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I have a client who wants to use the TV speakers AND the sonos amp in wall speakers. They will be controlling with apple TV remote. Can any TV models output sound via ARC and TV speakers? If so, how would the apple TV remote handle this? I have tried multiple times to get sound bars as this would solve everything but he will not do it.

Hello,A favorite uncle of mine who does not have much of a gift for listening is avidly listening to tennis news and other related stuff all the time,  and being his favorite nephew I'd like to get him Sonos speakers to make his hearing more enjoyable. My experience with Sonos has been wonderful, so I would be interested in finding any good Sonos speakers he can put on his TV to enjoy tennis matches, news and other things with a clear voice.See you:)

Hello- I just moved into a house after 15 years of condos and I want to maximize the space/sound.   We have an open floor plan on the first floor and listen to music a ton.  I am debating between these 3 Items and this is mostly for music: 1- Sonos Architecture In-Wall Speakers2- Sonos Arc by the TV above the fireplace (had a company come out and they said this would be the best sound and easiest to install)3- Beam by the tv I do have a bunch of one’s I can connect as well that could provide more sound.   Would welcome any feedback on best ideas/sound.   

I regularly check the built in Smart apps to see if Atmos support has been added, The built in Apple TV app now supports Atmos over Dolby Digital + which is good news. Apple Music app hasn’t been updated to support Atmos as yet. also tested AppleTV 4K (gen 1) still does not seem to support Atmos over DD.+

Hi guys, so I’d like to know why the apple HomePod mini has a wider soundstage than the Sonos roam? In this photo I have attached, the Apple HomePod mini is on the left and the Sonos Roam is on the right. I heard the sound test too and played it on my Sonos play 5. The details in the song tracks seem to be wider and more present on the apple HomePod mini. But does anyone know why though? I was hoping the Sonos roam would blow the Apple HomePod mini out of the water with its sound quality but that does not seem to be the case. Very comparable sound quality it’s seems. It seems the apple HomePod mini is a little better for music with its wider soundstage.    

I am interested in getting of their consoles (the standard) with vinyl and Sonos integration.  curious if you can link up a Sonos sub to it? I realize you can play Sonos music through it, and I assume it is using something like a Sonos amp to pull that off.   Curious if you can add to their speakers with a sub or even rear speakers.  

Hi folks.My current setup is:-a) Sony 65” X90Jb) Sonos Arc + Sub - connected to the TV’s HDMI 3 (default ARC/eARC) and set to Enhanced Format with Dolby Vision. Connected via the HDMI cable supplied together with the Sonos Arcc) Nvidia Shield TV Pro - connected to HDMI 1I’ve trouble getting Dolby Atmos from the Netflix (Ultra plan) on both the TV and Shield, Sonos app shows that I’m getting just Dolby Digital Digital Plus 5.1.I can confirm the TV audio settings are set to:-Speakers: Audio SystemAuto System Prioritization: OnA/V Sync: OneARC Mode: AutoDigital Audio Out: Auto 1Dolby Digital Plus Output: Dolby Digital PlusPass Through Mode: AutoWhat would seem to be the problem? I’ve tried the various suggested fix (e.g. setting it to just ARC instead of eARC) but none seems to help.@Sonos Support Team - I’ve submitted a diagnostic report (#1038112445)

Klopt het een SONOS MOVE eigenlijk enkel vlot communiceert met een i-phone? Ik erger mij te pletter aan de gebrekkige samenwerking van mijn SONOS en mijn Fairphone. Is it right you should have an i-phone to enjoy SONOS MOVE? My Fairphone (the only smartphone I want to use) doesn’t agree with SONOS. Why didn’t anybody tell me that before?

I am setting up some outdoor speakers for my pool area. Additonally, I sometimes also set up a projector outside, plug a chromecast in and stream sports. For audio, I had a 3.5mm cord to connect the projector to a cheap portable speaker. That said, Im hoping to take advantage of the outdoor speakers for audio. I purchased a nice Onkyo receiver, with the plan being to to plug a chromecast to the receiver, have it power the the speakers, and use a wireless hdmi transceiver I own to get video to the projector.  THEN someone mentioned Sonos and Im down a rabbit hole and looking for suggestions.  My assumption is I still need the receiver bc of the streaming video to the projector part. Using a port to involve the sonos ecosytem (add soundbar that i can move between the projector and my actual home tv) is out it seems bc Im reading there would be a huge delay.  Is that correct? Would connecting the outdoor speakers via Amp (not connected to the receiver) then a Port to the receiver (for han

Hello all, I recently added the Sonos Arc to go with the Sonos One SLs and Sonos Sub, and while I’m happy with how the bass sounds, I’ve noticed a heavy amount of sibilance with “ess” sounds from the Arc that I am unable to correct.  I’ve run Trueplay numerous times, turned Trueplay on and off, and adjusted EQ with no success.  Loudness is off and turning it on makes no difference. Is this a common problem with the Arc and are there any suggestions on how to correct this?

I just bought a new Samsung QLED 43Q64A TV (to replace a 5Y old Samsung). Connection through optical with my sonos playbase works fine. However I noticed that even when the TV is switched off, it keeps the optical connection. Hence I get the below message every time I want to use to sonos music App. Could we not just get rid of this message in the app ? If I switch on the App I know it will use the interface...no need to remind me or ask me “If I am sure”...Of course Samsung should release the port when the TV is off...(as it worked with the old TV) 

I can’t find anywhere this has been requested before, which I find surprising. I think there should be the ability to select multiple rooms when configuring an alarm. Yes I know you can select to include grouped rooms.  But this relies on someone checking that rooms are grouped correctly before going to bed.  We have tried and failed to do this consistently in a busy household - it’s not a satisfactory solution. The alarm should have the ability to group rooms to achieve the desired outcome. We have tried setting the same alarm up in multiple rooms, but this produces an impossibly pronounced echo effect!!

I’m considering buying a set of Play 3’s since they are available for around $100 used, but I’m wondering how much longer they will be usable. I use S2 to control my beam, sub, move, and connect. It sounds like the way Sonos handles these situations is they will eventually stop supporting it and stop providing updates, then one day certain services may stop working when the streaming services like Spotify are updated to a newer technology than the Play 3 can handle. Or will Sonos just brick the Play 3 and offer people a discount to upgrade? If I can get 2 or 3 years out of the Play 3’s it’ll probably be worth it.

Do i need to add a Sub or can i just connect two One SL’s to my Arc for surround sound? 

Hi I have been going through blogs and researching online how to figure this out. I am trying to connect my arc to my projector screen to stream with my firestick. After researching I learned you needed a matrix switch box (a few different names to it). I was able to connect my projector screen and arc using this switch and I plugged the firestick directly to the matrix box. The issue is there is no sounding coming from the arc now. I can see my firestick is working off the projector but no sound and I am completely stuck here, any recommendations? 

Youtube is basicly free but it looks like that Sonos app do not accept free account. So we need to pay Youtube Premium to be able to play music with Sonos. Did Sonos think about its customers by adding the option to sync the image of the video to cast it in our smart TVs?

Sonos first came to market at the perfect time, they were not the first, or possibly the best at the time, but they brought desirable products to the market at a time when people were willing to spend good sums of money for reliable, high quality products. In particular they were the best solution for people who wanted to stream their existing digital audio collection at the best quality, Sonos devices supported network streams of uncompressed of audio and also supported uncompressed FLAC files for even higher quality. This is why I and so many other customers invested thousands in Sonos hardware.But times move on….Over the years Sonos has failed to innovate in their primary arena of products which used to be the market leader in the highest quality audio and which justified their high price tag and in doing so have ditched their cash cow users. Instead they have put all their resources into online streaming services (sacrificing quality and alienating their core userbase), creating ni

I recently started a free trial of Apple Music. I have an iTunes library of about 32,500 tracks which are currently being uploaded to the Apple Music cloud.I have downloaded a couple of albums from Apple Music which appear in my iTunes library and in the Apple Music library, but, do not appear in the main Sonos library.Is this usual? 

my s1 controller has not worked on my Mac for a while now. works fine on my iPhone I have not changed my router or any settings. 

Does anybody have any direct comparisons between the Beam and Yamaha YAS209?I can’t decide whether the Yamaha with it’s separate sub will outperform the Beam. I would consider adding IKEA Symfonisk to the Beam as surrounds but the budget does not stretch to the Sonos sub. Yamaha is £319 atm and Sonos £399 + 2 x£89 for a pair of Symfonisks.  Existing user of a Sonos One (love it) and have an old Yamaha TSS15 5.1 theater setup for TV which has served well over the years, so wanting to move forwards from this. TIA  

Can I use the Sonos Move to listen to programmes on an LG smart tv ? 

I have a pair of Fives that are used exclusively for listening to music. They’re hooked up to a turntable and a dedicated CD player. The Fives can go really low. That said, would I gain much if I added a subwoofer into the mix?Thoughts?

This is going to be a controversial post but I believe it needs to be discussed.. I have both the move and the roam and I love them both.  Every time I take a trip I beg myself to bring the move but I look at my backpack I have to carry on the airplane and the weight of the move and the roam always wins…Then, I get to my hotel room and fire up the roam and start playing music and somehow I miss my speakers at home and wish I had taken the move.Size is everything and I know there is only so much sound a small little lightweight speaker can provide.. so I ask the question, can any other speaker in the size footprint and price range of the roam deliver better sound? I come from the Bose world and replaced my soundlink 2 with the roam and it definitely sounds better than the Bose but still lacking for me…

Hi, I have a 24” touchscreen monitor built into the wall (Mainly to scroll through a photos screensaver).More a question to Sonos tech’s or designers, can there be touchscreen mode/option in the Sonos windows settings?The size of the volume and track playing is terrible to adjust with a touch finger.!  I cant slide to well with my finger but the tapping on the volume bar makes it move a little each tap.Even selecting songs could be better.Sort off like the Sonos phone app,,, or just making the volume bar longer and tracking bar longer for finer adjustment across the top of the player. Bigger buttons and menus too would be great?Thanks.! 

I have iPhone XR 14.6i installed it and set up 2 sonos one speakers. It does the setup and then asks to register and update. But then it is unable to do it and says unable to update at this time. Upon multiple tries, same result occurs.I click ‘will do later’ but then I keeps showing that speakers need updating. Then I try to go back to update, and then it starts crashing, saying unable to connect. if I give up and go to it again some other time, it is not even able to connect to Sonosite and just stop working. I have uninstalled and installed multiple times without any result. At the moment, these speakers are dud to me. Need some sorting out.I have tried this on iPhone max as well 14.6 and same result occurs.