How to create a Dolby Atmos home theater with Sonos

Movies in Dolby Atmos deliver an immersive spatial audio experience that draws you deeper into the story, allowing you to hear greater detail and feel every emotion.

As movies in this format become more widely available at home, this experience is no longer reserved just for the theater. With the right sonos speakers, you can create an immersive Dolby Atmos experience from the comfort of your couch.

0:00 Intro
0:21 7.1.4
1:05 Era 300

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[MrDexterSr]

Please give us the option to add “front” left and right speakers for true stereo separation 🙏🏾

[Slimecrazy]

Front drivers are disabled in Era300 when being used as rear surrounds, hence there is no need to point them towards the main listening place like shown in the video. Instead you are compromising the side firing speaker direction.

[thomashelmick]

Thanks. Your videos always have the 300 surrounds angled in but other Sonos pictures have them facing forward towards the Arc to simulate a box, not a triangle. I've heard on Sonos community forums that the box worked better than the triangle setup. Just flagging you might be confusing folks.

[paoloferrero]

@sonos great video ...could i sent to you my room with era 300 arc and sub toncheck if well installed in the room space and if better to add a second sub?

[garretts]

uhh when setting up era 300s as surrounds it says not to angle them.

[NguyenCungHoaHien]

Thank you for the great video. I just got my Beam gen 2 yesterday and eagerly set up my surround. It was nice but the sound coming from the rear speakers (2 Sonos One) is less than what I expected. I almost couldn't tell if the. rear speakers are working unless I listen very closely to the rear speakers. Is that what surround sound should be? Anyway, the Beam gen 2 is more powerful than I expected, works great!

[matthewmuir]

When will you allow us to have a MOVE speaker as part of the Rear Surround? Too many modern homes have open plan living, but no way to run cables to a point behind the main listening position. By allowing the MOVE with it's battery and wireless setup to be a pair of rear surrounds, we can then experience better sound. I'd be happy to put them on charge at the end of a movie - but at the moment I have no options available to me. This would be sure to win SONOS many new customers.

[choodziopl]

Could someone explain to me how to set the height level in the app? What does each setting do? I am trying every setting and still am having troubles hearing sound from the top.

[marcush]

I’d like to add my voice to requests for enabling two additional front left and right speakers (eg era 300s?). Many of us have our TV in a space that does not have close walls either side for bouncing sound off. That and the fact that my ARC isn’t even as wide as my 75 inch TV mean that the spread at the front is minimal unless I sit way too close to be comfortable for viewing..

[deej]

What’s up with the low volume on the Arc?

[Creepiify]

I have got the arc, sub gen 3 and twice the play 5. I have got one issue, there is an echo, how do I solve that issue ?

[helloeveryone]

Era 300 does not connect to Sonos Boost and it drops surround sound time to time. It is frustrating !! Arc, Sub connects to Sonos Boost. I am not sure it is a technical issue which sonos has to figure out or Sonos Boost is outdated for Era 300 technology ??

[peterdanks]

I still can’t compute as to why you can’t add 2x Sonos Fives when using an Arc. Doesn’t being able to do this make perfect sense??

[jayvito]

I have a 7.2.4 setup, is their particular way the sub should be facing the listener? I have the light in front of the sub facing me.

[skytte]

Hi, i have a Pioneer vsx-935 av receiver and am currently using it as a 5.1 surround system. Is it possible to exchange my two wired L&R back speakers with Sonos? And which of your Sonos devices would best fit this constellation? And do you have a video that shows how this is done?

[cva]

It's "Dolby Atmos" not Dolby Atmos for you peeps at Sonos. Y'all did not even get the licensing to operate the decoder, yet we ain't even sure if it outputs in Dolby Atmos.

[giacintorenta]

I have just bought 2 Sonos Era 300 to add to my Sonos Arc + Sub replacing 2 Play:3 as rears. I need some advice about the stands.

How tall are the original Sonos stands for Era 300 from to base to base (ie excluding the speaker itself)? My couch + pillows are 83/84cm tall and the ear level is about 94cm from the floor.

I am thinking whether I should go for the Sanus stands which are 82cm tall (+ speaker height) or the Sonos ones (not clear how tall but probably 96cm + speaker).

Which one would be best?

[TheWarlordNinja]

Even though I wanted a Dolby Atmos but not ready for it it just too advanced for me and expensive

[gsotelo]

Please, when sub gen 4 is released, make it more powerful. The gen 3 sounds fantastic but the sound and power hasn’t really seen a change since Gen 1 released in 2012. Following your release schedules for Sub, we might expect a Gen 4 in June 2024, that’s 12 years since Gen 1, hopefully it’s more powerful even if larger, you already offer the Sub mini for people who are space conscious.

[AntoToni]

Without true play on android sonos is not for me. I don't want to be forced to buy a apple device.