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Hello, as you seen in the title problem I have too much power in my opinion becoming from my system (A Ray, 2x Era 100 and a Sub Mini), I was watching a movie when I found out that sounds very good (quality and volumes) in 5.1 and without having Dolby Atmos well also, but then I was curious about this and while I was investigating about it I played some music from my PS5 connected to my LG TV and finally to the Ray by the optical cable but with 30% of volume (real 60% but I have the limit on Sonos app to max 50% of volume, so) and I was shocked about the high volume by only the Ray (the signal was in Dolby Digital 5.1 but Spotify tracks are in stereo so the surround speakers doesn't do anything (is normal because was dd 5.1 not pcm stereo or dd2.0) and the volume was very high in my opinion and after with my phone I installed several apps of sonometers and all the apps said that were between 82 - 85 dB at 2 meters from the Ray, I know that these apps aren't accurate at all but the max mistakes they can do is to 3 - 6dB more or less and supposing it is 76 - 79dB also is a lot and I found the Sub mini making a lot of movement (inside) and my question here is that if Sonos products have limiters to prevent make more noise than they are supposed to do by software and/or easier by hardware (same max power for amplifier and speakers), also I have always the loudness option on. I hope I'm not underestimating Sonos products.

Thank you for any response :)

Hi ​@leo07 

Thanks for your post!

I am not sure it could be described as limited in the software (as far as I am aware, at least), but yes, the amplifiers and speaker drivers in Sonos speakers are matched such that you can turn them up to full volume without any fear of damaging your speakers (but perhaps not to your hearing!).

Of course, if you find your speakers rather too loud, the best option is to turn them down a bit. Personally, I have an Arc Ultra rather than a Ray, but I don’t often have it turned up beyond level 20 - only for those movies that are unusually quiet. It does depend a lot on the size of the room the speaker is located in - in larger rooms, it’s much harder to fill the space with sound, so those with larger homes do tend to have the volume a bit louder, whichever speakers they have.

I hope this eases your mind.

It’s difficult to read your post since it’s a lot of information in a single sentence. 
If you’re asking or commenting about relative volumes being different from different sources, you are quite correct. There’s no “standard” volume level that broadcasters or streaming companies have to meet. Adverts are often louder than the movies or tv programs they divide. One streamed radio station is louder than that on a different service. Sonos devices simply play what they receive. 

Thank you ​@Corry P and ​@nik9669a for the accurate responses.

I was more like preocupated for damaging my products because I don't usually turn the volume very up (were I live is very quiet) but I was coming from a low volume movie and after the big boom from Spotify and I was shocked.

Also, sorry for anyone seeing the post without paragraphs and have difficulties to read, I tried to resume all but I couldn't do that very well. Anyways, thank you all. :)

Glad you’re reassured about your system. 
 

Now get on with enjoying it! 😜

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