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I have two sonos one in stereo configuration, would it be a good idea to complement it with a sonos five?  I don't want to buy the sonos sub, so I am considering a sonos five to increase the bass.

My Sonos Beam connected to Samsung Q80T tv disconnects on average once every 20 minutes. When this happens it reverts back to TV speakers. It will either reconnect again after a few minutes or I have to disconnect and reconnect the HDMI.I spent an hour on the phone speaking to tech support and sent a number of diagnostic reports immediatly after it happened, but none of the suggestions worked. Has anyone else had this issue? I am wondering if the speaker could be deffective.

Used to love my Sonos System. “Software Upgrades” has now brought me to despair.Only HP can do worse with flood ware. The processor capacity of my original products used to be fine. Now has useless Airplay (I have absolutely no desire for any Apple product) been forced upon my Sonos stuff. It has all been allocated as none worthy of support, by being grouped in S1. I have no desire to talk to or have conversations with the stuff that plays my radio and Tidal. Upon an “upgrade” did I end up with two Android Tablets and two pc CR 200 - no longer worthy of Sonos use!!!The time that I have wasted on getting my two CR200 to reconnect, exceeds by far the time that it took me to build a Rasberry Pie Player that handles 24bit at a far better sound quality. Rasberry players can be set up as syncronized multi room players as well.Please bring some confidence back in my investment in 10 Sonos units.Easter greetings to my fellow S1 Sonos owners from-Hoeg.

I see so many threads here on installing Sonos Amp/Connect Amp inside and run speaker wires outside. Have any one successfully ran this box outside in an outdoor rated enclosure with appropriate heating/cooling ? any suggestions appreciated. I totally get it this box is not outdoor rated for winter especially..but wondering if peeps have found a solution to make it work

Hi,I have a Sonos Play One and Philips Hue spots in the bathroom. I want to be able to autoplay a Sonos Favorite (Radio Stream) whenever the bathroom lights are switched on and of course, when lights are off the music stops.I can’t seem to find a way. I have a Hue Bridge, Google Assistants (Sonos speakers) around the house. Tried IFTTT and Yonomi with no luck.Anyone?

I know there’s threads of this but it’s blowing me away how any blu rays I buy have DTS audio and the Sonos Arc system doesn’t support it, it’s really mind blowing honestly.  There are so many people complaining of this here and elsewhere so obviously it’s not like it’s a minor inconvenience.  Is there not any possible way this could be added in the future Sonos?   Come on, do it.

Ok after several weeks of this I can shareStart moan.While the idea that ALL iot devices should sit on an iot vlan SONOS resists that to its maximum. The iot vlan only has one basic change over a standard LAN in this instance (was planning on tightening up further later) was that ONLY the HOME network could open connections to the IOT vlan not the other way around. Changing the wifi  that Sonos uses is a a REAL PAIN INTHE ASS and you have to allow up to 2 hours per SONOS device to do it. It will require following instruction that do not work, Press and Hold these two buttons until you hear a chime, after 60 seconds no chime, start all over again. Connecting to SONOS wifi - failed move closer to device - ANY CLOSER and I would be INSIDE the SONOS. These games will go  one for a few hours - with 7 devices changing the WIFi took two days!!! It should NEVER be this hard. Once completed AIRPLAY & Alexa works great between networks but SONOS stubbornly refuses to work at all for playing

Hello - I have the new Sonos amp and have plugged an spdif switch into the hdmi port via the spdif to hdmi cable and I have a phono preamp plugged in to the rca inputs. I have autoplay turned on for both the line in and for the TV. Based on searches in this community it sounds like the TV will always win out. I think this explains why even when I turn off my phono preamp and back in again and play a record the line in is not auto playing. So, my question is, is there an alternate way to get the line in to play other than many clicks on my iphone to dial up line in (this assumes I didn’t forget my iPhone upstairs)? It would be great if there was someway to do it with a button press on the amp similar to how I can hold the play button to join the most recent speaker already playing.  Or, am I missing something with autoplay and is it not behaving as expected? Thanks in advance. Matt

Long time Sonos user here. I have an old ZP90 (first gen Connect/Port) and slowly it seems like my ZP90 is slowing down or not connecting at all at random times ever since the S1 and S2 platform integration.   What i don’t understand is why the latest Connect remains so damn expensive for a “Line out” box.  From the outside looking in from a consumers perspective: Though apples to oranges, fundamentally the Play5 and other Sonos products offer similar network/wireless capabilities as they are relatively the same Sonos internal infrastructure and computer proprietary integration, Ethernet ports, Line in, etc. Those products offer much more by being indeed a multi speaker device with drivers that will produce you sound.  Great sound at that. The Connect and Port on the other hand is a Sonos enclosed box with a rear I/O panel, and with internals similar to whatever Sonos product lesser in price you want to name off. So Why such the mark up? Our feeling is Sonos somewhat penalizes those wh

The new update of the Sonos S1 app keeps nagging me to upgrade to S2 which I can’t do as it breaks my investiment into the Sonos infrastructure Play 5 Gen 1 etc. Can I turn this off? It’s constant nagging irritates the hell out of me and is starting to put me off using my Sonos products. Certainly will stop me buying more….. 

I need help please.  Reaching out to Avantree to fix my problem but getting no help with my new equipment.I have the QN55Q8FNA Samsung Smart TV which has both the digital audio access and the HDMI ARC access as well as Bluetooth and Wi Fi.  I have hearing loss, so I purchased the Avantree wireless headphones and the Avantree Orbit transmitter so my wife can hear the audio from the tv speakers or Sonos Beam soundbar whuch we just purchased, at her preferred level and I can hear through the headphones at my preferred level.  Until I purchased and added the Sonos Beam Soundbar, I could hear through the Avantree Headphones and my wife could hear the tv speakers simultaneously and she and I could watch tv together.  We decided to add the Sonos as an audio improvement over the tv speakers.  I’m very disappointed that I can get no help to remedy this!  Should I return the orbit and get the Oasis Plus model?  What should I do?  The Sonos Beam sounds great but I cannot get it and the Orbit to w

I’ve been using a sonos beam with my Q80T for about six months with zero issues.  Now out of no where starting a couple days ago, every time I turn on the TV, it’s switched back to using the TV speakers. Things I’ve tried:turning off/on anynet+ unplugging and replugging power to both beam and TV using a different hdmi port and cable factory reset on the TV  I’m still able to manually switch audio output to “hdmi receiver” but then if I turn the TV off and on, it’s back on TV speakers. And sometimes it seems like sound isn't even coming out of the sound bar when I manually switch to it. it’s incredibly frustrating and I’m not sure what else I can do to fix it. 

I am looking for best wireless speakers. A lot of document recommended KEF lsx , klipsch fives and naim muso qb... Why should I buy sonos five?

My dad has had a sonos system for many years, but his CR200 controller has stopped connecting. It asks him to press buttons on a sonos device to connect, but the CR200 then doesn’t find any devices.He has 3 speakers set up in his bedroom that connect wirelessly to a sonos bridge. The bridge is connected to the router via wired connection.He’s stumped as to why it won’t connect so asked me for help. From what I’ve read online it could be to do with whether the system is using sonosnet or not and needs one component to be wired to the internet. As the bridge is already wired, this doesn’t seem like it’s the problem. On the sonos app on his phone in settings it says sonosnet using channel 6, so I presume this is active as well.If there’s any solution to get it connected, would really appreciate it!

I’ve got 2 Play 1’s as surrounds with Arc . Will they play high res audio when I output full Music playback?Thanks

I used my 30% upgrade to purchase a White Sub to go with my 2xFives and Beam. It says it’s on backorder and it doesn't have estimated ship date, in fact they haven’t even charged my card yet. However, when I add a white sub to my cart without my 30% upgrade discount it shows the sub as in-stock ready to ship.Any idea why?I feel like refunding it, save my 30% upgrade for later and rebuying it at full price.

I know this has been posted multiple times in various scenarios.I bought this setup just under a month ago, the Arc TV, the Sub and a pair of One SL’s.I have a wired connection to the Arc, but the Sub and One SL’s are wireless.  I believe the Arc is acting wireless as well.The TV is an LG 60UJ6300-UA 60” 4K and it has a standard ARC HDMI port which I know may not support the bandwidth for Atmos. The network is run off of an ASUS AX-88U 5G network in an apartment and seems to have a strong signal, though I am considering trying a Boost to see if it is interference.The cut outs are fast, and can vary sometimes it is one or two cutouts, sometimes it is consistent and I have to turn everything off for it to stop.  It almost seems like a sync issue where everything drops and then re synchronizes and starts again.  I have changed the HDMI cable, changed the WiFi from 5G to 2.4G and back and changed to wired for Arc, tried adding a delay, and tried re-registering everything. Turning off CEC (

I have a question regarding the current situation regarding multi-channel LPCM with the Sonos Arc and the broken down-mixing from 4 to 2 surround channels. I know there's supposed to be a fix coming, but I've seen it again and again that such promises have been broken (not talking about Sonos, but tech companies in general). Also, a fix has been promised for four months now, and the longer it takes, the more likely it is that it will never be fixed – it’s apparently not so easy to fix.So I want to know what I'm getting into before buying the Arc + 2 One SLs as surrounds.I use an Apple TV, an Xbox Series X and soon a PS5 with an LG GX (eARC-capable). With consoles, I'd like to use 5.1 LPCM. With the Apple TV, everything should be output as what it is (Atmos as Atmos, 7.1 as 7.1, 5.1 as 5.1, 2.0 as 2.0), but I don't care if as bitstream or as LPCM.The question is: will the broken mix-down affect me with my setup?Can I set the consoles to output 5.1 LPCM and the Sonos Arc will play the si

HiI have a Sonos beam and last week after no problems at all I realised I was only receiving Stereo PCM when I was receiving Dolby 2.0 or 5.1 depending on the app or program etc.  I have fiddled around with the settings and it will let me change from stereo to multichannel bypass but I have to do this manually every time I turn the TV on. Very strange as I never had to do this previously. Any help or advice would be really great! Thanks Michael

Hi, we are moving and the new home lends itself to the in-ceiling speakers for home theater. right now, i have sonos play bar and sonos play:1’s as back speakers.  How would i connect the playbar and amp together for the sound.  Also, could i put the amp in another room and connect to playbar?  i am thinking of putting in room where the cabling runs will terminate.

I have been using SONOS since the product came out and am currently have a SONOS S1 based system. I have upgraded the AMPS but have three generation 1 Play 5’s that are preventing me form going to S2.  The total cost to upgrade to S2 is over 1K and I am having a hard time justifying the price to to the upgrade if I am not going to get a major benefit.  All of our music file are ripped to the FLAC format and stored on a SYNOGY DS1815+ NAS. The connection to the NAS is via the SMB1 protocol which they may not support when they release the SYNOLOGY DSM7.x update latter this year. In addition SMB1 is considered a security risk. I cannot get a answer form SONOS on how the S2 based products will access the NAS. My wife does stream some music from various sources but this is not the main source . UPDATE:I just looked at some other threads on the forum for some additional information on S2 and  and will NOT be taking the plunge to S2 anytime soon based on what has been posted so far. 

Just purchased a Sonos arc and about to buy a Samsung frame TV i am hearing that the arc won’t work properly with this tv . Can anyone advise . Thanks 

I have a new setup.  Sonos Arc + Sonos ceiling rears and Sonos sub with Sonos Amp.  Watching Freeview programs from TV, sound fine.  Watching Netflix from Roku stick via Arcana sound greatLast night watched Ammonite from TV Curzon Home and the sound was slightly echoey.  Why would that be?  Is there a cure for next time?Thanks

Will the Play 5make a difference if added to Arc+ 2 ones, and sub? 

Connection Phantom Gold Devialet to a Sonos System with Sonos Port : How to Manage the Delay ?Hello I have a sonos system with One sonos Move, 3 Sonos SL, 1 Sub and a sonos Port in which I have plug my Devialet Phantom Gold. Unfortunately there is a delay in the sound of my Devialet compare to the other speaker from sonos when I put them together. How I can fix that ? My objective is to play my Devialet WITH some other Sonos speakers. Is that possible with the Sonos Port ? (which is connected via the optic cable to the Devialet using a another connector RCA / optic )  Thanks a lot.