Spaces & Setups

We have a Beam (pretty sure it’s gen 2) in our living room and wondering what to prioritise adding, and which model of each to get:Sub: mini vs standard Era x2: 100 vs 300We listen to music via Spotify, watch films via Sky Q, and use our PS5. Would love opinions on whether it’s really worth going for full Sub and 300s vs Mini and 100s, or a mix and match eg 100s plus full Sub. Would also love opinions on which of the two (sub vs eras) will make a more immediate difference, if we didn’t want to buy all at once. Would also love advice on placement. Our room is 6m x 4m, and the TV+beam is currently against the left-hand 4m wall. Our sofa is in the middle of the room facing the TV directly, ~3m away from the TV. Should the Eras go directly behind each corner of the sofa, on stands in the middle of the room, or is it fine for them to go on the back wall 6 metres away from TV? Back wall would look better. 

Both of my ONE Gen2 Sonos speakers suddenly stopped working and will not power on. Have tried different outlets, etc. I just got them In May 2021.  Is this common lifespan for Sonos speakers??

Hey everyone,I saw this was partially covered on a previous thread, but since that was a couple of months ago I started a new one.Received my Era 300 about an hour ago today, and the back is not uniform at all, with a much bigger gap on the back plate on the top right hand side.This is very noticeable too, and whilst I appreciate this is not a new issue I am a little surprised it is still happening nearly 2 months after it was first reported.Called support and whilst on the phone to them I also noticed the grill at the top right has a similar gap, which you can push in, only to come back out a few minutes later.Support reassured me the next one should be good, but really, how can they promise this? Do they have a “good” batch and a “bad” batch?Lugging this box all the way to the pick up point tomorrow and hoping for the best.A bit of a fiasco, especially when I will be away soon and likely to take ages swapping the speakers but there you go.Whilst we are at it, any news on the front dr

Hi allI think I know the answer, but want to to tap the collective community brains for confirmation.7 years ago we set up a media wall for the TV and sonos Playbar paired qwith 2 Sonos play1’s as rear surrounds.  The TV and playbar are in a recessed wall unit.  The depth of the recess is 14cm.  The playbar is 10cm from the top of the recess, 10cm above the 55 inch TV.  The width of the recess is 1450mm (as per the attached pics)We needed this set up to ensure the TV was not too high and up unitl now, we’ve had no issues.  We are upgrading the TV and looking at upgrading the soundbar to take advantage of Dolby Atmos.Looking at the size and design of the Arc, it seems like it would be too close to the top and sides of the recess to be optimal.  I think it would still be 10cm from top and 15cm each side.So my question is, would we be compromising the benefits of the arc? Would the sound from the side and upwards firing speakers would get distorted.  In which case are we better sticking t

I have an arc bar. I would like to buy two speakers. I'm hesitating between fives and era300s. I use 50% music in stereo and 50% in home cinema.What do you recommend ?

Has anyone used something like this successfully to reduce audio delay? Right now I have a traditional mixer board and have tried several solutions but the RCA input delay/lag is quite annoying! Here is the HDMI mixer I found…https://www.soundtown.com/collections/microphone_systems/products/swm16-max I was thinking one of these setups below might work to reduce audio delay? Option 1Apple TV => Mixer => HDMI1 on TVThen use HDMI ARC output on TV => Sonos Amp Option 2Apple TV => HDMI1 on TV => Mixer via HDMI ARC Then Mixer => Sonos AMP via Optical&HDMI adapter For reference I currently have a Samsung Frame TV (if it matters)… What I don’t know is if option 1 will work since I'm not sure if the mixer is capable of arc passthrough? and then for option 2 I wasn’t sure if this would solve any of the delay issues I have or would it be the same problem with audio delays? I’ve done a bunch of searching on forums + reddit/etc but haven’t seen much new stuff on this topic… Th

Is there a way for the sonos engineers to allow trueplay for the era 300 when used as rears for home theater setup? I have android and would need an iPhone to do trueplay for everything. I could borrow an iPhone to do this but sometimes I need to reset these devices for it to work correctly and I would need to do the trueplay all over again.

Hi guys, A year ago when I moved, I fulfilled myself a long-held dream and got a Sonos multiroom sound system that I am really happy with. Also, this flat has a smart home system that, using KNX, operates everything from heating and light to sun blinds. To control it I can use wall switches or a very simple app. Since I have Sonos microphones in every room, I asked a technician if it’s possible to somehow make use of those mics to control the KNX smart home via voice commands using my Sonos speakers. He was under the impression that the “RealKNX Air Server” would achieve this, however I was informed they are only able to control Sonos speakers for sound output, not the other way around as voice command input for the smart home system (which is ironic since Sonos bought RealKNX in 2019 and now feature their offline voice assistant Snips as “Sonos Voice Control”). This means that with a RealKNX Air server (in combination with their gateway config called “ProServ”) I would need additional

Hi everyoneI have a complete Sonos surround sound system set up but I would like to get a pair of floor stands for my One speakers, which are currently sitting on a table and a bookshelf at two different corners of the room.I’ve been searching online as to which ones to buy and I can see Sonos sell two types. The Sanus floor stands at £99 and then the more expensive One stands at £249, which is quite a jump from the cheaper stands. Then there are even cheaper imitations on various sites, which I don’t think I want to buy.So really my questions is, out of the two official Sonos stands, which one should I buy? Are the more expensive stands really worth the £249 and what makes them stand out (no pun intended 😂) to the Sanus version? If you own a pair of these, which one did you buy and are you pleased with them? Many thanks

I’m having all sorts of connectivity and grouping issues on large varied Sonos system ONLY with Apple Music.   Other music services work fine.  What’s up?  Looks like Sonos not purging previously played Apple Music so occasionally receive error, “system in use elsewhere”.  Usually it just plays Apple Music on certain, but not all, grouped speakers.

I just built a new house and my room is 15 feet across and 30 feet in length, with a 9 foot ceiling. What is the ideal distance to place a pair of Era 300's behind a couch for the ultimate surround sound experience. I will have a 77 inch flat screen mounted to the wall on one end of the room with an Arc soundar under the screen. My couch will be placed 10 feet in front of the TV wall, and I will have a Third Gen sub woofer in the front right corner of the room? I have 20 feet to work with behind me, and I’m wondering what the ideal distance would be for placing the two Era 300’s?I have come across a lot of posts from people who have the back of their couches pressed against a wall, but I haven’t come across anything addressing the kind of space I am working with for rear speakers, and more specifically, a pair of Era 300’s as rear speakers. I would love some advice, as I have a lot of flexibility. I will be using Sonos speaker stands, unless someone convinces me to go with wall mounts,

Hi, losing the will with the reliability of my sonos system. I run a split system with newer s2 compatible products and then 2 old Gen 1 play 5s on the s1 as a separate network. All was well till about a month ago when the play 5s just stopped working. I have tried everything rebooting, restarting routers, running it wired and unwired. When I do a complete restart, delete and reboot the app, reset the speaker and do a new set up, the app recognises the speaker and the network initially, it creates the Sonos wifi network temporarily but when you then need to select the wifi network again that’s where it stops. I have a split band 2.4 and 5ghz router and am selecting the 2.4 as I know Gen 1 is incompatible with 5 ghz. As I work long hours attempting to call Sonos with their opening hours (no eves and weekends) is difficult. Please help??!

Hi Sony managed finally to convert it's tempest 3d audio sound to the most used current format dolby atmos. Did you experience it? Do you think it's a great atmos experience?I am using an arc with a sub and two symfonisk bookshelfs. I tested it with the game A plague tale requiem. I definitely could hear sound coming from the roof and generally a more spatial sound. Its more difficult to notice where the sound is exactly coming from and the overall experience is much more immersiveI am curious to know your feedback 

Daar Sonos user, Please try to explain, in simple manner, how to use Sonos S1 system and Sonos S2 system, at the same time, for different speakers, in one house Thanks,  Bertus

A few times our internet has gone down. We use sonosnet between five speakers - one wired via Ethernet and the other speakers daisy chained.  is there a way to setup a backup internet with a hotspot through my cell phone?  I’d need to easily toggle between the hotspot and our Ethernet using sonosnet (when the internet starts working again).   my preference is the Ethernet but the hotspot usage would be a backup. 

Tomorrow my Sonos Amp will reach me so I was wondering what you guys think about the following setup and what I might be able to optimize..Lg oled TV hdmi Arc ( not e-arc)Hdmi goes to ArcSonos Amp 1.5mm audio cable 2 meters and 5 meters.2x B&W 704 Nautilus speakers (had to bridge low and high frequencies by wire (black to black, red to red) as the plates are missing) so speakers are expecting regular audio connection.Fancy Banana plugs with gold in it or something.Will connect directly to Sonos Amp as front speakers.On the other side of the room 1x Sonos One and 1x Sonos One SL for surround. I need the B&W's for superb classical music (mostly pure piano) and I need all the rest for surround for superb Sonos experience.What will this setup do in terms of surround?What do you guys think which setup is best?Any other tips and tricks?Very much appreciated!   

Hi all,I am renovating a old house of >100 years and I am thinking about the audio set-up.I would like to have a nice audio system in the kitchen - Dining room - Sun room which will be an open space in which we will spend a lot of time.The dining room ceiling cannot be modified but their will be dropped ceilings in kitchen and sun room.I was thinking about putting pairs of Sonance in-ceiling in kitchen and sun room and a pair of In-wall in the dining room. Maybe later adding a Sub somewhere in the space if I feel the need (and have the budget….).This is a rather expensive set-up, probably with 2 Amp (one for the 4 in-ceilings and one for the in-walls) so I want to make it right.What do you think and do you have any better suggestions?Thank you!!       

Hi everyoneI have a complete Sonos surround sound system set up but I would like to get a pair of floor stands for my One speakers, which are currently sitting on a table and a bookshelf at two different corners of the room.I’ve been searching online as to which ones to buy and I can see Sonos sell two types. The Sanus floor stands at £99 and then the more expensive One stands at £249, which is quite a jump from the cheaper stands. Then there are even cheaper imitations on various sites, which I don’t think I want to buy.So really my questions is, out of the two official Sonos stands, which one should I buy? Are the more expensive stands really worth the £249 and what makes them stand out (no pun intended 😂) to the Sanus version? If you own a pair of these, which one did you buy and are you pleased with them? Many thanks

Recently got the Arc after many months of waiting. I needed the white so when it goes up on my mantle it blends in with all the painted mantle and wood work behind it. Opening the box I found that it has a black power cord!?!?Most people that order white are doing it to blend in to a brighter/lighter background, so a white power cord makes complete sense.  All of my Sonos Play 1 and Ones have white as does my white Sonos Bass.Now I have to buy a white power cord, and haven’t been able to setup my Arc that I’ve been waiting to buy for so many months…

The Flic Twist can now be pre-ordered!It supports Sonos control via a hub and can control volume via a rotating dial and a push button for play/pause so should make a nice little controller. 12 additional controls can be added by pushing and twisting the unit so I guess you could add skip/forward/etc there.https://www.t3.com/news/you-can-now-preorder-the-flic-twist-smart-home-button-and-its-on-saleAvailable here, the homepage has links to some bundles with the hubhttps://flic.io/  

Strange situation (case *******). I have a Sonos One, a One SL, a Move and a Move 2. All worked fine for the past several months. The other day, only the One was playing music. The other speakers are showing up in the system with a strong WIFI signal, and they show that they are playing (on the app the little volume bars bounce with the music), but no sound. I can pause the music from any of the speakers, so I don’t see a connection issue but this just happened out of the blue - no network changes or updates. I went through all the standard reboots (router, etc) and then did a factory reset on each speaker multiple times. At one point the Move 2 miraculously started playing, but once I paused the music there was nothing more from it. I spent hours working on this, and it’s killing me that I have a few thousand dollars of speakers that don’t work. I had over an hour of tech support with Sonos, but no success. I eventually had to drop the call to do actual work. Anyone else had this situ

Hi,In my room I have an Arc and 2 one for surround. I would like to hide wires and wonder about the best of those configurations: arc + amp and 2 inceiling such as focal icw (about 1300 euros) arc + 2 era 300 with wallmount on the ceiling (about 1000 euros) which configuration would be the best? here is a picture of my installation thanks !

Not sure if this counts as advanced or not, but… I am in the process of sorting out my semi-finished basement (needs paint, and flooring basically), but I have the 40% code so want to get my Sonos before that expires. In the diagram below, the “x” = posts. We are going to have the TV either on the wall where it says “TV” with the back of the sofa against the posts, OR the right hand wall (perpendicular to where it says “TV”) and then the sofa would be perpendicular to the posts.  I have a sub, and want to add an Arc and probably era 300s. This space would be for watching movings/tv/sports with the family, but also something of an entertaining space with the bar. For example a potential use is that we host a Super Bowl party of have people over for some other event, which would see people sat at, or around the bar as well as on the sofa, etc. So… my questionsDoes having surrounds placed only around the sofa/seating area, mean sound around the bar would be poor?  Would they be better pla

I was listening to a Vergecast podcast recently and there was an Era 300 ad included. It claimed it has a “3.5mm port you can plug anything into”. I don’t own an Era but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t have a 3.5mm jack.

I just switched from my old vinyl setup of Turntable + Integra DTM 5.3 receiver + Port to Turntable + Amp.I didn’t realize I would need a phono preamp in order to use to my 1970s turntable, which used to hook up to the Integra’s phono input. I thought the Amp had a built-in phono stage, whoops ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I’d like to stick with this new Amp setup, but I’m not sure which phono preamp to get. Since I wasn’t anticipating having to buy a preamp in the first place, I’d like to keep my costs somewhat low, $200 or less if possible.I’ve heard good things about the Schiit Mani 2 and Ifi Zen Phono, and that’s basically it. Wouldn’t mind buying the $65 one from Turntable Lab either, but I assume it’s nothing special. Does anyone have any recommendations within my price range ($0-200) that would sound good with the Amp?Honestly if it could sound just as good as my previous setup I’d be perfectly happy. I’m sure the phono stage in my old receiver wasn’t that great in the first place. Maybe I should