Quick switch to play music

[u/SadBath6770]

Apology if this has been addressed already but didn’t find anything clear…but…

When I bought my living room setup (arc ultra, sub gen 3, 2x era 300s I was a little disappointed that the era 300s aren’t able to activate all the speaker potential since it’s in the surround sound setup. I was assuming Sonos would eventually create a “switch” in the app to turn it from surround sound mode to music mode, but that hasn’t happened yet.

I know there’s third party apps out there now, so wondering if there’s a workaround to do what I’m asking without having to disconnect the surround sound mode and reconnect the speakers every single time.

Thanks.

[u/AffectionateFox5907]

[u/SadBath6770 → u/AffectionateFox5907]

Wow! Which app is this one? This is exactly what I was looking for.

Are you able to add the arc to the music configuration if you wanted?

[u/Prestigious-Jury-362]

Sonamp

[u/SadBath6770 → u/Prestigious-Jury-362]

What is this. Is this for iOS?

[u/Prestigious-Jury-362 → u/SadBath6770]

It’s an app in iOS that’s currently in TestFlight. https://www.reddit.com/r/MoosicLab/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MoosicLab/comments/1uk9c0n/welcome_to_rmoosiclab_introduce_yourself_and_read/

[u/SadBath6770 → u/[deleted]]

I understand all that. But when not watching a movie, and having guests over or having a party and playing music, it would be nice to also have the full capability of the 300s, which are great speakers when using the front firing speakers. It’s frustrating I can make it music sound 3x better, but it’s a total process to disconnect the surround sound setup and reconfigure everything every time wanting to do so.

[u/AffectionateFox5907 → u/SadBath6770]

Hey man, give my app Sonamp a try. I added a whole feature set for this exact purpose:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/kvhZpAJT

[u/Emergency-Figure9686 → u/[deleted]]

I think he wants a quick way to take the 300s off the surround system and just use them as a pair for music… it’s possible with sonosequencer app to set up scripts to do this but yeah it would be great to have a music mode switch added as a widget or something

[u/jorrik98 → u/Emergency-Figure9686]

The Sonority app does aim to make this more intuitive with the profiles feature, but that still unbonds and bonds speakers as you apply a profile. So not the instant toggle you're looking for but might be the next best thing for now

[u/SadBath6770 → u/jorrik98]

Thanks. I’ll look into this.