Controllers and Music services

I just migrated to a new MacBook and am downloading software. I went to download the Sonos app for Mac and saw that there are other (pay) apps available - Remote for Sonos, Switch for Sonos, Soro for Sonos, Audio Cast for Sonos. I have (unfortunately) two PlayBars and 5 Play:1 speakers.  I know there are a lot of posts about how rotten the Sonos for Mac app is and I agree.Does anyone have experience with these apps (or others)? I wish I could “try before I buy” but it’s not an options. Reviews seem to be good?  Thanks! As a complete aside and simple rant, because Sonos’s screwed us with their policy on “older” speakers that are 2-4 years old, I’m planning to go 3rd party as I can afford it to replace the Play:1’s. I’ll keep the PlayBars - we don’t really use them for music. I have zero interest in smart speakers unless the listening ability can be turned off. Just had to say!

I’m looking to add Amazon music to my browser on Sonos play1. When I go to the list of music providers through the services & voice tab it brings up a list of providers with Apple Music being at the top, yet Amazon music isn’t there to select (I’ve scrolled through & tried searching for it), neither is Spotify for that matter. Does anyone know how to resolve this as I only pay subscription to Amazon music. I’m in the UK so it should be there shouldn’t it?

Have xfinity plex box  and play 1 speakers cut out on commercials. Anybody know how to fix this? Is this an xfinity issue?

I am trying to control the sound volume with a remote. I have tried my Chromecast remote and my TV remote and in both cases it only controls the Beam volume not Sonos 5 although they are grouped

Bonjour,Cette publicité non désirée est scandaleuse.Je n’achèterai à l’avenir plus aucun produit Sonos.J’attends des explications de la firme SonosPeitrequin

Hi,I have just taken over a series of sites that have Sonos at each location, primarily with multiple connect amps at each.The systems have all been created with different accounts, some logins are known and others are not.If we need to reset a site with 8 connect amps on as the login is unknown and updates cannot be applied do we need to remove all amps from the network and add them back one-by-one? Then add at setup we can add the connect:amp(s) to a known account?

I have problems with the recently played list. Sometimes it shows, sometimes it doesn't.I have opened the (Android) app several times today and it was showing earlier today, now it isn't.Does anyone have any idea why this might be.Thanks

Not sure if this is something Sonos has but wondering if Sonos could gave a Modes setting sort of like with tvs but maybe it’s redundant. A way for the user to adjust sound based on different situations. For Sound only you already have night and improve voice but how about settings for stadium, party, rock, easy listening, fine listening, pop/funk/rap just as a few examples. It would adjust the profile to account for those needs. On the tv side it would work in conjunction with the tv settings for movies, sports, etc. Remember stereo receivers had something like this. Thoughts?

I just signed up as a Premium Plus Jazz Groove member. They claim that after proper config on their website that I will start receiving HD content on Sonos (where I have added them as a service). Has anyone else done this and seen the “HD” tag on the Sonos player app that confirms CD/HD content is streaming?

I have Amazon Music Unlimited and a Sonos Connect Gen 2. I want to listen to the best quality stream (over my hifi), which is Ultra HD on many songs in Amazon. However, I can’t get a clear answer from Amazon or Sonos on how to do this, AND verify it’s actually happening. Going round in circles as they blame each other on support calls.The situation is if I start a UHD song from the Amazon app on my phone and play it on the phone speaker it reports as UHD all the way through (when you click on the UHD badge and look at the stream>output page). So, ok...I am getting UHD and my network is up to the job. However, if I stream the song to the Connect then the same screen reports Audio Quality: Unavailable and also says “streaming quality is not available while casting”.If I then look at the Sonos app now playing screen there is just the Amazon Music logo, no HD or UHD logo at all.If I go the other way, and start a known UHD song on Amazon from the Sonos app then I do get a HD icon on the

My old Bridge stopped working so I replaced it with a new Boost. Now my (controller) CR200 won’t seem to connect with my system. The CR200 will work if I disconnect the Boost and connect a speaker to an Ethernet cable but once I reconnect the Boost to the Ethernet cable the CR200 the controller stops working and won’t connect to the system. I can operate the Sonos system on the Sonos app bonus my iPhone but I really was hoping to keep using the CR200 controller. Any tips?

i would like to see volume markers ie 1, 1,5, 2, 2.5 on the apps so that you can see the volume level instead of remembering the position that you like to turn your volume up and down  to.    I would had thought this would had been on the Sonos 1 and Sonos. 2 apps many years ago and is quite basic but very useful in my opinion.

So far I like my Sonos speakers but find it odd that for something so expensive, it doesn’t support what I consider basic functionality. Since Sonos supports TuneIn, it seems to me it should be able to let me login to my TuneIn account so I can play the music I have subscribed to. I don’t want to subscribe to the Sonos radio stream. My workaround is to stream TuneIn to my Google Cast with TV which is connected to my Arc.Looking through the community archives, it seems there’s a lot of people that want this but Sonos isn’t interested.

How do you fast forward or rewind when playing a song?

Now that Apple allows users to add widgets in the lock screen of iphone and ipads, I would would like to be able to have a Sonos Widget.  One of the reasons that i have stayed with Sonos 1 and a Sonos Bridge is that I still prefer my CR200 controller and to have a dedicated remote control.   I find that having to get my phone, put the password in then open the app is very fiddly and I much prefer a the remote.   As a compromise if I could access the Sonos app via a widget from the lock screen would be someway towards a compromise.  Ideally I would love to see Sonos with built in controls and a small display to control its own or other speakers in the system.   A widget has to be the lowest cost and viable option,  The widget could be access to the volume or what’s playing and then open the Sonos app.

There have been a variety of posts in the community before with people having consistent issues with Stingray Music over the years. For those who loved the music service but hated the repeated issues with it, thus eventually giving up on them (like I did), I’d highly recommend that you add the Stingray Music service back again and give them another try. I’ve been trying them for the past couple of weeks and the service has been super rock solid, better than they have ever been in the past. Seems like someone finally got serious on their end and fixed all of their backend incompatibility issues with Sonos. 

Hi All,Today I was a bit experimenting with the Qobuz app. I like using the Qobuz app more than the S2 app to be honest. But with the Qobuz app I need to use AirPlay 2. Is the streaming quality the same as using the S2 app? I can’t tell the difference to be honest 🙄Qobuz is claiming to do 24-bit 48 kHz on the Sonos system (if the source is also in that particular quality, if higher, it will get downscaled to 16-bit 44,1 kHz) Should airplay2 deliver the same quality?

As title says, can’t get it to work. I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app, everything that got airplay function is disabled, still no luck getting the controls on the Home Screen to work. Got a Chromecast but can’t imagine that can be an issue?  Any other ideas, did go over some topics in the forum but nothing that helped.  thansks 

I set an alarm for 9am on my Sonos move. I can no longer use the Sonos app with WiFi so I can’t disable the alarm. Please help

Hello everybodyI would love to listen podcasts from the Italian Radio Rai.Is there anybody who soved this problem?Thank you and have a nice day!

Here's a solution I recently tested and discovered to be effective! I've mentioned it as a *idea* since I believe SONOS might provide a similar solution, unless (of course) licencing constraints prevent them from doing so without Apple's approval. (I'm not sure... just speculating here.)On your Mac, this software solution instals a "airplay" driver that points to one of your Sonos units. Once installed, you may utilise it in three simple steps.Step 1) Launch a terminal (command prompt) and enter airsonos. This activates the driver.Do not end the session. It is acceptable to minimise the window.Step 2) Select the Sonos as the sound output in the Mac's "System Preferences...", "Sound" menu. Now, play some music on your Mac and increase the volume such that the sound emanates from your Sonos" rather than your Mac. There are no wires. There is no fuss.Step 3) Smile from ear to ear as any and all Mac sound wirelessly streams to your Sonos!

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I have a holiday rental property with Sonos speakers, and I use a several iPhone SEs in guided access mode as controllers, sat permanently on charging docks.it seems if the iPhone battery is allowed to run down, or it is force restarted, then guided access is now turned off.Is there a way to ensure guided access stays active and guests cannot ‘fiddle’ ?

Hi! I have the Beam gen 2, sub gen 3 and two Ones as surrounds. I much prefer the way music sounds when played in a 2.1 setup (ones + sub) rather than the whole 5.1 system. Is there a simple way to switch from 5.1 to 2.1 in the app within the room? I’ve seen topics on this matter from several years ago where the sonos forum staff replied that it would be forwarded to developers. I can’t be the only one that wants this functionality?

Hi Sonos Community, I have a friend that is a die-hard Browns fan and wanted to set up some automation for fun for him as a little surprise. Just like the title says, I was wondering if scoring notifications for a specific game and team could be used as a catalyst to play a song through Sonos. Basically, when ESPN or some other app has the notification that there is a score for the Browns, it would then tell Sonos to play the song. I got the idea this past weekend as he was doing it manually early on in the game, but as the game progressed and got more intense, so did his celebration..lol. So he was forgetting to put it on right away.I looked at IFTTT, but that is a bit over my head. Curious if anyone else has put something together like this before and would have the steps and what is necessary. Thanks in advance!rleip