![]() The Sonos PlayBar is a great product for streaming music and can make huge improvements in your TV sound quality, but it's not actually that simple to get real discrete surround sound out of it, even when you add the Play:1 rear speakers and a subwoofer. We actually get this question a lot from friends and from readers, not just about the Sonos PlayBar but about other soundbars that offer true 5.1 channel surround sound options. Could this be the problem? How can I tell if I'm getting 5.1 sound? And if I'm not, what can I do about it? I know that a lot of my Blu-rays are in DTS and I see that the PlayBar doesn't support DTS sound. My TV is a Samsung LED and my Blu-ray player is Samsung too. Very little sound comes from the Play:1 speakers in the back, even on movies that I know have a lot of surround information. Everything sounds good, but I'm pretty sure I'm not getting real surround sound. I plug my TV's digital audio fiber optic output into the PlayBar. ![]() I plug all my devices (cable box, Blu-ray player, Roku) into my TV using HDMI cables. After reading your review of the Sonos PlayBar, I bought one, as well as some Play:1 speakers and a subwoofer so I could do a simple 5.1 surround sound system from my TV. ![]()
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