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I currently have a 2.1 system in my living room with a setup using a MartinLogan Forte amplifier and MartinLogan speakers. I'm looking to add some Sonos speakers throughout the home to be able to play what is playing through those living room speakers. Is there a way to connect standalone Sonos speakers to this 3rd party amplifier so as to integrate in the Sonos ecosystem without having to swap out my Forte amp with a new Sonos amp?

My Playbar is connected to my Panasonic TV with an optical cable and has worked perfectly like this for the past 4 years. Just this week it has started to intermittently drop sound. Any ideas what might cause this?

Hi I am building a new house and I am wanting to put multiple in-ceiling speakers in the house. I just want to clarify that if I were to purchase the Sonos in ceiling speakers, I would be able to power 3 pairs of speakers with 1 connect amp? Our original plan was to buy Polk speakers and use the Sonos Connect amp to power 2 pairs of speakers at a time but if it is possible to power 3 pair's of Sonos speakers with 1 Connect amp I would prefer to purchase the new Sono's in ceiling speakers instead. Can you let me know how well the Connect amp works powering 3 Sonos speakers. We were going to do 12 speakers with 3 zones but if I could so 12 Sono's speakers with 2 zones I would prefer that.

Evening all, My first post here, and I am a SONOS novice so please bear with me... I hope I am posting in the right place. Currently have a Play 5 and Play 3 and in the process of installing wireless speakers throughout the house. I have been given a CR200 controller as a gift that I really want to add to my system. I am currently just seeing the error message of “Searching for Somos products..... the network configuration for this controller has changed” Can anyone help me with this please? Thanks in advance :)

Just went through all the settings on Sonos app as well as Alexa app named my new Sonos One OFFICE in the Sonos app and group it with all my 7 other Sonos. I can play music on all Sonos through the Sonos app, I can use Alexa to play music on any speaker, EXCEPT the new Sonos One. Alexa keeps on telling that OFFICE SONOS is OFFLINE...

Hi, I have a Sonos Amp connected under my TV. Down stairs I have 3 ceiling speakers (two in that room (Living Room) and one in the dining room) and one upstairs in the bathroom. They are wire connected. Great idea originally but now when someone downstairs is listening to music late at night everybody upstairs can hear the bathroom speaker. Is there any way of controlling the speakers individually? When I look at the Sonos app there is only one room (Living room) and this controls all the speakers at the same time. So, Two questions. 1. Can the 4th speaker volume be controlled individually? 2. I guess if it can then I can assume it can also play something different than the downstairs speakers. e.g. TV Downstairs and music upstairs, or off upstairs if required. Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers

Hello all, I tried searching within the community before asking but didn't not find what I was looking for. I would like to mix and match, old set of speakers/sub with new Sonos Ones to create a 4.1 or 5.1 Theater system. I have an old Boston Acoustic 10'' sub which I would like to keep. And I would like to connect it all via a new Sonos AMP. 1) Can I have two Sonos Ones connected to the AMP and keep my Boston Acoustic Sub (instead of purchasing a Sonos Sub)? 2) Can I plug in two in-Ceiling (Klipsch) to the complete setup. Hence giving me a 4.1 effect or 5.1? Basically does my Sub become obsolete or still useful in this kinda of setup? Thank you for the ideas and opinions. Stefan

Anyone using the Sanus speaker stands? Any difference to sound quality for Play1 or Play 3? https://www.harveynorman.com.au/sanus-wireless-speaker-stand-for-sonos-one-play-1-play-3-black.html?CAWELAID=720013240000437675&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAiAwojkBRBbEiwAeRcJZKAe8RdgKeY0oa66Vc0T76Yh1Yuphna5noN6bbl0nnUJIjnn-vgBMxoCcd8QAvD_BwE

Asking Alexa on Sonos One to play flash briefing results in "Here's your flash briefing" and no flash briefing. I've checked the following: - my Sonos android app is latest - the firmware on my Sonos one is latest - Amazon Alexa app on android is latest - Sonos one is correctly registered with my Amazon account - I've verified that the "play flash briefing" routine works as expected on other devices like Amazon echo Is anyone experiencing this? Is this expected?

Does anybody know what cat is the supplied flat Ethernet cable with my sonos system Just curious as I seem to be picking up some interference and if its this cable then I will purchase a Cat 6a Thanks

Exist some list with of Generation of each Sonos 1, 3, 5 ???

When activated, Alexa replies with I'm having trouble understanding right now, please try a little later. In an American accent.

I am using the Sonos One I received today. I’ve got everything set up properly I believe but here’s the issue I’m having... the music plays fine through sonos app and commands but any non sonos commands aren’t outputting through the speaker. For example, if I ask for the flash briefing it will tell me “here’s your flash briefing” and then nothing will come out of the speaker. Same for “sleep sounds.” If I ask it to play a sleep sound it will say it’s playing but it won’t actually play. Seems to be the skill outputs but I could be wrong. My echo dot is working fine.

With all the recent reports and issues with the WannaCry ransomware I wanted to restrict use of SMB v1 on my home network. My NAS blocks this to the outside world but I wanted to secure things internally as well. I can configure the NAS to not support SMB v1 but this then prevents the Sonos controller app from seeing the share. When will Sonos support later versions of SMB? I had seen another thread on this somewhere and it sounded like it wasn't going anywhere. Is it possible to get an update on this please.

On this moment I have a Playbar, two play 3s and a sub. It sounds great! but it would be very nice if there is a future to make a setup, and create a shortcut to that setup. I give an example: In my case when I watch TV the volume of the Sub is under 50% of his power. The surround speakers are calibrated as left speaker near 0,6 m right speaker more away 3m. Volume 65% and in ambient modus With this settings I have the best surround effects. When I listen to music, the Sub is above 50% of his power. The surround speakers are calibrated as left speaker 3 m right speaker 3m. and in “full” modus With this settings I have the best sound to play loud music. Now when I want to play music I need to [open Sonos-app -- tap left corner -- tap left corner again -- tap settings -- tap settings room -- tab Livingroom -- tap advanced audio -- tap calibrating audio (and walk through the wizard) -- tap back -- tap settings SUB -- change the volume. -- tap back -- tap surround -- tap full --

Hey all, So I am looking into upgrading my sound. Right now I just have a single Sonos One. However, I do have Logitech z313 speakers that I would love to integrate. And I have Vizio Smart Tv that would love to intergate as well. However, I am a little confused about Sonos Amp and Connect:Amp. I am not sure which one would be better for this set up and the differences I need to know. Also, will my Sonos One voice command have any issues with this set up?

Hi all, Is there a way of checking if a sonos product is stolen before purchasing? Buying a beam second hand(boxed never used) but would like to make sure it’s not stolen stock first. Cheers

I'm frustrated and annoyed with two Sonos Ones. I operate holiday lets in Devon and have recently set up three luxury Shepherds Huts in an orchard on a hill overlooking our local river valley. In two of the huts I put Sonos One - in the third I put an Echo Plus because it supports Bluetooth and I've also put a small Audio-Technica Bluetooth turntable and a headphone amp and nice headphones; the turntable can stream to the Echo Plus but Sonos don't support Bluetooth. I liked the idea of smart speakers for all sorts of reasons, including easy access to music, but also because I could set up Amazon blueprints and give my guests a personalised guide: 'where's the best pub in the area', 'where's the nearest supermarket', 'how do I light the fire' and so on. The Echo Plus has worked faultlessly but the Sonos 1's have been very frustrating and I'm on the verge of sending them back and replacing them with two Echo Pluses despite the slightly lower sound quality. The latest confusion i

We’ve been using Alexa with Sonos since the Beta test and everything’s been hunky dory until last week I’ve replaced a couple of Sonos with Sonos ones and in doing so lost the hard wired link to the Mac. After a bit of faff I’ve reconnected and all seems to work from the desktop and app but sadly Alexa seems to have issues when you ask her to play radio or music she does the usual “bbc radio 2 from tunein” followed by “sorry the device is offline” I’ve tried searching for devices etc but nothing seems to work. Any advice greatfully received. Thanks

I recently bought a Sonos Beam soundbar and love the quality of sound from it. However, I have noticed the volume fluctuates quite a bit regardless of the audio source. I can be watching tennis or a movie and the volume is fine at '3' or '4' (out of '100'). Other times it needs to be at '33' or '34'. One time, the volume was at '0' (no, not muted) but sound was still clearly coming out. Anyone else having this problem? I notice it as well when we stream content via Apple TV (aka it's not just a 'cable' problem). The only way I can 'fix' this problem is by opening the app every time it happens (which is frankly too often) and zeroing out the volume by turning it all the way down and then slowly, one-by-one, using the TV remote to increase it to the desired level. I definitely had thoughts about buying additional Sonos One's to make the system true surround-sound but if I have to constantly reset/restart the volume each time I use it, it kinda turns me off from the idea of ow

I'm thinking about the Sonos sound bar and wondering if the sub is necessary. I am using the bar to enhance my Tv/TiVo/Apple TV.

I'm planning a surround sound setup based on this recommendation from the website: "Use two Sonos Amps (one for the front right and left channels, the other for the rear channels) for surround sound. The Sonos Amp drives left and right speakers, and it will create a phantom center channel when sent discrete audio for that channel." My question is about adding a 3rd AMP to power a non-Sonos, passive subwoofer. Can I connect the sub out from the 1st AMP to a 3rd AMP to power that subwoofer? Or do I need to use a non-Sonos amp for this application?

Hi, I have a Play5 stereo set-up with sub (plus a Connect). I want to be able to use all my sources through this system. Spotify TV LP-Player Can I use the following: Loewe TV coaxial output to DA-converter, RCA to Connect (TV sound). From Connect wireless to Play 5s. LP-player directly to one of the Play 5s (analogue input). Is that possible? Thanks Claus

Reading through the forum several users have reported Sonos Controller App for Android to work before on ChromeOS / Chromebooks, however, it does not any more. I would like to request official support of ChromeOS/Chromebooks through Android.

Does sound beam handle DSD format via HDMI? If yes then I think I can play SACD on my disc player outputing DSD to the TV via HDMI and then DSD onto SONOS sound bean via ARC HDMI from my TV.