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I have about 15 Sonos speakers, first one bought around 2010.  Lately, the reliability has been very poor.  App not detecting speakers, speakers dropping mid song.  App telling me speakers are playing and they are not.  Last network change was in 2019.  Is it just me?I have an Eero pro mesh network, and literally no changes (that I’m aware of) for almost 3 years.  Lately when trying to play music, I’d say the system does what I want about 55% of time, the other times there are issues.Anyways, just ranting, but it’s starting to bug me, was just wondering if it’s me and my network or if this is commonplace.Thanks

I have 2 routers.  One in my house, and one in my shop.  I have the router in my shop hard wired into my house.  I am having problems connecting my Sonos One to the router in my shop.  It wants to grab the weak Wi-Fi signal from my house.  How do I connect the One speaker to the Wi-Fi router in my shop?

With Amazon Echo and Sonos 5 (and Spotify Premium and Alexa Sonos Skill and Spotify Skill), I would like to:Ask Alexa (via the Echo) to play (a Spotify album or a TuneIn Radio Station for example) on Echo and Sonos 5 simultaneously (separate rooms but in sync). Ask Siri via iPhone to play (Spotify) on my Echo and Sonos 5 simultaneously (separate rooms but in sync).Is it possible to have this? How would one set it up (is it just a “group” in Sonos or Alexa)? What is the best way to get a set up to easily use voice to simultaneously play on several speakers in sync?Thanks.

Just inherited a pair of Play3’s that I am going to make the rears for my surround sound with my Arc.  I MAY be overthinking this. but is there a difference beyond aesthetically in horizontal vs vertical orientation?  I have the Sanus floor stands so they can go either way.

Hi, I connected my sonos beam with the adapter hdmi-optical to my schiit hel2 DAC/AMP but it doesn't work, no sound come from the soundbar. I also installed the s2 software and tryed with my creative x3 and it works. Any suggestions? How can I fix it? Thanks 

Trying to connect Sonos beam via hdmi cable to my laptop but it isn’t displayed as an option in the speaker output.. Any solution? Thanks in advance.

This problem has been going on for many months now, I live in Montréal, Canada.Many people seem to have reported the same problem and living in Europe or the US.This can happen a few or even many times in an hour and this is very annoying, please help!

I see quite a few sporadic messages for intermittent connectivity issue between the Sonos Arc & many Samsung TVs. My symptoms seems to be very similar to others where audio completely cuts out and a lot of restarts later, the audio (eARc) is restored. I’ve tried new cables, different AnyConnect settings, varying audio formats and the issue persists.  does anyone have a long term fix for these issues?  thanks in advance!

I have a line-in connected from my record player (Audio-Technica AT-LP60) to my Sonos 5. The Sonos 5 is set to autoplay and is in a speaker group. Everything performs perfectly when I use the record player - when I turn the record player on, the source automatically changes over and plays to the speaker group as it should… however, when the record player is not in use and I try to play streaming music to the same speaker group, the line-in source from the record player will interrupt/override the streaming (and play nothing, since the record player is not in use). I have to re-click the streaming service source to get it to play again to the speaker group.It was a minor annoyance at first, but it happens enough that it is becoming a headache. I was wondering if anyone knows a way to fix this and still retain the autoplay/speaker group settings on the Sonos 5 for when I use the record player.

Hello guys I’ve been so happy for weeks since the last upgrade in the Sonos ecosystem that provides support fort DTS, even though it does not accept DTS HD or DTS-X, still it’s very good news for us who love physical media. My current setup is as follows:LG OLED 65 of 2017 ( it does support DTS )Sonos Arc connected to LG through eARC ( Arc+2 Subwofers + 2 Sonos One )Panasonic 4k Blu-Ray player DP-UB9004EG1 connected by HDMI to the TV. Before the Sonos upgrade, I was reproducing my blurays and 4k blurays which don’t have Atmos or Dolby audio using the Xbox and the Dolby application. It does the job, although the sound and picture are not the same as I get using my 4k player. Now everything works fine with the Sonos upgrade, so I can reproduce any movie using my BD 4k Player. I’ve seen again Gladiator and Interstellar and the sound was amazing. The issue I have now is the following. I was thinking in buying a new LG OLED 77 inches series C of 2021, but I read that they don’t support anym

So I just tried to open Sonos Radio HD again and am getting the annoying error that I’m already subscribed (which is true) but the app acts like I’m not.If I try to manage my subscription in the app it just shows the screen as if I’m not subscribed, but when pressing “Try it now” I get the following screenshot: So the app tells me I’m subscribed, but doesn’t show me the Radio. When I press ‘OK’ in the above alert I get the following screenshot after a couple of seconds: And afterwards nothing happens and I still can’t listen to Sonos Radio HD. If I go to the radio menu then I just see it as if I’m not subscribed.So pretty annoying, how to fix this?

Hello,Is it possible to connect Beam with iMac with a cable Thunderbolt/HDMI ?How does it works?Can I have 5.1 from a blu ray with this system?Thanks 

Hi!  I’m looking for recommended wired sub that match sonance outdoor speakers. I’ve a Sonos Amp wired to Outdoor Sonance Speakers in my living room so the sub doesn't necessarily have to be outdoor ready, plus I'm looking for an aesthetically pleasing solutionthe sub has to be hardwired because sometimes I connect my mixer and turntables to make DJ sets, otherwise I wouldn't hesitate to buy a Sonos Sub (I already have one)thanks in advance for any suggestion

Mac user here. My desktop is an iMac running Monterey 12.2.1. My music library is on a Mac Mini running Sierra 10.12.6 which I have not yet upgraded because it works fine for what it is supposed to do.Anyway, I recently started ripping some new CDs using the program XLD. I now have a folder on my iMac desktop full of FLAC audio files. Using the Sonos Mac app, I have added that folder to my Sonos music library which sees the folder but sees no available files inside that folder. Specifically, when I open that folder it says “No selections are available.” Sonos does see the iTunes and Music libraries on the iMac and Mini and the files within them.So my question is, does Sonos need to be specifically pointed at a library and not just a folder of audio files?thanks in advance for any help/advice,dpc

Hi there everybody. I have two Sonos Roam and some cabled Sonos (One, One SL, …) and I seem to have a problem with alarms on Roams.Sometimes (not every morning) the alarm won’t turn on on Roam. It doesn’t play the chimes, either, so it’s not an Internet connection issue.The strangest thing is this: in the Sonos app, the Roam device is not even offline since I can see it, but the status led is off. As soon as I press play the led turn on and the music starts to play. So it seems that the Roam is connected, online but with the led off and the alarm not started!After the occurrence I try to set another alarm, put the Roam in stand-by and wait. And then the alarm works!In my experience, this happened with the Roam only, with the Ones I sometimes had the chimes instead of the music, but the alarm always worked.I’ve sent the diagnostic 1074509429. The alarm was set to turn on at 6:40 AM (Central European Time), roughly one hour before the end of the diagnostic. The Roam is called “Cameretta”

I have a Samsung smart tv that has optical drive and hdmi earc and hdmi arc compatible to sonos arc.I was searching through google and youtube how to get the sonos arc to work on a mixer but i dont find any possible solution on how to get this set up before actually buying the mixer because it will be a waste of money if the set up doesn’t work on my sonos arc and smart tv. I was planning to buy this sound town mixer https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Town-Channels-Microphone-Microphones/dp/B086WY6Y34?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1 to connect on my sonos arc will this actually work if i connect the tv optical audio output to this mixer and then i connect the mixer optical drive to sonos arc via HDMI optical drive adapter. Does anyone tried this setup before? Can u please help me on any suggestions that might work on sonos arc to mixer to TV.

He All Greetings’’ Can anyone please tell me  Apple feature (Siri) works on Sonos any product, Specially Sonos One or One SL.  Please suggest….  Regards 

I was told by sonos support that arc requires 2.4 g wifi (approx 90 mbs) and will not work on 5g. Does that mean that my TCL TV needs to also be on 2.4g, i.e. the same wireless network.if so, this seems like a major limitation, since the TV supports 5g.(approx 400 mbs). I understand 5g is better for 4K streaming, etc.Please let me know if Im missing something.

Does anyone know what the latest March Sonos S2 App Update included? There is no info on the Sonos Website under release notes. Thanks in advance for any answers 

Hi, I’m new in the community room. I would like connect all of my “OLD” devices to “NEW” speakers. The reason why I chose the Sonos is the wireless possibilities (no need the audio wire to the rear speakers). Unfortunately Sonos does not the right support, hundreds questions in a community forum are the result.I drew the system I want to have, but I’m in doubt, what Sonos (or other) central unit should I use. Please, can anyone help me and advise the right system setting ? TX a lot. 

everything was working great until the new update, now sound quality is crap. Sounds like I connect two cans together with string. I updated the speaker wire to 16 gauge and nothing. I called and they ran diagnostics and said nothing was wrong. Using Martin Logan Motion 2 speakers that were working great until about 3 weeks ago, when I get a notification to update. I’ve factory reset the amp and reset everything.

Hi.  I bet this has been covered before but I couldn’t find a definitive answer, so sorry in advance.  I have an Arc, play 1 x 2 and a sub.  If i watch The Netflix app through Appletv  the Sonos app shows multi channel pcm 5.1.  When I watch through the Sony tv native app it shows Dolby digital plus 5.1.  To my ears the pcm format is quieter and not as crisp as the DD+.  Why is the same content on the same streaming service different between the two devices?  Thanks.

Can I link 4 Sonos One SL speakers? And in the future, can I add those ones to a ARC bar and sub for a HT? 

I’ve got a bunch of Sonos speakers in my house that I love, tied to a paid Amazon Music subscription. In the last couple months Alexa has started to mix up music requests.  If I say something like “Alexa, play songs by The Beatles,” the system will play one song by the Beatles, then a piece of classical music, then another song by the Beatles, then a song by Billy Joel and so on. Sometimes it doesn’t even play a song by the Beatles to begin with: it’ll just play something that seems vaguely related, like Bob Dylan.  It’s as if I’ve got an invisible music queue somewhere that’s getting new requests mashed in among the old ones whenever I ask Alexa to play something. When Alexa is playing music, though, the queue in my Sonos app isn’t available. I’ve tried clearing my Sonos queue when Alexa isn’t playing, and that doesn’t seem to help.  Any ideas? Connectivity is good, and every other feature of the system is working as expected. 

I currently use airplay on iPhoneX to send FLAC files with FlacBox to Sonos. The iPhone storage of 256GB is getting small, so thinking of going with portable music player such as Astell&Kern, but those players don’t seem to have airplay.I am looking for portable player with >=1TB storage, can create FLAC playlists, has decent built in DAC (better than DragonFly cobalt), and can play playlist wirelessly to Sonos (airplay? Any other option?). Any recommendations?I could go with iPhone13, but prefer getting rid of the dongle DAC for headphone listening.