Era 100s as PC Speakers - Missed OS Notification Sounds due to low power mode

Question

I use 2 Sonos Era 100 connected via the Sonos Line-In adaptor to my Macbook.

I use my Sonos as the primary sound output for my Macbook.

When there is no sound output from my machine for a while, and then e.g. a Calendar Reminder notification sound plays, these sounds often don’t play through my Era 100s as there must be a “wake” time which is longer than the sound plays for.

As a result I find I am often late for meetings etc as the reminder noises aren’t playing & catching my attention 😅.

I notice this also when playing a video/song through my mac after a period of no sound output, it will miss the first second or two of audio, I can deal with that, but the lack of audible meeting reminders is a frustration.

Is there any workaround for this anyone has discovered?
AI suggested to have my mac volume on max all the time to avoid the Eras going to low power mode, which I do, but that doesn’t seem to help.
I’ve contemplated writing a script to play an extremely quiet (hopefully non-annoying) sound continuously whilst my Mac is awake in the hope it keeps the Eras awake. Thats a last resort though!

controlav · Accepted Answer

Try disabling “autoplay” - yes, this is counter intuitive, but it stops the device going to sleep when things are quiet and then missing the audio when it does show up.

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