Hi @dfoulser.

Welcome, thank you for reaching out to Sonos Community, I totally understand where you're coming from and I’m here to help.

First I suggest turning on the wifi feature of the two-component and observe it for a while.

Can you submit a diagnostic report also from your Sonos system and reply back with your confirmation number?

Let us know if it works. If you need help with any other information, please be sure to let us know.

Hi Mark.

Thanks for the reply. I am thinking to keep the components on wired network connection, given I have 4 Amps, a Connect:Amp and a couple other that must be on WiFi. I'd rather reserve the WiFi bandwidth for unwired/unwireable devices in the home.

Also, I'm thinking that the Sonos should be buffering the audio stream. So the stuttering would be either a playback artifact or total lack of sufficient buffering. 

I'll definitely snap a diagnostic when I next hear the problem.

Dave

Hi Mark.

Diagnostic number is 1400717627. Diag taken while system is stuttering so badly the music is barely playing. System has been playing for several hours.

Ah.... When diagnostic completed the playback improved. Related or coincidence?

Please help.

Dave

Hi @dfoulser.

Welcome, thank you for reaching back to Sonos Community.

It's just a coincidence.

But if the issue returns again just reply to the thread.

If you need help with any other information, please be sure to let us know.

Hi Mark. What do you mean coincidence? This happens to me every day. It's really unacceptable. I'll send another diagnostic next time it happens.

Is there something else you can track in the diagnostics to understand the stuttering? Or, can you even tell from the diagnostic that the stuttering is happening?

Dave

Ok, stuttering happens again after about 2 hours of playback. Diagnostic number is 1540055024 taken while stuttering.

Stops stuttering when I stop and restart the steam.

Send me an email address and I'll forward you a video of how this sounds.

Please fix.

Dave

Stuttering again after a couple hours of playing. Diagnostic #652599478.

Please fix this.

Hi @dfoulser.

Welcome, thank you for reaching back to Sonos Community.

On the recent diagnostic report, it shows there's a lot of wireless interference that's why it keeps on dropping and stuttering.

My advice to you is to try to turn on the wifi option of your Sonos Amp, sometimes we encounter some customers having this kind of issue and when they try to enable the wifi option again on their device they are getting a good result.

I would like to recommend also calling our customer phone support on this so you can be assisted with more thorough and in-depth troubleshooting steps.

If you need help with any other information, please be sure to let us know.

I got a case #02316369 from Sonos support for this. “Audio stops and starts.”

Jose suggests that there is not WiFi interference, but there are 5 error code 401’s during the diagnostic, so some connection problems with the TuneIn service.  His suggestions for next steps are:

1. listen to a difference audio source to reproduce the problem (with same rooms)
2. listen to same audio source with WiFi on in all grouped rooms (same rooms)

capture diagnostics in all cases. Then call back.

That’s my plan.