Sonos Five Rethink

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Sonos five. needs a rethink. Bought this speaker at Xmas Big mistake for now.The crossover setup in my opinion is well off. Yes, good base. But music is not just about base!. . What is missing is the voices, way back in the background wearing a Facemask!. I want to hear what is in the music not just thumping base that drowns out voices and percussion. This would be an exceptional speaker if they got the balance right.

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GuitarSuperstar

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The Five is considered to be Sonos’ best-sounding speaker for music. Have you performed Trueplay tuning and adjusted the EQ?

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Tech_nician62Author

Have tried 2 different fives

Have tuned them more than 100

When people say this speaker sounds so clear. I'm definitely missing something.

Do they mean there's no distortion?. No there is none.

Just wish the Facemask can come of and hear more clarity in the voice.

GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

What is your music source? Have you tried testing the Five in a different room?

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

Tech_nician62Author

I set my equaliser to +3 treble and base -1

Tech_nician62Author

I want to use it in my living room where I listen to it.

I have laminate flooring and not much material wise items.

Should be better

GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

What is your music source?

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

Tech_nician62Author

All types of music.

Mainly solo singers, country, and most other music apart from heavy rock

Tech_nician62Author

My music source is Tidal 16 bit and direct connection from Samsung 9+ flac

Tech_nician62Author

I use tidal via wireless via s2 app and direct connections.

No difference when bypassing app.

GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

Have you checked your sound quality settings in the TIDAL app and optimized your DAC? See this article: https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005773698-Optimizing-HiFi

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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