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Stanley_4
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Sonos Era 300 placement for surround

I’d say place the 300s for optimum TV sound and add a stereo pair positioned to work for sitting at the table, or a Five if you can’t find p...
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BJOutdoors
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Two independent systems

I have two SONOS systems. I would like to set them up to operate independently of each other. How do I do that?
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AjTrek1
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Arc Placement

Updated 9/14/23 to include Era 300’s as surrounds (which have upward firing drivers) that replaced Sonos One’s. All other information and gu...
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Lawnovak21Contributor I
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speakers and sub turn on and off

Speakers and sub go in and out 

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106rallye
1 year ago
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anonimausContributor I
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Open floor era 300 set up?

Hi. About to move to an apartment with the following layout. the only place the TV can go is circled red and where the couch can go is in blue. I'm concerned about losing one of the surrounds from the era 300s due to one side having no wall at all and extending to the other side of the apartment. Any tips on how to mitigate this when I move? My thought was to place a bookshelf in that area, next to that era 300, so as to create something that sound can bounce off of. 

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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NuhkContributor I
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Petition for separate controls for Height volume on Arc and Era 300

Can we please get separate Height controls for the Sonos Arc and the Era 300s? On my setup I would like to keep the Arc height volume at 10 and era 300s at around 5, for me to have the Arc with a noticiable height effect the 300s are overwhelmingly high….they are superior to the Arc in height effects imo so they should have separate controls 

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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Steve StaceyAvid Contributor III
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Unimpressed by sound of Sonos Arc

HiJust installed Arc to Sony Bravia 2018. (Arc, no earc) Connected, downloaded app, added Sonos, fine tuned room etc. Result-hardly better than Sony speakers. That can’t be right, can it?(Hdmi passthrough enabled on Sony, DD+ selected etc)Any advice would be much appreciated.ThanksSteve

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makeshiftwinContributor I
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play 5 surround not working

Hello, I am having trouble with my play 5 speaker when I add it as a surround speaker with my playbar and sub. The play 5 works fine when unpaired and also works when it is added as a stereo pair. But when I add it as a surround speaker the speaker doesn’t output any sound. If I hit the physical volume buttons when paired in surround the volume of the other speakers change but not the speaker in question. The same thing occurs whether I’m using the TV or just the speakers themselves. I have tried factory resetting everything in the 5.1 system and re-adding them and also altering the Surround Audio settings within the Sonos app. Are there any other troubleshooting methods out there that I should try? I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure this out for the past few days and can’t figure it out. One thing to note is that the speaker is a gen 2 play 5 that has a faulty wifi card but it is connected to the system via ethernet. Could this detail just inherently negate the surround soun

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1 year ago
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AdauceContributor II
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Bluesound vs Sonos?

I have read all the threads on here on this topic but does anyone have up-to-date experience with comparing the latest equipment and software. I own neither so far, but what has caught my eye is a NAD AV amp which has BlueSound OS built in. This level of integration appeals to me. Most importantly, it solves my worry about the virtual centre channel in a 5.1 Sonos home cinema system using two Sonos Amps (subject of a separate post). Because of this and not wanting a soundbar, I have decided to replace my current AV Amp, initially planning on using the Sonos Port to deliver streamed music, when I came across the Bluesound based NAD alternative. The Bluesound amps (Power Node or PowerNode Edge) both also have a line level output - allowing it to drive a pair of speakers and give an input to an existing stereo. Sonos Amp doesn’t seem to have this. The Bluetooth app seems equally good to me, maybe it  has been updated since I saw it heavily slated on here (5 years ago). I can wire most of

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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dens38Contributor I
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Barre de son et TV Sony Bravia, problème de coupure

Bonjour. Je viens d'acheter une tv Sony XR-77A83K, connectée à une barre de son sonos (première génération) avec le câble optique. Et depuis cet achat, quand la tv est éteinte et que j'écoute la radio ou musique de ma bibliothèque, sur mon système de son, donc barre de son sonos et d'autres enceintes sonos, j'ai le son qui coupe régulièrement pendant quelques secondes (7s) uniquement sur la barre de son, et pas sur les autres enceintes. Quand je déconnecte le câble optique de ma barre de son (donc venant de la tv), je n'ai plus le problème. Ce problème vient bien de la sortie optique de ma TV. Avant j'avais une TV Sony bravia 55W905A, connecté avec câble optique à la même barre de son Sonos et je n'avais pas ce problème. En cherchant sur les forums, beaucoup de personnes ayant des barres de son Sonos (ou autres marques) connecté en câble optique ont le même problème. Donc je pense que Sony est déja au courant.C’est vraiment gênant car chaque fois que j’écoute radio ou musique, je dois

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1 year ago
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AdauceContributor II
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Sonos for home theatre with Amp(s)

Hi. New to Sonos.I am not able to find any detailed info on using the Sonos Amp as a home theatre set up.I have 5.1 conventional setup and thinking of retiring my AV Amp, leaving me with 5 good satellite speakers and a decent sub.It is easy to see how the rear part works with one Amp. Less clear how the front will work. Left, right and sub can work off the Amo (assuming software\config allows), but how is the critical middle channel (under the TV) made to work?Will a single Sonos One deliver the middle channel? Or is the middle channel somehow virtual, which sounds like a weak solution that depends on crucial sound stage questions. I don’t want that.Or am I stuck with having to get a Sonos soundbar? In this case will my front left and right conventional speakers become redundant? Or will they work in concert with the soundbar? Or will the left and right soundbar channels be redundant?I don’t want to buy a Sonos Amp just to feed a low level signal to my well powered sub. Can the sub out

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Richard_107Contributor I
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mulitple surrounds

Given the hype of the Nakamichi Dragon 11.4.6 system, it would be amazing to see Sonos support multiple era 300 surrounds. Adding two more 300s to a large space would yield 11.2.6 which I think would be a good option and in a large room suppprt a better atmos experience overall. Bonus points for allowing the use of more than 2 subs. But I can’t see many users doing that.  

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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UdonContributor II
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Still no TP support for latest generation of iPad 11 /12?!

I just upgraded my iPad Air 4 to an iPad 11 Pro 2022 model only to find out true play is not supported on this iPad?!I am an Android guy and bought the iPad Air 4 specifically to be able to use true Play on my system and ended up enjoying using it to surf on etc. Searching the forum I see this has been an issue since 2018. Why would Sonos not opt to support these higher end faster iPads? To me this sort of shows how archaic Sonos speakers are as well as how inept their engineering team is.What an absolute utter disappointment.I just spent hours also trying to get my speakers onto a new router and it was a nightmare only to find out I cannot tune them with true play on my iPad 11. I think I am done with Sonos and I'm just going to buy an atmos sound bar and sub from another manufacturer, this is sad.  

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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johnelehmannContributor I
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More Bass Needed

Trying to achieve more base with my Sonos system.  I two ones and a beam and have been told that adding the 500 would help?  Should I also look at a sub-wolfer or 330?  Thoughts please...

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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BassheadContributor II
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arc wall mount

Has anyone got a picture of an arc wall mounted using the sanus extending mount bracket?Sonos say it offers an “unimpeded” Dolby atmos experience… Probably a long shot but,can anyone confirm or deny if one bracket is better than the other sound wise?

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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Singher25Contributor I
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PS5 not outputting 7.1 audio with arc + era 300 and sub

Hi, this has been doing my head in. My Sonos app only shows Dolby digital 5.1 for ps5 game audio. I have set the tv to pass through, changed ps5 audio to av receiver and 7.1 ch and have changed the audio priority to dts or Dolby.  I have a Samsung q80t and it apparently can’t do lpcm over earc. I should still be able to do Dolby digital plus 7.1, no? Others have confirmed they get 7.1 audio with this set up so it is possible.

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BassheadContributor II
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ARC Wall mount

I am looking to add an arc and two era 100 as rears to my living room and the arc would ideally be situated under my TV mounted on the wall.I’ve found out that using the original sonos wall mount will reduce the bass significantly and was wondering if a non original wall mount would still allow the arc to recognise it’s on the wall and reduce the bass?  tia 

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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Joecable1Contributor I
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sonos arc with Sonos amp more than 40 feet apart

Hello, it is my understanding that this Sonos arc can be hardwired along with a Sonos amp, and then ceiling speakers for the rear. As long as everything is hardwired, is there an issue? I know if the arc and amp or wireless they have to be within 20 feet of each other? 

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
Caver
CaverContributor II
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Will the ERA 100 worked paired (2 speakers) with the Amazon Firestick ?

I’d like to use two ERA 100 speakers paired for stereo as the primary output using an Amazon Firestick?  Will they work?

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melvimbe
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legedemaContributor II
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Connection issues

I do have a beam gen 2 , sub mini and 2 x Era100 which I use as surround.Lately I noticed that there are connection issues like  when watching a movie the sound is totally lost from all speakers for about a second and  continues like every minute which annoys me when watching a movie.Recently it went worse and sound stopped totally when watching movie on apple TV ( Netflix)  and never came back until I switched to TV then closed the TV and open again. This happened also a few times but I really don’t know the reason.My modem is in the same room with my setup, don’t think there is anything wrong with the wifi.Any of you facing same issues ?

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AndreaEG6Contributor I
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Sonos Arc not connecting to system

Hello everyone, I’ve recently bought an Arc and I couldn’t wait to add it to my system to replace my Beam Gen 2 which is currently paired to my Sub Gen 3 and a pair of Ones as surrounds which will be soon replaced by a pair of Era 300. My Beam and Sub are connected to the router (a 5 port hub actually) by ethernet while my Ones on Wi-Fi and everything works fine, I even have a pair of SYMFONISK in my bedroom connected on Wi-Fi. I’ve spent an entire evening trying to connect the Arc to my system but I couldn’t get it to work, I’ve tried everyting in my knowledge but nothing happened: tried several times to factory reset the Arc, tried to reboot the router, tried to connect on Wi-Fi and then by ethernet but nothing changes: I always get this type of errors (I translate from italian so I don’t know if the translation is accurate with the actual message with the app set to english):  Connection to Sonos Arc was interrupted. Get your mobile device closer and make sure Sonos Arc is switched

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diogor3Contributor I
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Beam gen 2 sound quality after 15.5 version update

Hello. The sound of my beam gen 2 with sub mini became quieter and got worse in overall quality after 15.5 version update. The sub mini looks like it got less powerful too. Did it happen to anyone else? I tried trueplay again and reset to factory settings but it didnt help.

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Jamie A
1 year ago
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AlkemistContributor I
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Intermittent Sound cut on the Xs in surround of a Y

Problem:It's been several months since I've been able to use the Sonos Play:1 speakers (WIFI) in surround with my Sonos Beam (RJ45), when I play music on them, every x minutes or tens of minutes there are sound cuts on one of the Play:1s, as if I was running out of network.If I use them independently there's no problem, I've tried several times to disconnect/reconnect, reset, but each time it's the same problem.I've also tried maximizing the group audio offset, but nothing (then it's not so much an offset, it's outright cuts).There's clearly a problem with communication between the speakers.Apart from the surround (which allows you to have a single "device" playing the music), the "group" functionality is really not optimized, each time having to reset the sound to the same level, having to reselect the speakers to play the music, ...Solution:By switching my Beam to WIFI, the problem no longer seems to occur, I don't understand what could have changed, I've neither changed my router no

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stevekedroContributor II
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Very strange network issue with my Arc!

Attention Sonos Community,I'm in need of some serious assistance, and I'm hoping you can help me out with my predicament. Here's the situation:I recently received the Roam as a Father's Day gift, and I've been enjoying playing music through both my home theater setup (Arc + 2 Ones) and the Roam simultaneously. However, I encountered a major issue today that has left me scratching my head.After briefly streaming music through AirPlay to both my home theater and the Roam, I noticed that my home theater stopped playing audio, while the Roam continued to function normally. I attempted to reconnect my home theater via AirPlay, but to my dismay, I received a vague error message on my iPhone.In my desperation to find a solution, I went through an extensive troubleshooting process, including multiple router resets, reaching out to customer support, and even unplugging and reconnecting the Arc. Unfortunately, nothing seemed to work, and I eventually resorted to performing a factory reset. Howev

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1 year ago
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Morlock1943Contributor I
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My TV does not support Atmos - but the Sonos Arc does - how do I get Atmos in everyday use?

I have Earc hdmi om both Sonos Arc and TV, but no Atmos support on TV. How do I get Atmos? The newest “Chromecast HD” support Atmos - Can I somehow connect it, to solve the problem? (do I need the HDFury or VAX04101A to fix the problem)? I need help from the experts :-)

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Iki ZamriContributor I
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Sonos speaker no sound when i connect ethernet cable. Only wifi works.

I have setup my playbase & sub via wifi. Works perfectly.  but when i plugged in ethernet cable to either one of them, they suddenly stopped working & sonos app cant find them. I am using a mesh network. TP-link Deco, connected to a switch(unmanaged), then to the playbase/sub.Any help? 

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Dan55Contributor I
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15.5 low volume beam gen 2

Just updated to 15.5 firmware update and noticed less volume from beam gen 2. Has anyone else noticed this issue?

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1 year ago
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AdrianssnContributor I
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Sonos beam gen 2 pair with 1 Era 300

Hi,The standard theatre setup is to pair beam gen2 with a pair of era 300, I wonder to pair the beam gen2 with 1 era 300, would this enhance the Atmos audio or it just have to be one beam gen 2 with 2 rear Era 300? Thanks

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