Spaces & Setups

Sinds kort reageerde mijn Sonos one niet meer op mijn vragen. Voorheen kon ik altijd vragen om radio NPO5 te spelen maar dan krijg te horen dat er een fout is opgetreden. Ook spreekt de sonos one als ik wat vraag dan weer in het Engels en dan weer in het Nederlands.  Ik heb alles gereset. Ik gebruik de Google assistent zowel in mijn telefoon ( S24 FE ) als op mijn sonos en toch blijft ze de opdrachten in het Engels uitvoeren. Ook heb ik de talen in het Nederlands gezet in Home. Voorheen ging het altijd goed maar de laatste tijd veel problemen. Ik hoop dat jullie misschien een oplossing hebben.Mvg Ad Trompert  

Can someone tell why even SONOS is playing these gambling ads? You can't get away from them! You'd think Sonos would have enough conscience.   

There are other closed threads for this, most say disable battery saver.And I had been sure to do so.But just now I turned ON battery saver and my roam is happily sitting on the table playing even after 45 minutes off the charger.Go figure!Thought I should share since I was seriously annoyed by shutting down after half hour off base, it was always a mission just to turn it on again too.

Hi all. I have the sonos arc (not ultra), sub gen 3 and two ones for my rear speakers, I am wanting to get more from the speakers coming from the rears for my movies as I've just got a 4k player so would love to hear all the atmos effects behind me etc. I don't really listen to music on the setup just tv and movies so would it be worth upgrading the pair of ones to a pair of era 300s? Many thanks for any help and advice. Mike 

Would love to see Apple Music lyrics in the app 

I'm considering buying a pair of Sonos Era 100s as the start of a home network. I'd like to be able to start music (i.e. from Spotify or BBC Sounds) without using the app. Is there an option to do this, for example with the touch controls? I'm aware this could be done with voice commands but this isn't my preference. As a comparison, my Bluetooth headphones have a touch command for "Spotify Tap" which starts music without using needing to access an app. Is there such a function or work around with Sonos speakers?Thanks 

Hi - I’m Dan and I run Astiga, which is a streaming service for your own music. We recently shipped a new service into the Sonos platform which might be useful for anyone who wants to play their own, owned, music. Astiga streams your music library from cloud storage. This might mean streaming from Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or the like, or streaming from your own storage self-stored on a NAS at home, or hosted somewhere. We support most of the big services plus some standards like WebDAV and SFTP (and de facto standards like S3) for the rest.This means, when you add Astiga to your Sonos network, you can stream a music library from Google Drive (say) to your Sonos speakers. Astiga takes care of all the streaming and library management. In addition to streaming through Sonos, you can access Astiga directly and sync your devices with Astiga for offline mobile playback, and much more.Astiga streams in native quality - whatever is in your storage is what gets streamed. We also offer po

Hello, we are new to buying Sonos and we are struggling with how many speakers, placement, and which speakers can or should I choose(Arc 100?  Arc 300?.  The room is a great room with very high vaulted ceilings(10 feet to 22) and is 38’ by 22’ approximately 832 sq feet.  We will be placing a TV in the middle of the 22’ wall and are considering using a Arc Ultra sound bar under the TV.  We only have sidewalls in the space and then back wall, which is 38 feet away from where the TV will be.  In the perfect world, I would love to only have two speakers on the back wall(38 feet from the TV), as my wife really doesn’t want anything mounted on the wall or ceiling if possible.  My question is, given this room configuration, if we purchase the ultra soundbar and did ARC 100 or 300, would these sound approprirately?  Is the space too large just for a sound bar and 2 speakers?  Ive read that 2-3 are needed for a size 1000 sq feet or more.  Just so you know, we are not especially picky about havi

I really want to buy a Sonos but.... I'll want to use Alexa in English but I live in the NetherlandsI'm hearing conflicting information about it. Any advice? Which Sonos? Thanks  

Hi, I'm trying to update network settings, and the app says it can't update the Sonos One speaker without a factory reset. So, I go through the reset procedure from flashing orange/white while holding the Join button until I get a flashing green.Should that then be complete? The light refuses to change from flashing green to white or, indeed, anything else…...and when I try to resume updating I get the same message that a factory reset is required. Any ideas welcome!

I have a 20 x 20 living room with a TV centered on front wall. I am looking to create a good (doesn’t need to be superb) surround sound experience by using the TV and in ceiling speakers. Would prefer to avoid using a soundbar and in wall speakers. Could add a Subwoofer if recommended. Does anyone have input on this setup and placement of the speakers in the ceiling. Should there be two in front and two in back? Any advice would be appreciated.

Wouldn’t it be good if.. you could switch the soundbar (beam in this case) off when playing music?Ive a couple of one rears and a beam up front. For home theater it’s fine, but for music playback it puts too much through the soundbar. The ones sound far better as a stereo pair I think, even if you have the soundbar set on low. the app should have a preference setting, ie you can toggle what speakers are active for music and TV,, bit o’ refinement I think

In another post (which has been closed) the op asks about using a streaming player like wiim or eversolo with sonos.  The op asks if apple music can be streamed lossless.  A response post says that any sonos device with a line in can take 48bit music from the streaming device via the line in.  Since my arc doesn’t have line in, i’m trying to wrap my head around this.  I have arc and era 300s.  So in I route the line in into one era 300s, it will play the music over the entire room? (arc and eras) or just the 300 (s). If the music is spacial audio (or atmos), will it play it as such?

What I realized after playing the 7.1.4 test tone is that, despite the fact that the Sonos Era 100 has two tweeters facing opposite directions, it outputs sound from only one same tweeter when playing the side-channel and rear-channel test tones. The other one tweeter is not used... This is why playing the 7.1.4 test tone sounds like playing a 5.1.4. This is a waste of potential. If the side-channel and rear-channel were played from different tweeters, the channel separation would be much clearer. I suggest this. (The surround speakers of the LG S95TR and Samsung Q990 series soundbars also have separate tweeters for the side channels and rear channels.)

When watching Dolby Atmos videos, this configuration operates as 7.1.4, but the problem is that the soundbar's side-firing speaker output is so weak that it actually sounds like 5.1.4. https://download.dolby.com/us/en/test-tones/dolby-test-tones_7_1_4.mp4In fact, when playing Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 test tones and listening to the side channel test tones, the side-firing speakers are so weak that the side channel sound sounds like the rear channel sound. Not only the test tones, but also when you watch various movie contents, if you place the Era 100 behind the sofa, the sound that should be heard from the side does not come from the side but rather sounds as if it is coming from the rear. Therefore, I have the following request to the sound engineering team: When combined with the Era 100, please increase the volume output of the side-firing speakers.

So I bought a Beam gen 2 for my bedroom mounted on the wall on a Sonos wall mount. The soundbar is updated trueplayed and connected to a 2022 Apple TV. When testing the soundbar I immediately noticed that the voices are balanced towards the left side of the tweeter in the middle. There’s a midrange speaker on each side of the tweeter and this array I assume is responsible for the center channel. Not talking about the far left and right speakers. Now getting up close to the soundbar the “issue” becomes a lot more noticeable and when you’ve first noticed it it’s hard to ignore. I talked to Sonos support and told them about the issue and we decided to replace the unit.  New unopened box. I installed the unit hoping that the issue would be fixed but lo and behold the issue still exists. So now I start thinking that this is by design and that voices and main effects are played by the midrange on the left side of combined with the tweeter in the middle and the right midrange is somehow used

Where is the promised Android widget?I am fed up of being told it's coming, it's been over a year, it's ridiculous to have to open the app up just to skip a track or reduce the volume etc.I want my Widget back!

My HT system comprises a Sonos ARC, ERA 300’s and a SUB 3. TV is a new LG G5 77”. I am looking for a BR player to be used mainly for audio playback of Atmos and DTS discs.I have seen that the Panasonic  players are highly rated especially the ub820 and ub9000. The 9000 is a better constructed unit featuring superior audiophile-grade DACs and offers balanced XLR analog audio outputs. But as I am connecting my ARC using eARC then the analog section is not needed.Any comments or suggestions would be most welcome. Thank you.

I have high end stereo equipment and I have also used Sonos for years (since Sonos debuted).  I am looking to move all of my existing music which includes vinyl, CDs, and iTunes (from an old iMac) into a single, centralized location).  I have seen where some companies claim to be Sonos compatible streaming equipment that would allow me to upload all of my music into a single stereo component (some of the music is not found anywhere else to stream).Has anyone chosen to do this and, if so, I have 2 questions: Q1: What equipment did you use?Q2: Did you have a good experience  with streaming from that equipment wirelessly / bluetooth to play on your Sonos device(s)?

Hi everyone,I’ve got a TV mounted high up in the corner of my room (photo attached). I’m looking to add a Sonos soundbar, most likely the Beam (Gen 2), and possibly one or two Era 100s behind me for surround.Because of the corner position and the curtain/window nearby, I’m wondering: Would the Beam work well acoustically if mounted under the TV with a bracket? How much would the corner affect bass/Atmos? Are Era 100s behind the seating area a good idea for surround, and how should they be placed? I’d love to hear what others with similar setups recommend — whether I should stick with just a Beam, go Beam + rears, or even consider Arc instead - maybe even a sub? Thanks in advance!

Hi!I just upgraded my old Playbar with an Arc Ultra. I learnt the hard way ☹️ that my old Play:3s cannot be used as surround speakers with the Ultra. Poor research; I only blame myself… So, I will buy a pair of 100s or 300s. Of course, I crave the better Era 300 with Dolby Atmos and am leaning towards buying those. In addition to films, series and watching sports, I frequently listen to music in this setup. However, the part of the living room where these will be placed is not very large; 3.5m from sofa to TV and approx. 2.5m between the sorround speakers. I think I will need to wall mount the speakers and there are not that much space around them. See attached picture.  Any thoughts on whether the Era 300 is «overkill» in this setup? I can afford them, but am of course not eager to throw away the money if the 100s will give more or less the same sound experience given the rather small space I will use them in.  

Could SONOS also add a ‘default volume’ for ‘Home Theatre’ systems when the input is ‘TV’? AFAIK, all of these things are known to the system, so it should be possible.I’ve seen this discussed for over 10 years in various forms but I think this request is simpler and also necessary.TV’s have default volume settings for good reason - it is super useful!

Feature Request: Currently, for the Arc, there is no dedicated center channel nor controls. Additionally, when surrounds are used, the side-speakers of the Arc are disabled. I’d like to request the option to select simulated (current) or real surround. By real, I mean a dedicated center channel distinct from left and right channels. And when that option is selected, a wider sound stage can be achieved by NOT disabling the side-speakers. Call it ‘expert mode’ or something, but let US decide how to use the system as per our preferences and have tuning options for that.

I’m planning to add a Sonos Arc Ultra mounted to an 85” TV in my large master bedroom. Off to the side of the bedroom, there’s a small covered patio where we are able to see the TV.I’d like to add a speaker on the patio so we don’t have to crank up the Arc Ultra just to hear the TV outside. I already have a pair of outdoor speakers on the patio powered by a Sonos Amp, but since that setup still runs on the Sonos S1 controller, I can’t integrate them with the Arc Ultra (S2-only). That’s fine — the Amp system will remain separate. The new Arc Ultra will be used only for the TV in the bedroom. The patio speaker would not be used as a surround, just grouped with the Arc Ultra for TV audio. I do have AC power available outside. Question: Which Sonos speaker would be the best choice for this setup? Should I go with a Sonos Five, or is there another speaker better suited for this? 

Never fun to wake up one day and find Sonos doesn’t recognize any of your speakers. I have two Play:5 (Gen 1) speakers and two Play:1 speakers and all are running on the S1 app due to the Play:5s.None of them could be found by Sonos.  Unlike the S2 App Firewall message, there is no message other than no speakers could be detected. After hours of searching for answers and experimenting, I finally found a process that worked.A shout out to all you IT guys that say “Have you tried turning it off and then back on?”.  And by off, they mean unplugged…and by unplugged, they mean for 5 minutes. Unplug Modem and Router. Disconnect the Ethernet cable between Modem and Router. Let them sit for at least 5 minutes.  Unplug all speakers Plug in Modem, once completely rebooted, reconnect the Ethernet cable and  plug in Router  Starting with the Play:5, reset to factory settings by pressing the mute button while then plugging in the unit.  Keep mute button depressed until you see the alternating Orang