lack of Bass on Sonos Five

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May 23, 2021
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Had rega p2 playing through denon amp and 2 bookshelf size speakers but of reasonably good quality. Swapped this for a preamp and Sonos Five and somewhat disappointed. Really seems to have very poor bass or was my old system giving out too much bass that I got used to it. I’m not a bass addict main music rock/indieTurned up the EQ bass to max. Hope someone can help

Sonos Play:5

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Best answer by Belly M

Make sure the line in level on the five is set at 10.

If no joy post the preamp details and the cartridge you are using.

Belly MAnswer

Make sure the line in level on the five is set at 10.

If no joy post the preamp details and the cartridge you are using.

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Kumar

What was the speaker make/model? Are replacements placed exactly where the earlier speakers were? Have you true play tuned the 5 pair?

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Kumar

To rule out possibilities, if the earlier set up is still at hand - what happens if you play the old system with the new pre amp connected to a line level - not phono- input on the denon?

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scorp4165Author

Contributor I

Line in to 10 has helped I believe it was at 2

will try others when get chance

thank you all

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Kumar

Good; but then the problem cannot have been muted bass, but muted sound overall. Because line level changes play with the sensitivity of the Sonos unit to signal voltages being received at the line in jack, and that affects sound levels of all frequencies.

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