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What's happening in the world of music and digital media? What are you listening to this week? #NowPlaying

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When has sound helped you connect to others? To yourself?

Hi everyone! This is Zach from Sonos. We are looking for stories about how sound – whether music, home theater, podcasts, or something else...
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castallaLocal Superstar
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Rumours of a CD Revival...

... It's already underway with a 25 euro Asus USB dvd player:  

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1 year ago
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MartechContributor I
posted in Owners café

Why is there input delay on line-in and digital inputs?

So, I know this topic has been discussed a gazillion times already. But I’m really getting upset by this. Why does there have to be a delay when using Sonos (Five or Amp for example, I’ve owned both) in standalone mode?  8/10 times my usecase for Sonos is casual listening via streaming services. But 2/10 times I want to use Sonos for live instrument playback. Such as a drum machine and other stuff I own. Or for desktop/youtube playback. I’ve spent literally hours searching for the best speaker setup for casual multiroom usage and some small birthday dancing and an input for live instruments. It exists, but I’d have to leave Sonos and go for Denon. But I would rather not. The minimum of 50-75ms delay in standalone usage for the Sonos Amp and Five is completely unnecessary. It forces me to have an extra pair of Yamaha hs7 at hand, while I’d rather get an Sonos Five instead. I know the arguments of people defending Sonos:Sonos is not made for that usecase The delay has to be there per des

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Katte
8 days ago
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mjollContributor I
posted in Owners café

Ditching Sonos if voice control takes much longer

Tired of waiting for Sonos to incorporate Echo voice control Was promised as early2017 and then postponed to "later this year." I am ready to dump if this company doesn't provide an accurate and reasonable solution in the near term.

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5 years ago
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MemphisBillContributor I
posted in Owners café

Amazon Echo

Over One Year

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bockersjv
5 years ago
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Sun KingContributor I
asked in Owners café

Sonos Ones or HomePod

I am deeply entrenched in the Apple ecosystem and am looking to start to move away from it (although I don't plan on eliminating their products, completely). What do folks think about my purchasing two Sonos Ones and using them as a stereo pair versus waiting for the HomePod (especially others with Apple devices)? Does the potential of Airplay 2 on Sonos devices in the future mean that it will ever be compatible with Siri? Is it a bad idea to start to fragment things too much? I wish I could get these to work with my TV or Apple TV via Airplay 2 in the future, but I guess I'll just have to save up for the soundbar and sub, which may take some time, but I'm more interested in listening to good music than I am in watching TV, anyways. What are your thoughts for someone heavily entrenched in the Apple ecosystem, but really wanting to go with Sonos? I currently do not own any Sonos products. Thank you!

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5 years ago
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NeedSleepRenowned Enthusiast I
posted in Owners café

Sonos sues Google

Sonos is getting quite litigious, Denon, bluesound, now Google and soon Amazon https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/sonos-sues-google.html

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3 years ago
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Rupert HitchcoxContributor I
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When will there be support for Apple HomeKit ?

I've just watched the Apple WWDC and I'm wondering why I should stay with Sonos, now that apple have brought announced its own spa Ian awaness speaker. I think in light of this announcement it would be wise for sonos to implement HomeKit, if it does not want to loose customers like me.

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5 years ago
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mailkeppyContributor I
posted in Owners café

The awe and pain of Apple Music integration

At first it was amazing, now not so much.

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6 years ago
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RAKContributor II
posted in Owners café

Telephone support is Unacceptable

What happened to the wonderful tech support Sonos USED to have? Third time I've tried to speak with someone with a hold time over 1.5 HOURS!

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Ryan S
4 years ago
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shoturtleProdigy III
posted in Owners café

The fading promise of Google integrations, considering dumping the Sonos Ones and going back to Play 1's

With the latest Verge interview with Sonos CEO. I am feeling that sonos will fail to deliver on Google integration let alone a google skill this year. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/highlights-from-the-vergecast-interview-with-sonos-ceo-patrick-spence/ar-AAyHq9k So I am considering getting right on my Sonos ones and going back to play 1. It is very disappointing that Sonos has miss the spring time promise. And after reading the interview. Maybe we will see it in 2019. I have lost faith that we will see it in 2018. And now you do not even see google assistance mention in the Beam or the One product page.

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4 years ago
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HighEndMusicProdigy I
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Big hoopla about voice control

Hi everyone, I've been a Sonos user since 2008 and currently own: 2x Play:5 1x Play:3 1x PlayBar 1x BRIDGE I've also owned connects etc., which I retired as I didn't need them any more. My typical use for Sonos is to listen to music - what a surprise. I utilize Deezer and a few internet stations. I usually select one of the following options: - a certain artist (an album) and then whilst listening add other ones to the queue - my Deezer favorites and let Deezer do the work - use Deezer to provide random music - use a radio station and let it play Of course I use my PlayBar to watch TV, at which point I don't use the controller at all since it works flawlessly and without intervention other than the TV remote. I own an Echo dot and tried it at the beginning and don't find any use for it, noting that I don't have any home automation installed - so it is now sitting unused. The only place where I currently see use for voice control is inside the car. I use it every d

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5 years ago
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masayakoTrending Lyricist I
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Google Home Max vs Sonos 5

Google has announced their Home Max speaker. That thing looks like a direct copy of the PLAY:5. No one knows how it compares sound-wise. We'll see when it launches next year. My worry is: Google will take a huge chunk of music-centric customers to the Google eco-system and monopolizing yet another home product area. For those looking to switch, please share your opinion. It's a BATTLE for sure!

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4 years ago
Edgar Markovic
Edgar MarkovicContributor I
posted in Owners café

Music library not reacheable because of SMB1

Hello SONOS,I'm disapointed that you have not a secure communication standard like smb3 available.Now my music library on the NAS DS720+ is not reacheable anymore.Please supply me a modern communication protocol.

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buzz
1 month ago
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castallaLocal Superstar
posted in Owners café

Why is Yandex music still available via Sonos?

Has Sonos severed or suspended its commercial operations in the Russian Federation given it is engaged in a fascist invasion of a sovereign state and stands accused of war crimes? Yandex Music is a Russian entity. 

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Corry P
1 year ago
melvimbe
melvimbe
posted in Owners café

Apple AirPlay 2: Does it change things for multi-room audio?

From what I've read on airplay 2, it is believe that apple will have the ability to send audio from your iPhone/ipad to multiple speakers and have them play in sync. Now, this could be just a feature of the homepod, as clearly Apple wants multiple Homepods to play in sync. However, does this also mean that other airplay 2 compatable speakers will be able to play in sync? For example, your Homepod, Bose speaker, and Sonos can all play in sync. I've read some things suggesting that's the case. This does somewhat make sense. Airplay 2 apparently requires compatible speakers to have a lot of memory available for buffering. If you want lots of unlike speakers to play in sync, having a big buffer would likely make that more easily accomplished, as I understand it. I don't have the right equipment to test this out personally, not even sure if there are enough airplay 2 compatible speakers that have been released to test it out. Going on the assumption that this is true, how does

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Ken_Griffiths
4 years ago
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Ron TateContributor I
posted in Owners café

New to Sonos

Okay, so I am a newbie. I bought this system - 2 Play 1's and a subwoofer for my main living room. My intention is/was to listen to new music and my own iTunes library in good fidelity. The immediate result is this - I can't play my iTunes library because of the error 1002 aggravation that seems to be bothering a lot of you out there and I can't get the Amazon streaming to finish playing one darn song. Yes, yes, I have read all the threads on correcting this. But I am not that sauve or knowledgeable enough to fix it myself. So here's what I'm going to do. I am having the guys come over from where I bought and I will pay them to get this working right. And if they can't, I will return this and find a system that will do what I want it to do. I'm retired and have enough money to get what I want.

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5 years ago
brotherundercover
brotherundercoverContributor I
posted in Owners café

Smart Homes, Digital Assistants, and Future Proofing with Sonos - Is it Possible? (WWDC 2017 Ponderings)

After seeing the new Siri Home Speaker launch today, one of my chief concerns with my Sonos setup is about future proofing. My curiosity started with my other research in the Sonos forums; I found interesting discussions on the whole DTS/ Dolby 5.1 compatibility as far as the streaming pass through (like Netflix shows with surround sound), as well as physical media (like Blu-Rays, which I rarely use). This got me thinking about whether Sonos would consider patches or firmware updates that allow future compatibility. [u]Soon after, I started thinking about my "smart home" setup. [/u] As of today, I have the following devices: [list][i]Master bedroom - [/i] [*]Amazon Echo Dot (which will soon be releasing the Sonos voice-control update), [*]40" Flat Screen with Chromecast attached [*]Sonos Play 5 [*]Sonos CONNECT Amp attached to vintage Pioneer record player.[/list] Not directly related, I also have the Philips Hue Gen 3 in by bedroom, controlled by the Echo Dot. [i]Living

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5 years ago
Belly M
Belly M
posted in Owners café

Over 200,000 tracks can now be indexed on Bluesound

Just seen a post on the Bluesound forum, their latest BluOS software will now index over 200,000 tracks.

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MrKeith
6 years ago
sedorr
sedorrContributor I
posted in Owners café

I Want Earphones

I have a huge investment in Sonos, with a playbar, a boost, a play 5 (2nd gen), 2 play 3s, a one, 4 play 1s, 2 connect amps, a connect, and now a move.  I absolutely LOVE the ability to move around the house and have the same thing playing in all or any rooms, or different things playing in various rooms.  Unfortunately, not all the people in my household appreciate music as much as I do, and often balk at anything playing anywhere at all.  I would rather get rid of some of them before any of my Sonos gear, but alas, this is not an option.  I also have a huge investment, including time, in my music library, and all geared towards use with Sonos.  If I can’t listen to Sonos at times due to others being home and not wanting to hear it, my music enjoyment is then sharply limited to what I have stored in my phone and through crappy earphones, which I would rather not wear at all. Now, with the advent of the Move, it would seem that all the elements are there for Sonos to apply that technol

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2 years ago
Cazualchatter
CazualchatterEnthusiast I
posted in Owners café

Introducing Sonos Voice?

I believe that Sonos will be introducing their own voice assistant accompanying gadget that will permit them to work with the other assistants like Alexa, Google, Cortana, Siri et. al. Saw this in the Privacy Statement Voice control works by your [b][/b]voice enabled Sonos Product “listening” for a specific wake word[b][/b]. Please note that [b][/b]not all Sonos Products are voice enabled.[b][/b] ...and this... Sonos does not retain a copy of your voice recording. Concurrent with the voice recording, your Product will collect data (for example, decibel level at each frequency) about the ambient noise in the room. It is not possible to extract any speech from this type of data. We collect this data to help us improve our speech recognition technology. For example, if you are trying to state a voice command while music is playing, [b][/b]Sonos may improve the technology by lowering the music so that your voice command can be properly understood.[b][/b] Its not about integrat

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5 years ago
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Kumar
posted in Owners café

Sonos and HiFi/Audiophile systems

Since one keeps hearing over and over about Sonos not being a HiFi system - leave alone a audiophile one, whatever that means - I thought of starting a conversation on the subject. Perhaps there will no takers…but most of us are locked down, so let’s see:-).To start the ball rolling, for those that do NOT see the best of Sonos - a 5 pair + Sub - to be worthy of the HiFi label, can we hear from you specifying the cheapest system that you have found to be HiFi, playing in the same room and using the same source music files used for ruling out Sonos? It would help if you named the speakers, and also amp used if the speakers are passive ones, and its cost. And then say, what is it that, in your opinion, confers the HiFi label on that system. Note that there is no reason for something to be considered cheap just in comparison to Sonos price points; it should just be the cheapest System you know that does HiFi. Never mind if it costs less, same or more than the 5 pair+ Sub.

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2 years ago
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kjhn888Contributor I
posted in Owners café

Start a conversation, ask a question or share your idea

Start a conversation, ask a question or share your idea

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Ryan S
4 years ago
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Rob LawsonContributor II
asked in Owners café

Darlite

Hey guys, I was on Facebook today and came across a pretty cool gizmo name Darlite. They have a Kickstarter page. In a nutshell, it's a little device that allows you to play any type of music .https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darlite/darlite-the-limitless-sonos-experience?ref=3n1r7h That is their Kickstarter page. My question is do you think Sonos will be coming out with this feature anytime soon. I could do without the lights that Darlight has. I just want to be able to play anything that is on my phone via my Sonos Speakers.

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5 years ago
bockersjv
bockersjvSenior Virtuoso
posted in Owners café

Sonos CEO steps down

John MacFarlane, CEO and co-founder of smart speaker company Sonos is stepping down after 15 years of leading the company. The Sonos blog has his full statement [url=http://press-us.sonos.com/141425-the-next-generation-of-sonos-leadership]Statement[/url]. What does this mean for the company future, does it signify serious issues or is it the company taking a new direction and needing a fresh outlook? Time will tell but given the redundancies of last year, the delay to Alexa integration, and recent debarcles with Spam on this forum, the signs are not good. Alternativley recent moves, openinh up the API for example, could show the company moving to a more open set up that differs from the values one of the Founders had. Let's hope the company pulls through and prospers.

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6 years ago
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PremiereHoContributor I
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Review of Calm Radio

I am returning to Spotify. Calm radio performance is not as claimed for me. My TV has better sound quality. Also, Calm radio customer service person who introduced himself in an email as President, blamed the failure on Sonos. Of course we Sonos customers know that Sonos is the best customer service in the market and solves problems almost instantly. I cannot access the Calm product. Atmospherics are unavailable. Customer service is a joke. They provide articles only. No phone is available for customer service that I could find. Then the President gave out my user name and password to a third party. And the list goes on to include the President emailing me telling me that if I post my experience with Calm radio that Calm radio will come after me with its legal team. I assume that his statement indicates that he operates in a totalitarian state. I canceled Calm radio. And as of this moment, I cannot access Calm radio even though Calm radio took my money for one month. Yet, Calm radio sa

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6 years ago

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