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I have the latest version of the Sonos 1 Controller app running on my iMac Monterey version 12.7.6 with two Play 5 gen 1 speakers. The app cannot find the speakers although when going through the connection procedure it says “The Sonos app is now connected to your speakers”

Hello, I was wondering if it’s possible to play sound through the Sonos Arc and the Sonos Ace at the same time. My friend likes louder sound so he’d like to listen using the headphones while I would listen using the soundbar.

I recently Bought a used Sonos playbar on Facebook marketplace and am unable to connect to my PC. I bought optical to HDMI converter and the app doesn't seem to recognize it. I checked the cable and tried others ones regarding the optical and HDMI. I also provided the converter link I’m currently using down below. I also want to note that there is no light coming out of the optical when plugged into the play bar. It seems to be normal because I was able to get my hands a on another playbar and it did the same thing. So now I have no idea what the problem could be and would really appreciated some help on this. Also my PC doesn't have optical cable hence I'm using a converter.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQD1592R?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

I have a solid HiFi system for my vinyl and CDs- NAD amp + Magnepans + RHLabs Sub but I am contemplating downsizing to getting a Sonos Port and running these audio sources through my Sonos system (Arc + Sub mini+ 2 Eras 100 surrounds). The audio sound space through the Sonos system (streaming) is so good that it is motivating me to downsize (and my wife would love to lose the gigantic Maggies from our living room). Would the best path be to get a Sonos Port and use the line outs from my NAD receiver to direct sources to the Port? Would I be able to direct a CD or TT source to my Sonos Arc+ Sub Mini+ Eras surrounds system? (I have an external Preamp for my TT). Thanks in advance.

Just unboxed an d the power cord will not stay connected. Seems to just fall out. 

We used to see album covers for our locally stored music library. I’ve been waiting for the Sonos app debacles to clear up. But it seems like there are still issues with album art showing up.  Some art/covers are shown, albeit slowly, after letting the app sit on the Music Library/Albums screen for awhile.  But not all.I should add, that in addition to that, on the Albums screen, I’m seeing quite a number of dupes. That is, the same album is listed multiple times.  I tap through and can verify that they are the exact same album just listed many times.Any information about that state of this?  I’ve done the “Scan for New Content” many times. That doesn’t seem to have any effect on either issue.

Hi allthe situation with the volume of Arc Ultra when streaming music is getting a bit ridiculous. At a volume of 20 I can barely hear any music. I also have a Sonos Amp, connected to 2 small speakers (Dali Oberon 1), and at 20 the volume there is quite nice, at 40 they blow up the room I’m in. At 40 the Arc Ultra is just getting started.Of course this is streaming specific -- when playing from a TV source, a volume of 20 on the Arc Ultra is more than adequate for my needs. The difference of volume when streaming to the Ultra vs. playing spotify through the TV (either with my TV app, or with AppleTV) is remarkable.I keep hearing that this is partly due to normalization -- but this doesn’t make sense. If Sonos implemented some logic to lower the volume due to normalization, surely such logic would be applied to the Sonos Amp as well.So, unless the “normalization” logic is specific to Arc Ultra, I think this is not a “feature”, but a bug -- and quite an annoying one at that, given other

After changing the HDMI, restarting connections and other configuration tips, this problem continues to occur

Hi everyone,I can’t seem to catch a break with the Arc Ultra. The first two units I received had the distorted sound issue. I’ve now received my third unit — the distortion is gone, but I think I may have another problem but wanted to check with the community.The left side of the speaker sounds noticeably flatter and less punchy than the right, with a clear difference in bass output. I tested this by playing music through the Sonos app and running my hand across the speaker — the right side pushes out significantly more air, while the left feels much weaker, almost as if most of the bass is coming from the right.I’ve also noticed a slight echo sound when watching videos on YouTube via my Apple TV 4K which is connected to my Samsung TV. Is this normal behaviour or do I need to do something to prevent this from happening? I’ve already changed the output to passthrough on my TV as I’ve read that should be done to let the Arc Ultra handle the sound?I’ve run both standard and advanced Truep

Im the developer of Cast to Sonos. I just tried unlinking my account here: https://www.sonos.com/myaccount/user/profile using the button all the way at the bottom of the page: (in english: Delete sessions and logout all devices)It worked but now i can no longer login using my account in my cast to sonos extension account:  

My sonas connect drops after playing for 45 to 60 minutes 

Hello all!I own an Arc Ultra for my small living room. I am looking to make a Home Cinema with 2 x Roam 2. Will I be able to do it? I am thinking since the living room is small, 2 Roam 2 could be more than enough, and I will be able to use them as portable speakers for the terrace. Please, let me know if you think the set up (Arc Ultra+ 2 x Roam 2) is meant to be a home cinema. Thank you so much!

recently beginning of 2026, my sonos beam is getting "i can't connect to internet right now" error prompt voice when we try to use the google assistant.we tried to reinstall the voice assistant mutiple times, still having issue. sometimes, it worked for a while and then same error message again.after some research, people were talking gemini and sonos voice control conflicts in the same network. we remove gemini from my android phone, but the error still exist.any advice?

Hey folks. I’m running my Sony XBR-55X9004 TV through an Epson projector. The audio when watching TV programming (primarily sports) changed to very weak recently. Worked fine until recently. I first tried a new HDMI but that didn’t help. I then noticed the Stereo PCM display on my Sonos App. I have to crank the volume way up to get adequate volume. Volume works normally when listening to music via Sonos (displays Dolby Atmos) but when switching to TV the volume diminishes and display switches to Stereo PCM. The TV feed comes from a Sony TV (casting to a separate room using the projector). Everything else works great. Any help is appreciated! 

Hey folks,I eventually decided to migrate from S1 to S2. All my devices are compatible. So in the S1 app I clicked “upgrade to S2” (or whatever the wording was). Next the app asked me to install the S2 app, which is what I did. Opening the S2 app the system is detected but I get a prompt saying that the system is only compatible with S1. So I’m stuck: can’t upgrade from the S1 app and can’t add all the speakers to the S2 app.I’m sure that people had the issue before. What’s the best practice to resolve this?Would resetting to factory help?Thank you,mrpase

So to keep it simple; 3 units, two of them used as a surround setup with a beam. Since having them they work fine for hours, weeks, months until…. You up the volume. Then they start dropping out. All units (play ones) suffer from this issue.  I have had numerous cases over the passed years….. Sonos had me try everything; change channels, swap the setup, wired setup…..they keep insisting it is network related…. or power related (yeah right) the only thing cutting the power is the units themselves because they seem to have an issue. this can’t be network related or they would cut out / reboot more often. It only happens at higher volumes. I have even tested one of the units paired directly to a teltonika wired / wireless 4G routers and it still cut out / rebooted (powered of my home router) and even on a wired connection with this router it happened. Diagnostic:[redacted] I am 100% convinced this is bad batch as all units have been purchased from Sonos directly (so they’ve probably came

Hii am trying to setup a Sonos play 1 on lan my WiFi is on the same network but does not find device

Hi I've had this issue for a few weeks whereby every now and then - and I cannot put my finger on how often it occurs, maybe once a day, where the sound reduces and the green light flashes for a few seconds (like it's updating or something) then comes back to normal. Is this normal? It's bloody annoying.  Thanks

The Bluetooth speakers after an hour disconnecting and stay silent.the only thing I must do is unplugged the WiFi and the power in order to connect again. 

I recently moved apartments, and thus had to reset my Sonos Play:1 When adding the Spotify service I encountered no problems, I can browse my playlists and search for music in the Sonos app just fine. But whenever I try to play something from Spotify, the app loads for a while (~10 seconds) before giving an error message that connection to Spotify was broken. The same goes for trying to access my Sonos speaker through the Spotify app – I can see the speaker in question, but any connection attemps fails. This only seems to apply to the Spotify Service, as Sonos Radio plays just fine. I now live in a managed apartment, and don’t have admin rights/access to the wireless network. How do I resolve this?

My nephew gave me a Sonos Roam for Christmas. When I turn it off and leave it for a day the battery completely drains and I can’t even turn it back on unless I plug it in. I haven’t downloaded the app yet. Reading through the forum people have been writing about this issue with various Sonos speakers for more than 5 years. What the actual hell? If they think this is a “feature” they are insane. It makes the speaker completely useless. I travel a lot and he got it for me as a speaker I could pack and travel with. Definitely can’t travel with this thing. 

I have an Sonos Arc and era 100’s bought 2 era 300 and have had a terrible time hooking them up to all play the same thing at once. I keep getting a small crackle sound from the era 300’s. I figured they were defective exchange them and even the new ones are doing the same thing! I reset my router and all the speakers to factory settings and still happens. Why is this happening??

Hello everyone, We’ve had annoying issues to say the least with our Sonos system (beam + 2x One SL) since the November update.  We had no issues up until then, everything worked perfectly, be it when we played music, watched tv or used any streaming service. But since November, it’s all gone haywire and it’s driving me crazy. I keep trying to change the settings but nothing works, no setting stays the same for everything like it used to. Before that darn update, I only touched *once* the settings, and that’s when we installed the system over 2 years ago. It worked oh so well up until November.  Dialogues are muffled, but then all the other sounds are too loud. I have to turn up the volume to hear what’s being said and then end up deafening the whole house when all the other sounds come on. It’s like the sound is on stereo. And then, sounds aren’t on time with the image. It was NEVER like this.  We contacted the customer service and had no helpful answer, we were told the last update di

There is a real snag with the new pair of Sonos Era 100 and my Mesh Deco X50 where I am getting kicked off and having to reselect the speakers and start from scratch. I have pretty good patience but having done this some 30-40 times I am wondering if there is something non compatible about mesh (which moves across networks) and Sonos wanting to be static on one router.In have Set a preferred routers for the Sonos and my phone  rebooted the rooter and mesh and updated all the software  tried using the Sonos from another device to check its not my phoneAll / any advice welcome. 

I currently have 2 Sonos Amps, 2 Beams and a Play One in my home and it was working just fine for years until recently, I’ve noticed I’m unable to control my system in the app. I can see each device but when I click play, it doesn’t actually start any music. I had a friend over who connected to my wifi network and was able to control it himself, no problems. I also logged in on my Windows PC and was able to control it, so it seems to just be my iPhone. I found if I unplugged the amps and plugged them back in, it seems to connect to my phone then but I’ve only tried that a couple of times otherwise I just don’t listen to music or find another device to control it. My Sonos app has always been up to date, along with all of my speakers/devices.Any suggestions??