Sonos surround sound - through Android phone vs Sony Bravia

Pdoghue

Hi all,

Looking for a solution to a problem that is baffling me.

I have a Sony Bravia TV (KD-55XH8196 model) and a Sonos Beam and two Sonos Ones as surround speakers in my living room. Beam is connected via HMDI to the ARC port on the TV.

I can stream Tidal (Hi-Fi) or Spotify to the three speakers and get a lovely immersive sound in the room. But when I use the Tidal or Spotify app on the Sony TV, the sound isn't at all comparable. Seems like the sound is concentrated through the Beam even though some sound is output through the L and R Sonos Ones.

I seem to be able to get Dolby surround sound through the Sonos speaker system when I'm playing TV or Netflix, or even Now TV through the Sony apps, but I wonder if I'm getting the full experience.

I've looked at the settings on the TV, my Virgin box, and the Sonos S2 app, and everything seems to be set up for Dolby Digital. I know I can't get Dolby Atmos through Todal as I don't have the Hi-fi plus package on Tidal.

Anyone have any ideas why I can't get the proper audio surround sound when playing music through the Tidal/Spotify apps through the TV?

Cheers

irelandrover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058221692/sonos-surround-sound-through-android-phone-vs-sony-bravia

When you stream the music through the TV then the surrounds are only surrounds, so you are correct it is concentrated through the beam.

When you stream directly to the speakers then the surrounds are set to music mode.

Pdoghue

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118284755#Comment_118284755

Thanks for the reply.

I had a look at the settings on my Sonos app. So there's no way of getting music mode to play when I'm streaming music through the TV?

wassie

No answers here sorry - but if you have no luck here try searching the Sonos Community forums - I found this useful in sorting issues with my compatibility issues with a Samsung TV and eARC and DTS playback.

Former Former Former

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058221692/sonos-surround-sound-through-android-phone-vs-sony-bravia

Yeah the issue is this;

Sonos only allow sound from the HDMI input to be played on that unit, or as part of a surround system. So playing music from your TV, you can only use the Ones as satellites.

When you stream music from your phone, Sonos regards the same speakers as a multi room system of three independent speakers so you get "full" audio from each.