Virginia, You connect other Sonos speakers to the Arc i.e the Sub or SL's via the Sonos app on your mobile device over wi-fi. Lots of videos on YouTube.
Martin On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 at 13:53, Virginia Routh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Martin. Interesting what you say about the Sonos Arc. I have been > pondering whether to upgrade to it. I like the idea of surround sound. > Can you tell me - how do you connect the SL speakers to the sound bar? > Virginia > > On 17 Mar 2021, at 11:26, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have 2 homepods and agree with everything said so far about how good the > sound is as a pair and the issues with Siri. > > For my Samsung TV I've bought a Sonos Arc, plus Sub 3 base speaker and 2 > small SL rear speakers. Sound is superb > > Martin > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 at 11:16, Virginia Routh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It’s a Panasonic Viera 106 cm wide. The sound without sound bar is OK for >> speech but music sounds tinny. >> >> >> From my iPhone >> >> On 17 Mar 2021, at 10:59, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Virginia, may I ask if your TV is a large-screen one? We have a very >> small TV (24”) and the sound, even with a sound bar, is lousy. >> >> Gilly >> >> >> >> On 17 Mar 2021, at 10:56, Virginia Routh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I have a LG sound bar attached to HDMI on TV which produces excellent >> sound. Classical music is my thing and I can listen to concerts on YouTube >> with pleasure. >> >> On 17 Mar 2021, at 10:17, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I gather the original Homepods are being withdrawn (they're marked as >> 'while available') so I thought I'd share my experience of them. >> >> I got a stereo pair last summer (one at a time) and I think they're >> absolutely superb sound. One is good but two is *much* better. If you've >> thought about getting them for a stereo pair, I would say you won't regret >> it. >> >> We have a mini for the tv and I think the sound is disappointing. I >> wouldn't buy a mini again (maybe they're better in stereo...) but I >> *would* buy a pair of the full, and expensive, Homepods again. >> >> However: they're not good for computer sound. You can only output to one >> of them as a speaker from the Mac (unless it's iTunes/Quicktime) and the >> wifi lag means they're no good for eg meetings. >> >> They're not brilliant for playing specific music *via Siri*. I >> frequently get told it can't find something that I know I have. I've even >> said 'hey siri what's playing now?' and it says Song X by Band Y from the >> album Z. If I stop it then say 'hey siri play Song X by Band Y from the >> album Z' Siri then reports it can't find it. This is apparently a bug if >> you don't subscribe to Apple Music (grr..I have iTunes Match but not Apple >> Music). If you want to just play a band, it's great, just don't expect to >> get a particular song reliably! >> >> It's absurd how well it picks up your voice even with music playing >> loudly. I arrange all my calendar stuff via Siri on Homepod now as it's >> much less fiddly than doing it manually. >> >> Ok, hasty review over. 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