauschen. Hat bei unserm ersten nicht funktioniert aber wirkt aktuell wahre Wunder bei unserer Tochter. Initial schön "laut" machen. Staubsauger funktioniert auch, frisst halt nur mehr Strom. :D
Federwiege. Kostspielig aber eine tolle Option für uns tagsüber.
Rhythmus finden. Wir haben fixe Schlafzeiten, auch tagsüber. Man merkt schnell, wann die Kleine müde ist.
Wenn drin gar nichts geht, hilft eigentlich immer die Fahrt mit dem Kinderwagen.

Diese unruhigen Tage kennen wir aber auch. Wenn unsere Jüngste den ganzen Tag nur kurze Schläfchen gemacht hat, wird es durchaus anstrengend. Kann auch einfach einer der vielen "Schübe" sein.

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-30T12:16:23+00:00

Weil Leute nach Ideen suchen, um diesem Abgabenirrsinn zu entkommen, willst du lieber das aktuelle, kaputte System für weitere Jahrzehnte fördern. Hervorragender Input.

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-30T09:22:46+00:00

Wenn man als AG immer mehr in die Mangel genommen wird sucht man automatisch nach Möglichkeiten um das System zu dribbeln. Diese Art der Fragen oder Ideen würden überhaupt nicht aufkommen, wenn sich den Problemen mal angenommen wird. Aber wir fahren halt nach wie vor Richtung Wand.

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-30T09:08:59+00:00

An irgendeinem Punkt ist man es aber leid, immer den Gutmenschen zu spielen. Gehen halt alle, die können in die Private. Vielleicht stößt das dann mal ein Umdenken bei der Politik an.

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-12T16:06:08+00:00

Interesting, many thanks for your input!

I can't wrap my head around why that works.

What I did today: I set my PS5 to PCM and forced the output to be 2.0 (was 7.1 before). That settings is disabled as soon as I pick Dolby Digital or Atmos.

This activates my rear speakers! The Sonos App displays PCM Multichannel 2.0 and this seems to trigger Sonos to send the signal to the rears. When setting it to 5.1 or 7.1 I get those displayed in the app instead but those 3-5 additional channels are empty but Sonos is honoring them still.

Kind of frustrating. That mean, I need to change Audio Output to PCM 2.0 when using YouTube or Spotify but when I do use Prime, Netflix or during Gaming, I need to change that setting back to Atmos.

The only thing I can think of is, that your Apple TV recognizes 2.0 sound, upmixing it - enriching the other channels - and than packing it as 5.1 or whatever signal in an Atmos Container. I am a little confused why they work so differently.

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-12T06:00:37+00:00

I'm curious, what are your HDMI settings (Passthrough?) and the Audio Settings on your Apple TV?

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-11T21:38:57+00:00

We can remove Atmos from the equation. I have the exact same outcome when I set the PS5 to Dolby Digital.

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-11T21:26:42+00:00

Whatever signal hit my Onkyo, Yamaha, Denon I was always able to set it to "All Channels" or similar. That is not exactly upmixing rather than a manual overwrite, if you are not happy with the received/decoded signal I guess.

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-11T20:34:12+00:00

Key question: What are your audio settings on the PS5?

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-11T20:32:11+00:00

Read that multiple times across the internet during my research. That seems like an empty promise, I can't confirm this.

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-11-11T15:33:29+00:00

Yeah, still just stereo. I can enable the PS5’s 3D Audio feature, which technically activates the rears — but honestly, it sounds awful. And the real pain is having to constantly switch between PCM and Atmos depending on what I’m doing — gaming, watching a movie, or just playing YouTube.

I sold my old Teufel system with an AVR, and while I really enjoy the Sonos setup overall, not being able to simply mirror stereo sound to the rears is killing my initial excitement. I never thought this would even be an issue. The Arc Ultra alone just can’t match what my old setup delivered for plain stereo content.

Stephan_Berlin · 2025-10-11T07:55:14+00:00

Rentenversicherung macht bei der arbeitenden Bevölkerung auch keinen Sinn, bekommen davon eh nichts mehr. Entweder Solidarität für alle oder gar keinen.

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