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January 15, 2024

Sonos Arc Harsh and Metallic sound

  • January 15, 2024
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I’ve read several pages of similar complaints in this topic: https://en.community.sonos.com/topic/show?tid=6843110&fid=228993

I have exact same issue, and I haven’t found any resolution (some people report that the issue was fixed, but I can tell that it’s still the case).

So far what I discovered:

  • When I don’t do any TruePlay tuning at all after factory reset, the issue is here
  • When I do TruePlay tuning with my iPhone 12 while following the app instructions, it doesn’t help
  • When I do TruePay tuning with my girlfriend’s iPhone 12 Mini while following the app instructions, it doesn’t help
  • When I do TruePay tuning with my girlfriend’s iPhone 12 Mini while while standing at the first tuning step instead of sitting, it helps greatly, but sound quality still leaves much more to be desired
  • When I additionally raise iPhone higher on the second step of tuning, it makes sound more metallic and unpleasant again

What I also discovered while reading the huge topic referenced above is that presumably the issue occurs more frequently in fairly tight apartments (rather than large living room of a private house), and this is my case. Additionally, I have slightly higher ceiling (at about 3.2 meters) than in most of the buildings this size, that’s why I suppose standing instead of sitting changed the result.

Is there any way I get support with my case or my room just isn’t made for Arc? :)

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11 replies

Ken_Griffiths
March 17, 2024

@Ken_Griffiths I have seen this reported many times and you have been in those forums too…….it 100% happens and sonos are shockingly not willing to fix it….I guess they don’t see it as a problem that metallic sounds come out of their premium products.

I have been back and forth with sonos for months, given them examples, forum links, diagnostics, TV type, hdmi ports I'm using, everything they aren't willing to look at and at least try to replicate the error if they did surely someone gets fired for allowing this to be released to the public? 

would have to return the product which is a massive shame…..but £450 for a beam with this kind of error is ridiculous  

As another Sonos Beam user myself, I can’t assist you @Jason.Ekwueme - I have two Sonos Beams here and I’ve personally never experienced the sound issue you’re referring too. If you’ve perhaps tried another make/model of TV and have a video etc. then my own thoughts are you should certainly go back to Sonos Support to escalate the matter with the Staff there.