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Sonos - Playbar Wireless Soundbar

Make immersive, high-resolution audio an integral part of your entertainment with this Sonos Playbar soundbar. Bluetooth connectivity streams your favorite playlist wirelessly from your smart device, while automatic tuning ensures rich, detailed sound anywhere in the room. This Sonos Playbar soundbar lets you connect speakers in different rooms over Wi-Fi.

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Excellent sound. Will not play Dolby Digital Plus

on November 29, 2014

Posted by: slingload

I have had the Sonos PlayBar for close to a year now in a 5.1 surround sound setup with the Sonos Sub and two Play:1's. I love the 5.1 Dolby Digital audio without the need to run speaker cable.

One thing to be aware of though is that you will not be able to play Dolby Digital Plus content, which is the surround sound format used by Netflix and several other video streaming services now. There is no audio at all unless you switch the audio stream to stereo, and in my opinion that is not a viable solution. Some devices, such as the Xbox One and Apple TV, will convert the Dolby Digital Plus audio to standard Dolby Digital, so you can listen to 5.1 content from those services. However some devices do not, such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, so you will not hear any audio at all unless you lower the audio output to stereo.

Sonos has stated that this is because optical audio cables cannot handle the bandwidth required for DD+ audio. So you are really limited on which streaming devices you can use with the Sonos PlayBar 5.1 setup if you want to stream content that has DD+ audio.

For this reason, if you are wanting a 5.1 setup, I recommend waiting until Sonos addresses this issue by possibly adding HDMI passthrough to their next PlayBar. But if you don't care about a 5.1 setup then this is an outstanding choice!

My Best Buy number: 0034610077

I would recommend this to a friend!

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