Sonos User Interview | Case 22: Zhubei Four Bedrooms | Arc Ultra
This is a fully localized English version adapted from the original Traditional Chinese interview, with terminology and tone standardized for English readers.
Case Background (Anonymous)
Section titled “Case Background (Anonymous)”- Response timestamp: 2025/10/22 8:37:15 AM
- Region and home layout: Zhubei, four bedrooms
- Primary use case: Living room 8 square meters, watching movies, controlling music scene playback or voice broadcast through automation in Homeassistant
- Core setup: Arc Ultra1 Era 3002 Era 1002 Sub Gen 41 One SL*1
How They Got In and Why They Chose Sonos
Section titled “How They Got In and Why They Chose Sonos”- Entry point: Homeassistant Community Youterber Ptere Pee
- Cross-brand comparison: Sony HT-A9M2 has an eye-catching appearance and a sense of design. The sound performance is clear and sharp. If you want it to be complete, you need to pair it with a Sony TV. The key point is that the sound performance is directly beaten by Taizu!! I bought a One SL at Nichia’s special price and came back to play in the smart home. The high frequency is acceptable, but some instruments are distorted (broken), the mid-frequency vocals are transparent and warm, and the low frequency is full and thick. Because the number of monomers is small, the whole thing is still a mess, but I like the sound performance, so I successively bought Era 100, Sub Gen 4, Arc Ultra… (face covering) from Nichia.
- One line for beginners: Let’s first learn about the story of ivory chopsticks
Room Setup and Tuning
Section titled “Room Setup and Tuning”- Placement and constraints: There is no resistance, and the golden ears of the Queen can place it wherever it wants.
- Trueplay feedback: After using Trueplay, the sound field is more concentrated, the surround positioning is more accurate, and the human voice can be concentrated in front of the TV.
- Subwoofer decision: No need to struggle, Nichia is the first to pre-order, because it can be delivered directly to your home in Taiwan
Day-to-Day Experience
Section titled “Day-to-Day Experience”- What they like most about Sonos: Sonos has opened a relatively complete API, which can be well integrated with TVs, lights, and curtains through Home Assistant to achieve various automated application combinations.
- Who likes Sonos the most at home: dust
- Mistaken for other gear: Unfortunately, no
Pain Points and Wishlist
Section titled “Pain Points and Wishlist”- Most frustrating issue: It is called Arc “ultra” but only provides one set of HDMI ports (eARC), and does not support DTS-X & DTS-HD MA. When paired with a Bluetooth player, there is no stereo and only mono. (The first time Taizu heard the Bluetooth playback effect, he said that the speaker was broken)
- Feature request: The Trueplay visual interface of devices that can support 24-bit / 96 kHz or 192 kHz displays the sound spectrum before and after correction (increase and decrease of low frequency, mid frequency, and high frequency) or you can visually see the “low frequency concentration area” and “strong reflection area”.
Test Content and Preferences
Section titled “Test Content and Preferences”- Music used for testing: Recommended for both vocals and piano (Era 300 or Era 100)
- Movies used for testing: Weathering with You (Raining Scene)
Additional Notes
Section titled “Additional Notes”- Animal analogy for Sonos: Cat, small and quiet but quick to react, with a soft and not harsh voice
- Most absurd thing they did: Unfortunately, no
- Dream setup if budget was unlimited: Buy Sonos Stock First
- Final note: Sonos, please hold on!
- Top-ranked device: Five, because I don’t have one, it’s always better to imagine (I already have another two-channel system at home) (Amazon JP Purchase)
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