Components and Architectural

Hi everyone.  I’m experiencing a random crackle from my outdoor speakers.  I can’t distinguish a patter for when this happens.  I can turn it up to almost max volume and it sounds fine.  It seems to happen after listening to music for an hour or so.  And when it happens, I can typically pause the music for a minute or so, and turn the music back on and it sounds fine.The other articles and forums have mentioned audio interference before.  To remedy this, I hardwired the AMP to my router.  But random crackle still happens.  I wired the speakers using 14 gauge wire.  And the speakers are less than 50 feet from the AMP.  I do have a google nest camera between the two outdoor speakers.  I’m also wondering if the crackle could be due to the speaker wires running too close to electrical currents.  As I’ve routed the speaker wires pretty close to the outlet that my TV and the AMP are plugged into.  Any tips, ideas, or suggestions would be appreciated!Thank you!

When I purchased my first speaker in 2011, I was so excited for this product.  Ever since sonos 2, it's been nothing but a pain in the ass. Developers have ruined this system and  customer service is PATHETIC. I'M ABOUT TO START A CLASS ACTION SUIT against this company.This product is now a lemon and thousands of dollars down the drain because of piss poor development and irresponsible management. Hate this product now.

I have a number of songs where Sonos does not recognise the artist from the field in iTunes, and some more where it doesn’t recognise either the song name or artist - in which case it just shows up as a file name in the Sonos playlists.Good examples below - two tracks from the same artist, Avicii (may he rest in peace). As you can see the set up in iTunes is identical - yet in Sonos, for one track the information is received fine, but not recognised at all for the othr. Thoughts/comments/suggestions?

I have a sonos one, beam, port, and move.  Created one group, called it “all” and initially everything worked beautifully.  But recently, it almost never works that all play.  I can get two to play together and then turn off others and then the other two may play together.  Really frustrated.  Help!

Another variation on what appears to be a very persistent and annoying complaint. (Diagnostics confirmation number: 938688458) When I first start listening to my Sonos system, songs in a Sonos playlist will play for a while (around two minutes) and then skip to the next song. After 10 or 15 songs have played, the skipping stops and everything seems fine. This is very reproducible but only happens after my Sonos system has been idle for more than 12 hours or so. It doesn't seem to matter if I use the iOS or Windows app.  I’m running a Sonos BOOST wireless network for the various Sonos products, everything else is hardwired on a GE IPV4 LAN. Music is hosted on my Synology NAS, but I had exactly the same problem when my library was on a local Windows machine.For what it’s worth, this problem only cropped up sometime early his year. Absolutely nothing has changed with my network setup and it’s the same NAS hardware. If I had to guess, it sounds like some kind of network buffering issue to

Changed routers, lost all 3 devices from Sonos 1 app, nit compatible with 2 app. 2 x amps connected with Ethernet then showed up and converted to wifi - all ok. Sound bar is downstairs, stuck to a walls NR no chance of Ethernet connection and it will not appear. Tried the button press flashing orange light etc but doesn’t find it. Add a product doesn’t find it, etc etc - any suggestions?

Hi thereI have Sonos play 5 speakers ( first generation I think) in a pair with a sub. They are all operated wirelessly, but I have a bridge plugged directly into my network with Ethernet. All have been working fine for several years now, but recently I have begun having issues with the stereo pair and sub. They play fine for five minutes or so, but then the sound from one speaker drops out entirely and the others are low and muffled. After about ten seconds or so everything starts playing fine again. It’s quite annoying. I have a tp-link AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 router running both 2.4ghz and 5ghz. The speakers are less than 10m away from my router and bridge with no walls between them.

I have worked with Sonos techs on and off for over two years because my 8 sonos gen 1 speakers would constantly drop and skip and be generally a disaster. This was a new problem vs the 10 years I started collecting Sonos speakers. My diagnostics always checked out. I was ready to completely abandon Sonos. I felt like I was being forced into the new Sonos 2 system. I bought a fairly inexpensive sonos boost and that didn’t help either.  THEN it occurred to me that the weak link was not the Sonos system or my high speed internet connection but the quality of the feed the stream service was giving me and sure enough it was.Amazon music skips stutters and drops but when I tried other stream services like Sonos Radio or Pandora or TuneIn or Spotify there were zero drops. Audio plays flawlessly. For me AMAZON MUSIC IS BAD NEWS AND GIVES ME A BAD FEED ON SONOS. I’m not sure if it’s a sonos thing or Amazon thing but currently anything else other than Amazon Music on Sonos is what works well for

HelloIn a large room there are 3 stereo pairs of Sonos One speakers.They connect via Wi-Fi and there is a PC with Windows 10 connected via Ethernet to the router. There is iTunes streaming music from Apple Music via Airplay. When I start the music all speakers sound good however after a while they gradually becoming out of sync and thus echoing. The speakers are brand new.Could you please help how can I fix this problem? Thank you!

HelloI have 4 rooms set up (4 stereo pairs SonosOne speakers, connected via Ethernet, Wi-Fi disabled)From time to time I can’t connect to one of the rooms from AirPlay and I receive “Unabe to connec to Room1” error message. I get the same error message on iPad and iPhone as well (iOS15.5).However I can connect and stream to Room1 via the sonos app.Sometimes this issue disappears for weeks then it comes back again and the problem is always with Room1 and via AirPlay. Do you have idea what can cause this issue?Thank you! 

Since a long time my system is sometimes skipping to a next song for no reason. I have seen and read multiple threads about this problem over the last few years but there seems to be no solution. It happens when using the Spotify service in the Sonos app. Is this something Sonos is working on? Next to that it happens more than a few times a week that not every speaker is listed in the app. What could cause this? Another problem we’re experiencing is an unstable WiFi connection (on multiple devices, not just Sonos) which seems to be caused by the Sonos speakers. When I unplug all the Sonos speakers we don’t experience these problems. Every speaker we have (4 Sonos One’s and a Move) is connected to WiFi. How can we fix this problem?

Hi,This may or may not be because of new wi-fi setup, but I haven’t noticed it before: Tracks almost always skip from 10-20 seconds before end.Setup:SONOS Connect (wired, wi-fi off)4 SONOS One (wi-fi)1GB/1GB FiberOrbi AX6000 (RB850) Router + 1 satteliteEverything works. Lots of bandwidth, fast response from app, but about 20 to 10 seconds before end of track, audio dies. SONOS keeps counting the final 10-20 seconds of the tracks and then starts next track.I’ve tried:RestartReset and setup of new systemUPNP on and offReserved IP for all unitsSONOS Connect wifi on/wifi offOnly one layer of NAT: Fiber goes directly to Orbi router.Does anyone have an idea on what could be wrong? 

Hey, I have successfully connected my Sonos to new wifi many times but for some reason I can’t get my Sonos to connect this time. The app doesn’t even see my network when I click plug directly into my gateway Eero, the one that’s conecto to my modem. I’ve factory reset my Sonos to factory settings a bunch of times. Doesn’t help.Also, under settings in the app, account and system are grayed out. Please advise!    

Why has the Sonos system become so unreliable and unstable? It seems like earlier versions were much more reliable and stable. This is ridiculous as technology advances quality deteriorates!

Has anyone else had an awful experience doing a return/replacement?

What is up with these clowns? It’s been over two months, have not been able to receive a refund for a product I never received. This is after I, the customer, called through to ask about status and get in touch with local delivery carriers. I have a clown named Nicole who’s the “director of sales” “helping” me. I’m so annoyed and frustrated that I’d rather just stick to my native tv speakers. 

Can’t figure out how to set up my sonos amp to crown xls 1002 to jbl sub. My sonos is connected to klipsch speakers and sounds good just need The jbl speaker hooked up. 

Same issue as everyone else from past two years.Nothing works.Uninstalled, added again, etc.Maddening

I see this is a recurring and persistent issue here, so joining the chorus of users who are having issues streaming SiriusXM radio via my Sonos system. I can usually connect and SiriusXM will play for an hour (if I’m lucky; it often cuts out much sooner) before the stream drops. Once the stream dies I get the “song not encoded correctly” error which makes no sense. I can usually restart the stream after waiting for 5–10 minutes.I listen via various Sonos speakers that I own, primarily a Play:1 in my office, or a group of speakers that includes a Sonos One, Play:3, Move, and Play:1. This ONLY happens with Sirius. None of my other streaming radio services (Apple Music, Amazon Music, Sonos Radio, TuneIn, Bandcamp) experience this issue. My 1gb internet connection is stable and strong. There is no obvious wireless interference from a cordless phone, TV remotes, etc.I’m confident that this isn’t a hardware or connectivity issue on my end. Is this a Sonos problem? A SiriusXM problem?

Not sure how the latest beta software was Road tested but it should have definitely been mentioned when the beta was on ho poor it was. It may well have improved the dialogue on the arc but not at the expense of the quality sound & booming bass that we had before & my volume had to go fro roughly 25% to now nearer 40% volume. The last arc that I had last year when I was involved in beta trials died as a result of the beta so much so that sonos deemed it as faulty & replaced it. Today I spoke to someone about my roam & although it was never a boomer it still had a good bass if put it up to about +10 . Please we definitely need to get our sound back to its previous levels I think I’d sooner be fighting with the remote control to turn the sound up & down as opposed to losing levels

Hi, I’m hoping someone can help. I’ve had several Sonos components for years. I leave the radio on a low volume setting for our dog when I go to work. Today I left him for 6 hours to come home and find the volume on our Sonos Amp on full volume. The dog is a total mess and playing back our cctv footage the audio can be heard outside the house on the cameras about 1 min after I leave the house. Is there anyway of finding out how this happened through any logs potentially? Thanks.

Trying to set up a second hand playbar on my sonos system. I use the s1 app, and did a factory reset / connected via ethernet to try and resolve.I can’t get past the error message:“Something went wrong: We ran into a problem checking the compatibility of your Playbar. Please try again or cancel”.I can’t find any reference to this error anywhere in the forums. Can anyone help? Has anyone experienced this?

In all of my lists that I’ve created within my verified Google YouTube Music , there are always several songs that I cannot play because they appear greyed out.  And have this icon on the left of a circle with line through it. It only happens with certain songs and I can play those directly through youtyube music so the wrong answer is that the song is no longer available, I’ve removed and added again to verify thats not the case.

Hi everyone.Just received my first Sonos Amp which I have connected to my LG C8 OLED TV (on HDMI port 2). The TV registered the connection to the Amp and enabled something called "Simplink".I also have an Apple TV 4K which I use for everything (connected to HDMI port 1).I use a pair of ATC speakers.My problem: everything seems to work except that every 10-15 seconds the sounds does a very brief skip which is very noticeable and frankly super annoying.The Sonos Amp is updated to newest firmware. I have searched through the Sonos Community to no avail.What should I do?

I recently acquired a Playbar and have added it to my Sonos setup (1x Move, 2x Symfonisk bookshelves, 1x Symfonisk lamp)After installation I noticed that its sound was often cutting out when listening to music streamed over the WiFi (whether from my router or in a wired network).After several hours of problem-solving I realized this is happening only when the optical cable is plugged in at both ends (source + Playbar) - even if no data should be flowing in the cable (the source is off).If I unplug the optical cable at the source end and leave it plugged in the Playbar, the sound is never cut.“TV Autoplay” is disabled in the App.Cuts come randomly (so far at intervals ranging from 40s to 4 mins) and always last about 11 seconds before music resumes. No other Sonos product is interrupted.This is pretty annoying. I wouldn’t like to have to unplug/plug the optical cable each time I switch the audio source. And even if the source were sending data through the optical cable, I should be able