Big TVs are the latest trend. All well and good. But what about the right sound to go with the perfect picture? George Lucas once said that 60 % of a film is the music. The good man was absolutely right. Because what applies to cinemas should also apply to the living room if you want to bring the cinema experience into your own home.
Reading time: 6 min. | Author: Renato Kunz, Head of Category Management
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Today's TVs strive to outdo each other with pin-sharp images. Hardly anyone can remember all the technical terms. Resolutions of 4k, 8k, HDR, Dolby Vision....there is no end. Nowadays, TV sizes tend also to be a bit larger. 55" almost seems "normal" in many living rooms.
All well and good. But what about the right sound to go with the perfect picture? George Lucas once said that 60% of a film is the music. The good man was absolutely right. What applies to cinemas should also apply to the living room if you want to bring the cinema experience into your own home. The built-in loudspeakers in TVs cannot reproduce this, because with such a small depth, it is simply impossible to squeeze out a good sound. But it doesn't always have to be the highly complex, professional home cinema solution with what feels like 30 speakers in a soundproof hobby room. To generate the right home cinema sound, many consumers buy so-called soundbars. However, a soundbar is not always a guarantee of powerful sound moments. The range is huge.
With the Sonos Ray, the Sonos Beam and the premium solution Sonos Arc, the manufacturer from Santa Barbara, California, delivers great sound for TV, movies, gaming and more. However, Sonos not only transforms the living room into a home cinema experience, but also manages to perfectly implement the quieter moments on the software side. What do we mean by that?
When the kids are asleep in the evening and it's time to turn down the volume on the TV, we know only too well what happens: the voice in the dialogue becomes muffled and we are busy with the TV remote in our hands turning up the volume to try and understand what is being said. Shortly afterwards, the volume has to be turned down again because the action scene is much louder.
Sonos has recognised this problem and created two functions with their ingenious software, which can be easily switched on and off via the app. The Speech Enhancement mode helps to boost voices at low volumes, making dialogue crystal clear. The second function is the night mode. This sets the volume in the film down to a linear level so that the action and speech scenes are equally quiet. So, in conclusion, Sonos also provides a pleasant sound experience in the family home.
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Finally, we'll add the cherry on top. Sonos has become known as a multi-room system and the connection to the various music services has also played an important role. Internet radio with Sonos Radio or TuneIn as well as Spotify, Apple Music and around 100 other streaming services that can be integrated on Sonos. These services can be played on all Sonos products and thus, with the Sonos Ray, the Sonos Beam and the Sonos Arc Soundbar, we not only have the perfect sound for TV, films and gaming, but also for music in the living room. For those of you who want to experience that intense cinema feeling at home, a Sonos Sub or the new Sub Mini, as well as two surround speakers (One, One SL) can be added to the soundbar.
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