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I got the Beam 2 a while back. I went for Sonos since my father has the Sonos Ray and I thought it sounded great. Reading that the Beam 2 would be much better I figured it would be a perfect setup.After using it for 6 months now I have to say that I am a bit dissapointed. First of all it doesn’t sound as rich as the Ray. I don’t know why but everytime I visit my father I notice that the sound from his Ray is richer, deeper bass and clearer. We have more or less the same TV (old Samsungs from 2013-ish - optical out) and same settings. I have tried every setting in the app and all EQ settings. And we have the same TV audio output (PCM). The sound just isn’t there. My beam sounds more hollow and “metallic”. If I raise the bass and treble it sounds more “stressed” in the highs and closed in the mids and bass. If I lower the bass and try different combinations with or without loudness and speech enhancement it sounds hollow (like a laptop speaker). I only have the Beam unit, not any extra s

I purchased the Arc Ultra a few days ago and connected it to my LG TV, but there's a problem with the TV's speaker. When I decide to use the TV's audio, the Arc Ultra prevents it, and the same happens with other devices connected via Bluetooth. In short, I can only use the soundbar's audio, and this is really absurd because I didn't have this problem with previous soundbars (LG and Bose) connected to the same TV. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve moved into a house with ceiling speakers in the lounge, hallway, kitchen and outside.I have wires coming out the wall in 2 locations I think, one in the lounge and one in the study.What do I need to connect to these wires? Is it a bridge? An Amp? I asked the seller before me, she’s a little clueless but sent me a picture of a Sonos box which said Amp on it.Do you think I need a professional to hook it all up again? Thanks in advance for any help and advice!

*Why did I lose more than half of my speakers? This is just too bad, more than half of my speakers has suddenly lost connection. 

About 4 weeks ago Alexa says “playing Jimmy Buffet on Pandora, hmmmm I’m having trouble playing that right now”Disconnected my router, unplugged my Sonos speakers, unlinked then relinked Amazon music and Pandora in the Alexa app, deleted the Alexa app and reinstalled it. Can’t get Alexa to play any music. Anyone have similar problem? Or fix?

The Play:5 works intermittently, and the longer it’s on the more stable it gets, even to the point of no interruptions. 

I have been streaming Spotify on the highest quality music for years. now with update from Spotify streaming Flac but speakers does not switch from 320K to FlacI have a Beam and Play3 pair and Play1 pairs in other rooms. iPhone as a controller. Do these older Sonos speakers support Spotify Lossless audio?Is Spotify now streaming in Flac or do I just have to wait until October 

The Sonos app on Android does not opt-in to per-app language settings. Coupled with the lack of an in-app language selection setting, this means users are forced to use whatever language is first matched to the device’s language preferences, something that is often not preferred for users of multi-lingual device configurations like myself. On Android, the OS offers per-app lanuage support that uses the existing language resources and doesn’t require any in-app additional features to be added. Enabling this option is a simple configuration change to the project config, as documented in the developer docs here:https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/app-languages?hl=en#auto-localeconfig Please add support for this so we can choose our app language!

Both of my Play 3 speakers quit working around the same time and now wont turn on. I have tried the factory reset by unplugging, holding the play button and plugging back in. No luck and no light with either one. Any suggestions? Thank you,

Well BBC Radio 4 and all the other stations no longer list in SONOS or in TUNEIN. As of this morning (8 am EDT)  I have R4 set as an alarm and it worked yesterday and today not. BBC Sounds does not show up in services. NONE of the BBC stations show in SONOS Radio or in TUNEIN In the TUNEIN app on my iPhone to which I have a paid subscription BBC Radio 4 now shows the following message.     Regional Restrictions    This station is not available in your region. Honestly this is so upsetting … BBC itself said that BBC RADIO 4 and WORLD SERVICE would be available TO ALL ANYWHERE.  And now they are taking it away ???That is the article where they said that https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8j1m721mp2o“The BBC has said its radio stations will continue to be available for people outside the UK to listen to live after BBC Sounds access is restricted for international listeners.The BBC said listening to BBC audio programming on non-BBC platforms would not be affected by the change.”There is no

System was working decently and prompted for a required update yesterday (10/09/2025).  Since the update, I pretty much have a bricked system.  Takes several minutes for any app (desktop, iphone, etc.) to connect to system, but once connected, insanely slow and wont connect to any of the speakers or streaming services.  System has been rendered useless since update.  A look at reviews in the app stores over the last few days shows the same. It has gotten insanely ridiculous with SONOS.  If it wasn’t for having invested thousands into their ecosystem that is integrated into each room in my house, I would gut it and go with something else. At this point, it feels as if SONOS is just screwing with their customers.  Honestly, they probably lost any good engineers and coders they had and went with folks that only know how to vibe code - garbage in = garbage out. SONOS… is there a hotfix on the way to at least make our systems functional again?!

The subject of Era 300 drivers being silent in a particular use case has been broached in this community many times. Below are a few examples:Some users have noted that the inward-facing drivers are not as loud as they expected, while others have found the audio experience to be great. There is a desire for more control over the drivers, with some users suggesting an option to activate the front drivers during music playback, especially when the Era 300s are not being used for home theater. Some users have also expressed a desire to be able to use both sets of drivers, while others are happy with the current setup. As you can see the opinions are varied. For the record this author finds no problem with the Era 300 driver configuration(s). However, that’s not to say that you should be of the same opinion. I will add that the question of Era 300 design (IMO) is answered by ​@Jamie A  in the post below:https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-229129/era-300-rear-driver-is-silent-with-a

Hey up until today I’ve had no issues listening to BBC 6 Music through the Sonos Radio app but now it’s saying “Couldn’t Play Content, Try later” Anyone know how to fix this? 

Bbc radio 6/6 music suddenly stopped working in the netherlands. Anyone with any tips? 

I have been with Sonos for 15 years and it’s so sad to see a once perfect product and service can not get its act together and fix their app connectivity! Sonos, please Make Sonos Great Again!Thank you for your attention to this matter!

I’ve been reading a lot of information here, on Reddit, on Synology’s site (my router is Synology), and on Apple’s communities. I’ve also done many web searches and AI chats. Finally, I chatted with Sonos support and talked by phone (lots of time spent). The Sonos support included sending diagnostics a few minutes after the problem on three different occasions. Most recently, I did some digging with the help of Airplay documentation and searches. What I’ve found is that my Arc Ultra and Era 300s do not appear to be advertising AirPlay via mDNS correctly. My Sonos Amp is working fine. Here are technical details:SummaryMy Sonos Arc Ultra ("Bedroom") is advertising its AirPlay service via mDNS, but it consistently uses flags=0x4 instead of the expected 0x804. This prevents it from appearing as an AirPlay target on iOS/macOS devices, despite being on the same network and access point.Network SetupRouter: Synology RT6600ax (SRM 1.3.1) Mesh: Synology mesh nodes, multicast forwarding enabled

I’ve seen variations of this problem specifically with spotify going back at least 4 years. Does anyone yet know if this is a sonos or spotify issue? In my case the service connects fine, but after 3 or 4 songs sonos starts skipping songs with a “file not found” error, and eventually stops after skipping several. I can correct it by manually pushing play on any song on the playlist and it resumes fine (for a short time).Based on what I’ve read elsewhere a few clarifications:affects both spotify only and mixed source playlists when spotify songs are included (and only breaks on spoitfy songs). I’m using spotify as the service within the sonos app. Phone or PC app does not make a difference. I’ve already unplugged and rebooted the entire sonos system I’ve removed and readded the spotify service No other service I use (including local NAS files) has this problem I have a very robust home ubiquity unifi wifi network with no connection issues on any devices and all 13 sonos speakers have re

Hi  I’ve been trying to add YT Music to Sonos S1 app but I’m getting Connection Error.  I’ve tried multiple times, logged out from the app and logged in again, uninstalled the Sonos S1 app and installed again.  Nothing helped.  I have other services added, Sverige Radio, Spotify, SoundCloud andd TuneIn.  Please advise how to resolve adding the YT Music service.Rgrds://Ingvaldur

They’ve had a long time to fix it, but its still unstable and lack elemental features. Have they learnt nothing? After trying to connect a new unit several times today I was left with several new rooms in the app, all unavailable because the unit crashes, but I can’t delete the rooms because the unit is not connected. Huh? Basic UX principles should be applied. 

My S1 set up includes 3 x S5 speakers. 2 are set up as a stereo pair and the 3rd as single room speaker. Over the past few weeks these speakers have started continually dropping their volume when the system is first used in the morning. Increasing the volume works, either by using the app or the volume buttons on the speakers, and corrects the volume for a short while and then it drops again. At the same time the lights briefly flash orange before returning to static white once the volume has dropped.  After an hour or so of use this settles down and the volume remains stable for the rest of the day. The other speakers in the system are not affected, several x  Play 1 and a Beam. I have tried unplugging them for a short while before plugging them back in and several times unplugged all the speakers and router but this hasn’t improved the issue. I also have a Roam which operates separately using the new App.All system updates have been made. Curious why this should have suddenly started

Recently, I’ve had trouble with nbc—I can’t hear the sound from the sports announcers. If the ref speaks, I can hear him. On those same broadcasts, some commercials aren’t playing all the audio either. It had always worked in the past, but stopped a week or two ago. 

Is my SONOS ROAM dead if I have a steady red light at the bottom of the product when plugged for charging? Light goes away when I disconnect the power cord. I have tried a reset but it doesn’t help

For the past couple of months, I’ve been having trouble with Audible. I’ve been an Audible user since 2000, and I’ve played it on Sonos for almost that long. It is only recently that I’ve had a problem. The book will suddenly stop. Sometimes it will start again but at random places. It could pause at 3 minutes into the chapter, then start again at 2 minutes from the end. When it starts again, the timer shows it is still at 3. When it gets to the end, it might go to the next chapter or back to a random place in the chapter.A couple of months ago, it wasn’t this bad. It would just pause and then resume on its own. I thought that one of the speakers heard its wake word. I have two Sonos smart speakers. I also have several Google and Amazon smart speakers around the house. I no longer think that is the problem. That is why I’m asking the community for help.

Hi allmy beam keeps dropping out after a couple hours of watching TV. Connected to 65” Samsung Tv (18months old) sound just disappears and I have to switch it back to TV sound, unplug the beams power, plug back in and it comes back again. All updates have been performed and I’ve even laid 7m Ethernet cable under the floor and wired it in to my router so I know it’s not a WiFi issue.  any help and advice would be greatly appreciated 

Hej Alle - Der er opstået 2 problemer med min Sonos - begge har fungeret upåklageligt før:Problem 1:Afspilning fra Deezer på alle devices (både android og apple). Når man i app forsøger at starte afspiling stå den bare og tænker. Dernæst fejler den og siger den ikke kan afspille.Har defor forsøgt at fjerne Deezer servicen fra mit sonos system, men der fejler den også, med "Accounts not removed. Something went wrong when removing your accounts. Please try again.Hvis jeg går til min Sonos app på min windows PC, så er der ingen Deezer service. Hvis jeg forsøger at tilføje den fejler den - Efter jeg har autorieseret siger den bare "Error Unable to add Deezer account"Har prøvet at nulstille Sonos app på devices og forbinde igen - men problemet fortsætterNogen der har nogen ide til hvordan jeg får min Deezer konto til at fungere på Sonos igen? Problem 2:Afspilning fra mine egne biblioteker på NAS. Når jeg afspiller via App på moboil, så kan den godt vise hvad der afspilles, hvor langt nummer