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It would be great if you could add apple airpods. There are times I am away from my speakers but want to listen to everything on my sonos.

Hello, I recently purchased the Sonos Beam on sale over Christmas, but I am considering returning it and purchasing a Playbase instead. I want a Sonos solution in my living room that can act both as my TV audio system and also be my primary music system in my living room. I am leaning towards going for the Playbase rather than the Beam as I feel it will give louder sound and more bass which will make it more suitable as a long term music solution. I have also found it for sale at £500 which is much more attractive than the usual £700. My main concern about the Playbase are: 1 - Lack of DTS Is this an issue and what exactly does it mean? I have seen numerous review raising the lack of DTS and Atmos as being a big omission in a system this expensive. What is the general consensus on this? What does not having DTS actually mean? And what is the drawback, what features does a Playbar or Playbase user miss out on as a result? 2 - Possible upcoming Playbar refresh

Play 5 volume fades in and out???? Any one else had this problem or can recommend a fix ? It’s 4 years old and up until 2/3 weeks ago it’s been rock solid. Thanks in advance for any help.

HI guys, proud owner of a Beam and Sub combo that works very well indeed but I felt that the beam could be so much more. I've been looking at the new Sennheiser with its atmos and Dolby + 3D production out of one bar and the Beam seems to be lacking somewhat. I think there is probably a good market for another soundbar that encompasses Sono's functionality and easy with a higher end and louder product with multiple inputs. I had a sales guy say that there possibly going to be some changes mid year where he works and were hopeful for a new product. Anyway better go as I've had a few and may not be making to much sence. cheers Paul

I need a Sonos expert in the Cumming or Alpharetta ga Area. Can someone please recommend someone . I have called to sonos support and been on the phone for up to 2 hours with no satisfaction . Thanks in advance Rory Moderator edit: Removed phone number

Hi I'm a user of several Sonos speakers from Sri Lanka. recently I have purchased a Sonos One (2nd gen) from amazon via a delivery agent (myus.com). My speaker has arrived and held at customs pending clearance. since it's a wifi enabled device I am required to furnish the following technical details to the Telecommunication and regulatory commission of Sri Lanka for them to issue me a approval letter. Frequency Tx Output (in dBm) Antenna Gain since the available technical specs from the website does not include the required details, I wrote to Sonos support team to obtain those details. They tell me that they are not available and Sonos would not tell me as it's sensitive information. Could someone here will be give me the answers to the above 3 parameters re: Sonos One (2nd gen) ...? Thanking in Advance Buddhika Senasekera

Is anyone aware of a visualizer for now playing in a future release of the sonos program? Or any third party ways of showing this? I would love during parties to have like a visualizer showing what's now playing or like a fanart to display on my tv or computer or whatever. I've attached a picture of an example from XBMC which has this feature in the program (looks awesome!) Thanks in advance, -Mike M.

As of 06/01/19 "MacRumors" is reporting that Apple is planning on dropping iTunes. I use iTunes to: Copy/rip cd's to the iTunes Library Organize my music (500+ cd collection) in playlists with album covers etc. Transfer the same to iPhone. playback on Mac and iPhone copy the same library with play lists and album covers, to WD NAS for Sonos library. Does anyone know of a decent product that allows me to keep doing the same, and works for MAC/IOS. Free or 1 time reasonable purchase is acceptable I know this is a similar topic from a few years ago, but wanted to re-ask the question and identify the specific requirements. Thanks

Greetings, After a Sonos system update ran inadvertently (this morning) by a user on one IOS device, I can no longer use a 7-year old iPad because its IOS version is 9.3.5. Here is the message I got: "The software on this device is outdated. To keep the music playing, update the operating system or use a different mobile device with Sonos." IOS 9.3.5 is the latest version running on this iPad. The user ran the update without any incompatibility warning; he just did not know. I am really upset and frustrated with this latest Sonos update. I have been a Sonos user since 2011 and until today, I was quite pleased with my system (7 Sonos devices on two different sites.) The ability to control it with different phones and tablets was a great feature; I do not necessarily control it with the latest phone. My hardware has not changed; there is no reason why a system that worked perfectly has suddenly one of its components become obsolete because of a software update.

Sonos Support article 3402 reads in part "Only one remote can be programmed to control the Sonos home theater speaker at a time." Anyone know why this would be? I am hoping to find a workaround if anyone has one to use two remotes concurrently. Want to know WHY I want this? Read on... We use a smart TV based on the Amazon Fire TV Edition system. The TV has its own remote (of course) that includes the very solid Alexa-based voice recognition capability. The Fire TV Edition is an OS that acts like an umbrella with various streaming and (one) cable service hanging hanging from it. Under this umbrella we utilize the tightly couple Amazon Prime service and also the less tightly connected offerings from Netflix, HBO Go, and Comcast Xfinity (which includes live content, streaming content, and recorded content on the Comcast DVR). Here is the problem When we are at the umbrella level (e.g. the Amazon Fire TV Edition OS), or within Amazon Prime, the TV's remote is absolutely

I have a playbar mounted to the wall on one TV and just purchased a beam for my other TV. I am using a mantel mount (TV can swing down about 30"). The mantle mount has a soundbar bracket in which the two screw holes of the Beam fit perfect. I just need the mounting screw size that fits the scree holes in the Beam. I thought they thought be included but they weren't. I can always luv the beam to hardware store and try a bunch but thought I would ask in case someone else already figured it out. Maybe there is a standard size for these? Thanks

I have an older Samsung Tablet GT-P7510) at the moment running Android 4.0.4. It's based in the kitchen used for family stuff. I thought it would be obvious to use this tablet also as a Sonos controller running the Sonos app, but... (and I am aware others have described this problem, but I have not yet found an acceptable solution..). The Sonos app will not run, saying it needs a newer Android version, but when I try to do a software update, I am told there is no new update available. Since using another device is not an option (or rather I do that also), I think I have three options: Somehow upgrade the Android from anther source than the Play store, but is that possible, will it work, will it be stable? Somehow downgrade the Sonos controller app to a version that works with the Android version I have, but is that possible and where would I find older versions? Find a third-party app or a web based service for controlling my Sonos system but do they exist, do they work? This

Hello Let’s talk about Wi-Fi the Internet and how Sonos interacts with both. I invite other knowledgeable members to offer their opinions. First here are Wikipedia definitions of the Internet and Wi-Fi: The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephony, and file sharing. Wi-Fi or WiFi is technology for radio wireless local area networking of devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. Wi‑Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which restricts the use of the term Wi-Fi Certified to

I currently have an 4 zone ABUS audio system. Basically a main hub upstairs, CAT6 run to (4) individual keypads, speaker wire ran to (2) ceiling speakers in each room from the keypads. I want to be able to control each zone speaker level and audio signal independently. From what I've read I could accomplish this with the SONOS connect amp. But to do this on (4) different zones I would need to have (4) Connect Amps. Is there not some multizone connect amp? Any ideas would be helpful. I'm not interested in changing my existing speakers out in the ceiling.

I am looking for separate piece of hardware to control my Sonos system. I keep seeing ads for Nuimo. What can you actually do with this device? Is it just play/stop or can you actually select various types of music sources? Also, is there way to hardwire the unit to avoid have to charge it so often? Please let me know. Thanks.

Hi Guys, So I recently got a Beam when I traveled to Germany (can't buy it where I live, no dealers). Now, I found something on the ads, a guys is selling a Sub for 500 euro, but I could probably bargain it down even more. The problem is that is still a whole lot of money. The Beam I bought was on sale that day, so I go it for 388 euro, minus the tax return I got, coming to about ~330 euro. But the Sub is really a lot of money. Really a lot. How big is the benefit? I listen to music on Beam, and I watch movies (via Plex and Netflix, and I really miss DTS!!!). Will it be transformative enough to justify that much money? I'm planning on 2 satellites when Ikea starts selling Symfonisk Book Shelf speakers in August. In the meantime, what is your experience in combining Beam with Sub? I live in an apartment building, so I can't really let "go" too much. I've read somewhere that by offloading bass, you get better mids and highs. Does it mean better soundstage and directionalit

I have a Sonos PlayBar connected to my Sony TV. I use Comcast. I'm considering getting a TiVo. It uses an IR remote. I want to control my PlayBar directly as I do with the Comcast remote. The TiVo remote is programmable. Can I do this?

Seems many of us Sonos folks would love to have the ability to add wireless weather resistant speakers to our systems. Outdoor living areas are extremely popular and music makes these areas even better. Outdoor WiFi extenders are available which would allow a wireless connection to a Sonos system. The Sonance system requires wires and is too expensive. Come on Sonos this is a no brainer as we live in a wireless world.

I am not sure if this has been proposed befrore, but I did not find any related threads. I am running into the problem to quickly/easily adjust the Sonos volume from my Windows 10 computer (context: sound source via line-in). If I want to do this task, I need to launch the controller, wait a few seconds, then shift the mouse to the respective Sonos window, and adjust the volume. The aspect I dislike the most is that I need to open a window just in order to change the volume. What I am suggesting is an icon next to the Windows system volume icon on the right side of the Windows task bar (next to the clock). When you click it, it should work exactely like the Windows system volume slider - an up/down slider for the Sonos volume -- potentially with multiple sliders representing multiple speakers and overall volume (and potentially let the user select which speakers appear in this menu, i.e. those speakers she/he controls frequently from that computer). Thanks for considering thi

I have come to accept that Sonos do not see an immediate future in offering support for high resolution audio files due to hardware limitations etc. I also am not concerned with whether or not high resolution audio files sound better than their redbook counterparts. It is however an unfortunate fact that some masters of some albums have been treated with better care and attention, and/or optimised for a high fidelity listening environment, and these are often only available digitally in a high resolution format. I'm sure I am not the only Sonos customer to have purchased some of these files, and it's extremely annoying to hit play on a track only to be greeted with silence and a minor glitch. My request is to enable some sort of downsampling technology at a software level so that the resulting file which is ultimately streamed to one's Sonos speaker is at whatever the nearest maximum supported bitrate/sampling rate is. I guess much like Bluetooth's SBC codec.

I had a nice AV receiver that recently bit the dust. Wondering if I need a new one or if I can simply replace it with Sonos. I have all all wired speakers in the ceiling. Any ideas would be super helpful! Thanks!

Hi Alot of interesting reading here about concerned vinyl- people thinking about doing whats been feeling so wrong all these years, digitilization. I went to a sonos dealer today to try to ease my troubled mind. Planned setup is Rega rp3 - phono stage- cable to play 5. Phono stage thoughts are on a Heed questar. Later probably another play 5 wirelessly. I have been worried about a drop in sound quality, but reading here told me I should not worry too much. The dealer told me there was no use going for a better phono stage because play 5 wouldnt care about riaa quality because of the digitilization process. He recommended basic Pro ject Phono Box mm. What do you think, does phono stage quality matter?

We found ants in our living room near the Sonos. When we looked closer they were coming out of the mesh front, sides and bottom. It's past the warranty so took it apart and found this. Not fun. Sprayed without spraying important parts and cleaned thoroughly. Still works. Now in the freezer for an overnight. Why does this happen so often? Ugh. We had our sitting on the floor - not a good idea.

Has anyone placed connect amp outdoors in a weather proof protective case? I wonder if a closed case would cause the unit to overheat.

I am an industrial electromechanical tech and was thinking that this system would be perfect for many day to day functions beyond just music. voice time clock with option to configure how often. one could also have app to connect into your android phone that could read allowed using speech engine notifications (email alerts, msgs from phone, social updates etc). make a wired/wireless door bell module. music follow me function easy click or auto room detection there are many things this could become.