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jpfarrell
Contributor I
February 4, 2018

Low Volume Control Very Poor

  • February 4, 2018
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The lack of sensitivity of the low level volume control makes adjusting the volume at low level very difficult/impossible.

We like to have music playing softly in the background at times.

It is difficult to adjust the volume to a easy listening soft level. Often it is either off or too loud.

I tried various methods on all the devices I own to adjust the volume and nothing gives adequate level of control.

Searching here on the community for "low volume control" indicates that there are many people complaining about this problem.

Why won't Sonos change the response curve of volume controls to give more granularity at lower end of curve to allow all of the Sonos customers that want to enjoy the music at a low level the ability to easily set the volume at a desired level.

All of you out there that have this same request please put in a Feature Request to Sonos to "Change response curve of volume controls to give more granularity at lower end of curve" lets see if we can get this done.
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      jpfarrellAuthor
      Contributor I
      August 14, 2018
      This lack of volume control at low levels and ZERO customer support really sucks. Anyone have a good suggestion for a different competitors brand that doesn't have these problems but still has the good qualities of Sonos?
        Passwordfatigue
        Lyricist I
        September 23, 2018
        Totally agree. Sonos you're really letting your customers and your brand down on something that should be easily fixed. Socks up, get smart
          Renevk
          Contributor I
          December 30, 2018
          @sonos: any news on this topic? Best solutions that the volume control is logaritmic: on the left side: expand the slide difference and reduce the volume width. Moving to the right: reduce the slide diffrence and expand the volume difference . It’s like in the old (not digital) days when you use logaritic potentiometers for volume control.
            John B
            December 30, 2018
            @sonos: any news on this topic? Best solutions that the volume control is logaritmic: on the left side: expand the slide difference and reduce the volume width. Moving to the right: reduce the slide diffrence and expand the volume difference . It’s like in the old (not digital) days when you use logaritic potentiometers for volume control.I am not at all sure that it is a linear scale now, but whatever.... Have you picked up the points that:

            1. Tapping the bar rather than trying to slide gives quite fine control
            2. Setting a maximum volume increases sensitivity.
              Renevk
              Contributor I
              December 30, 2018
              Hi John, yes indeed it is better now
              stomgb
              Contributor I
              March 6, 2019
              SOLUTION: Set the maximum volume limit for a specific room under Settings > Room Settings > [Room] > Volume Limit.
              The volume scale then adjusts accordingly.
                ByteSmith
                Contributor I
                April 16, 2019
                #Feature Request: Better Volume Control at Low Levels (I think a numerical control would be better to adjust lower volume levels)
                  Philip_44
                  Contributor I
                  October 5, 2019
                  It's still really hard to control at low levels. At night with others asleep, you need fine grain control to keep up with music that needs just a hair more or less volume. But the UI amounts to trying to drag tap or click a circle within a small portion of the volume slider, with inadequately small gradations.

                  Setting the max volume is a hack... I don't want to have to unduly limit this for when it's time to wail the tunes.

                  C'mon Sonos this irritating issue has been requested for 8 years. The solution is well understood, as others above have pointed out above. Can you fix it?
                    elozanobuhl
                    Lyricist I
                    November 20, 2019

                    Changing the maximum volume does NOTHING to change the lowest volume setting. It just makes you increase how far up the slider bar you have to set your volume in order to go from mute to sound. Sonos, this is really aggravating. (Not to mention the fact that my paired speakers regularly unpair themselves so one goes mute...yet the volume is still loud enough on the lowest setting to be too loud.) First world problems but still really annoying.

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