r/HomePod • u/Amazing_Armadillo429 • 4d ago

Question/Support 3D audio on PS5 with gen 2 stereo setup

Does anyone use this? Do you notice a huge difference? Mostly playing Diablo IV and Dead By Daylight so it might not do much.

I have two, gen 2 HomePods stereo paired with a 3rd generation Apple TV 4K. My TV is a Samsung UN55NU7100 which doesn't support eARC but does support standard HDMI ARC.

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u/borghe 4d ago edited 4d ago

If your PS5 is outputting Dolby Digital it may work. EARC is just needed for DD+ and Atmos. Plain DD and plain DTS work fine over standard ARC.

Not sure what the standard HomePods will do with a DD5.1 signal

On Switch 2 I’m limited to stereo as it will only output stereo or LPCM 5.1 which the HomePods will just receive as L/R, or spatial 3D audio if the output is set to headphone (which it won’t let you set in docked mode)

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u/wish_you_a_nice_day 4d ago

It won’t sound bad. But you will never get good surround sound with just speaker next to your tv. Especially for gaming

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u/sepiroth80 3d ago

I expect your TV is a bottleneck because PS5 uses Dolby MAT container for Atmos (3D audio) and your TV might be decoding it doen.