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Just discovered that if you put the artist name in quotation marks “ red hot chili peppers” search will work..  you’re welcome!

My twelve year old daughter has discovered vinyl and we’d like to get a turntable. We have the FIVES with the SUB. Can anyone share a good turntable we could get and how to connect it to the system? Thanks for your help!

Bonjour,j’ai changé un One et une beam gen 1 de place et leur ai donc attribué de nouveaux noms de pièces. Mais s2 ne les retient pas. Que faire ?merci. 

I have a stereo pair of two Fives at one end of a large open living and dining area.  At the opposite end of the space is an open kitchen, and I would like to improve the sound on the kitchen end of the space. Does it make sense to add a single Era 300 in the kitchen?  Thank you! 

Hi -We have a multi-room setup (rooms close together) that operates mostly as one living area but I’d like to have the option of turning one room’s volume down occasionally.Our setup is three pairs of Sonance ceiling speakers and one Sonos amp. The wires in the ceiling are in a series with just one wire feeding back to the amp. Therefore separate amps means opening walls back up and I’d like to avoid this.I heard that impedance matching volume controls is an option. However, can I just tie one control to one pair and leave the others without the matching volume control? Basically I’d use it for the dining room and can turn that room down while leaving the other two rooms at normal volume.Lastly, the other question is whether I can pair two ceiling speakers (not in the dining room) with another Sonos portable speak for the dining room and therefore could either turn it down or off if needed. Thanks for your help!

Hi. I have the following set up in my living room (part of a larger multiroom sonos system):Sonos Port connected to my 2 active meridian speakers.  I simply (!!) want to connect my TV to that set up so I have better sound quality through the Meridians than the TV speakers. I am NOT bothered about surround sound.I did this before in an old house with an old TV which had RCA audio outputs…. plugged those into the port (actually a Connect in those days) and hey presto. However I now have a newer TV which only has an optical digital output. I tried connecting it to a DAC and then old fashioned audio cables into the port. This lead to a MASSIVE audio delay…. completely useless I’m afraid.So anything I can do to get the audio synced apart from by an old TV with RCA audio out??Thanks 

Hi.I like to start browsing Video services while still playing music and turn off Autoplay, if I don’t forget it. Otherwise obviously the music stops. Would be great if I could turn off/on Autoplay with Alexa or Sonos Voice Control.what do you think?regards,mao 

Bonjour, il semble que l’accès à ma bibliothèque musicale stockée sur mon smartphone Android ne soit plus possible. Pourquoi avoir supprimé cette fonction? Je ne veux pas enclencher mon PC ou m’inscrire sur un cloud quelconque pour écouter ma musique. Est-il possible de télécharger une ancienne version de l’application Sonos qui était parfaite?Est-il possible d’utiliser une autre application pour écouter ma musique stockée sur Android?Pourquoi remplacer une version qui fonctionnait bien par une version plus limitée? C’est dommage, j’étais content de Sonos jusqu’à ce jour.Cordialement.

I have a USB HDD connected to my Archer VR1600 router, which is shared and accessible on my Mac://ipaddr/volume(sda1)/..When I attempt to add that path to my Sonos library config and supply the share credentials, it whines that ‘the computer (ie my router) refused to let Sonos connect to it’.[update:] I’m using the S1 version of Sonos software as the device is a Connect/ZonePlayer.---Background: our LaCie NAS is about to die, and it makes sense to move the the data from it to a Google cloud account.I want to keep a local cache of our audio files for streaming through the Sonos Connect. 

 Hi there group,Just bought 2 Era 300’s and the Arc. Adding my existing Sub Gen 1. Like to get the groups idea of placement of those Era’s. The Arc is going to be mounted on the mantel and the new 83” tv from Lg 72.7”x41.4” will be wall mounted 4-5” above the mantel (see Photo) on the wall. The sub is on the floor near that open door, next to the brown couch. the tv shown is the old 77” LG. Thanks in advance. 

Hoopla Digital streams your local public library content: “hoopla puts your public library at your fingertips. Anytime. Everywhere!”So why is there no Sonos service for this wealth of content .. that you’ve already paid for through taxes?I guess it’s just ‘cause people don’t realize how much content is sitting right there waiting for them to get a library card.There’s a closed topic from a few years ago, but this should not require a TV or a Beam or … People are still struggling for years to get Libby Overdrive to work … for audiobooks. Libby doesn’t support music streaming.Anyone have a way to add hoopla digital as a sonos service?

Simple Solutions Sauna Roam in Sauna: See picturesRequirements: PVC tube 80 mm with sealing cover and speaker cloth and air grille.......  Temperature is barely higher than the outside temperature     

After updating to Ventura 13.4, the Sonos controller cannot connect to the library.. have tried reinstalling the app and removing the lib but fails when connecting to the app stating the computer refused to let Sonos access the folder ...

Sound bar doesn't light up

Freegal Music streams your local public library content:“Offering over 18 million songs belonging to 200+ genres— including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists— Freegal Music+ is one of the most popular library services in the world, and with 200,000 songs added monthly, ...”So why is there no Sonos service for this wealth of content .. that you’ve already paid for through taxes?I guess it’s just ‘cause people don’t realize how much content is sitting right there waiting for them to get a library card and stream.Anyone have a way to add freegal music streaming as a sonos service?

So I had a Starlink 1st generation satellite in our previous home. I bought a Netgear router and was able to hook up the Move no problem. We sold the home with the Starlink. In our new home I bought a 2nd gen Starlink, purchased their ethernet adapter, hooked up the same Netgear router, and I cannot get the darned thing to connect. I split the 2.4 and 5 ghz channels and cannot connect to either one. I tried bypassing the Starlink router completely - still no luck. Each time I get as far as ‘There was a problem connecting yoru Sonos Move to “ “.

Good Morning,  Novice here. Sonos Arc, Sub, 2 SL’s. Arc is of course hardwired to ethernet. The rest of the video is ROKU wifi’d controlled by Logitech Universal connected to a Panasonic 60’ plasma. Router is of ATT type with a Nighthawk extender.  After a home remodel the router is now stuck in a built in cabinet and all we want now is to get the contractors out of here. That being said wifi signal to the 60’ is ok for streaming but I think it could be much better.  A little interwebbing ethernet connection to ROKU would be optimal. Has anyone placed an ethernet switch at the site where it connects to the Sonos bar? Im thinking it could work and connect it to my Roku. Then set up a hard wired connection. I’d love to tackle this if it's feasible. However need the experts advice before I start pulling and plugging. Thanks Dan Nicholas

When catching TV my surround speakers keep lacking. No problem when playing radio, Spotify and so on.  What to do?

Good afternoon.I hope that you are well.I have a Netgear Orbi mesh network in my house (RBRE960 Quad-Band WiFi 6E Router - NETGEAR) so coverage should not be an issue.I have the following speakers on my Sonos network. Associated Product: 10.0.0.28---------------------------------Play:1: Dining Room (R)Serial Number: *****************Version: 15.6 (build 74043110)Hardware Version: 1.20.1.6-2.2Series ID: A200IP Address: 10.0.0.36WM: 0---------------------------------Play:1: Dining Room (L)Serial Number: *****************Version: 15.6 (build 74043110)Hardware Version: 1.8.3.7-2.2Series ID: A101IP Address: 10.0.0.44WM: 0OTP:---------------------------------product: Dining RoomSerial Number: *****************Version: 15.6 (build 74043110)Hardware Version: 1.37.1.7-2.2Series ID: A101IP Address: 10.0.0.45WM: 0---------------------------------Sonos One: Family Room 2 (L)Serial Number: *****************Version: 15.6 (build 74043110)Hardware Version: 1.26.1.7-2.2Series ID: A201IP Address: 10.0.0

I just had my outdoor covered patio wired for 4 in ceiling speakers to play sound off of a TV as well as music via a Sonos amp. I was looking at where they dropped the wires to connect to the amp and noticed only 2 sets of wires (black and white). When I went to look at the wiring outside I noticed the speaker closest to the house has a black and white wire while the rest just have a black traveling from the speaker closest to the house. After some googling it I think they wired this in series wiring which is not what I want, rather I want parallel for my use case. I’ll be driving 4 8 Ohm speakers (Polk 90-RT) and fear this is going to result in a loss of sound quality. They are about to close the ceiling tomorrow so I think I need to halt them and have the electrician re-wire the speakers If it’s a parallel run then I should end up with 4 wires not 2?Can someone confirm my suspicion / hunch?

I have an Arc+300s+Gen3 Sub.  I felt it was lacking in the full spacial immersion effect up front, so I purchased the Sony system to give it a try.  The surround effect and virtual center channel were very good, but to my ears, its sound quality was just not there and didn’t have the full, rich quality of the Arc system.  I don’t have extensive audio knowledge and was hoping that someone could explain to me why that’s so?  What am I not hearing in the Sony system?

Bonjour, J’ai acquis une Sonos Arc mais je rencontre un problème pour la relier.  En effet, je souhaiterais connecter la Sonos Arc à mon Apple TV 4K et à mon Videoprojecteur (Epson EH-TW5400). Sauf que l’Apple TV n’a qu’un port HDMI et le videoprojecteur en a deux distincts. Comment faire pour relier l’ensemble et faire en sorte que cela fonctionne ?  Merci d’avance de votre aide ! 

Bonjour,Mon application Sonos a été mise à jour sur les deux appareils que j'utilise...Depuis, Spotify qui était dans mes services n'apparaît plus dedans... (je ne le trouve plus non plus dans la liste des services proposés par l'application...) Et quand je passe par l'application Spotify, je vois mes enceintes apparaître mais quand je cherche à envoyer la musique dessus, ça ne fonctionne pas...Auriez-vous des conseils?

Hi all!Just received a long-coveted Yamaha Enspire piano DU1 ENST. A “real” accousitc piano with digital features and output, among other nice stuff...Have a large Sonos system (Amp + analogic speakers, 3 Play1s, 2 Move-s, 2 Era100s...), as we’re a (boutique) hotel.Just acquired a new Port to plug the piano to the whole system (RCA-RCA).Port functions properly (checked with an iPad through a jack-rca).When connected to the Piano, depending on the piano configs, either nothing happens or sound is VERY degraded (sound level + quality).I suspect I need a preamp.Any tips, given that I do not want to denaturate the Piano's musicality? Many thanks to all for this.

I purchased two Era 100s to create a stereo pair and connect to my iMac for computer audio. I purchased the line in adapter. Audio via line in is incredibly quiet. I went to the line in settings and set level to “mac computer”, and that barely helped. I finally set level to 10 (the highest available) but even with my iMac volume set to max, it was a very quiet sound coming from the speakers.I switched to Wi-Fi connection, and the audio was super loud, so I know it’s not an issue with the speakers themselves.How can I increase the audio volume for line in from my iMac?