Speakers

is songs planning to sell a battery based outdoor speaker?

I recently added Play 1 speakers to the playbar and sub. Initially, everything was wonderful. Not it seems the Play1's are making a cracking or popping noise during TV time? Does anyone know how to resolve this?

Whenever I get a new speaker my test is always Bjork, Hunter... this track is brilliant because its really punchy with lots of layers but the beats flow from left to right at the start of the track. Listen to this on a stereo paired play one and youll be amazed, they fly across the room and you wamt to move your head to follow the beats... Received my beam yestersay and after it was all set up and i did the trueplay etc i gave it a go, there was no feeling of the music going from side to side at all, just felt like it was all coming from the middle. Quite dissapointed in this to be honest after reading reviews suggesting that the playbar has speakers on the sides which does a good job of this. Maybe it will get better once trueplay tunes a bit more? But i doubt it... Any chance a software upgrade could be applied in the future to fix this do you think?

I contacted customer service to see if I could send my Play5 in for repair. I told them that I thought it had stopped working due to water damage and this is the response I got: Thank you for contacting Sonos Customer Care. Unfortunately, we won't be able to accept the PLAY:5 back for repair or replacement once water damage has been done to the unit. I was perfectly willing to pay for a repair or a refurb replacement but no such solution was offered. It's a shame, Sonos is turning away my money and firing me as a customer. If this is the service we can expect, my next wifi speaker will be an Apple HomePod. #disappointed

My iTunes music listening scheme relies on play count being updated and Sonos didn’t support that so I wasn’t a Sonos user. But we got a Playbase as a sound bar for our TV and liked it a lot and enjoyed the streaming functionality. Since Airplay 2 support - which would allow me to stream directly from iTunes like I do the Airplay speakers I had - came out, I decided to pick up a Sonos One to play with. Airplay directly from iTunes, and Sonos streaming capability - best of both worlds, right? I set my shiny new Sonos One up today and…hit an unexpected snag. If I would play music using iTunes to my computer speakers and using Airplay to also stream to the Sonos One at the same time - the play counts in my Smart Playlists would NOT be updated. However, if I started streaming to a second non-Sonos Airplay speaker (so, computer speakers, Sonos One and an additional Airplay speaker), the play counts WILL be updated. So: Airplay to Sonos - no play count update. Airplay to Sonos +

This is just to express how pumped-up I am about the decision to switch from Bose Sound Touch wifi multi-room speakers to Sonos Play 1 and Play 3 (total of 4 speakers) and at the same time I want give credit to Sonos for making such awesome products! Some of you may know that Bose released in Mid May 2018 "security update" for their multi-room range of speakers marketed as Sound Touch - this firmware update literally bricked vast majority of the speakers used in wifi mode essentially disabling the multi-room feature called "Play all". I have in good faith collected logs from my 3 Bose ST speakers 18-times and shared them with Bose engineering team to reproduce, troubleshoot and fix. I was naive. It's been more than 9 weeks since the bad firmware crippled the speakers and yet Bose has not figured out to fix it, they won't allow anyone to roll-back to previous version of fw and advise that people upgrade their wifi routers instead! - just craaaaazy...:( No ETA, no "we are sorry", noth

About a month ago we purchased a pair of Sonos play 1s to use as a stereo pair and a Play 3. They (the system) has been nothing but a PITA. They regularly cut out for no reason that we can determine. Sometimes they will come back on, often the units have to be turned off and back on to reset. Often, in the middle of playing a song (all songs are stored on the computer/iPhone/ipad - not streamed from the internet) suddenly the message will come up that it's not able to access the song it is playing and will quit. Of course, the shop were we bought them raved about how good these speakers are but they are, IMO, nearly useless. I had originally planned to buy wired speakers and a bluetooth adapter for the amp, which we use with no issues at all in another location. I fell for the hype that the WiFi provided better fidelity than bluetooth. That MAY be true in theory but slightly lower fidelity that is RELIABLE is orders of magnitude better than slightly better fidelity that fails

Hi - now that Airplay 2 is out in the wild, presumably it means we can use a Sonos One as a desktop computer speaker, and therefore use it for Skype, iTunes and everything else. Does anyone have experience with this yet, and can report on how they have found it?

do you notice a big difference wlth 2 sonos one speakers instead of 1 and can you hear guitar and other instriments out of one and voice out of other

Hi I have a Sonos Play 3 and would like to add another device, I was thinking of buying a Play 1 (to save money 🙂 BUT DOES IT MAKE SENSE ? Or it’s a stupid thing to do ?

Hi, This morning the music I played on my Play 5:2 stopped. Speaker showed solid orange. Impossible to re-pair. So I reset it. It shows blinking green, speaker shows (with MAC) during the pairing process. However instead of turning white, turns blinking orange, then solid orange. After 10mn, solid orange switches to blinking green so I can try to pair again without resetting. However it would fail again with similar symptoms. Tried resetting router, same behavior. Diagnostics: 105485419 Can you help me? Note that I am on the beta channel...

I've been using my playbar for quite a period, and all of a sudden it is vanished from the controller app and the status light stays white. My play 3 and play 1 work perfectly fine and i've never had any problems with the playbar

Hi! I have a 5.1-setup in my living room (Playbar + Sub + 2 x One) and a Sonos One that I move around the house as needed. When the update hit earlier this month my "solo"-One popped up as a speaker option on my iOS-devices, but the surround-setup in the living room did not. I have read the Airplay 2-guide which was released with the patch, and the guides says that you can use compatible Sonos-speakers (my Ones) in conjunction with speakers (my Playbar and Sub) that are not compatible with Airplay to make the combined unit airplay-compatible. This does not seem to work for me though. I have tried setting up the surround-unit again, but still no luck. Any tips?

How can I reset my Sonos player and start again?

Hi. I wonder if there is a good source of information that explains what functionality will be compatible with older Sonos systems? For example - will I be able to link a Sonos One or a Sonos Beam with older ZP120 and ZP55 players and what functionality will work and what will not. I have searched the web for an answer and was not able to find anything consistent. Will appreciate some help. Apologies if this topic has been discussed before. Many thanks. 😳

Hello, Had Sonos play 5 for a while. Stopped working on Wifi. At the moment using ethernet cable. When trying Advanced settings > wireless setup I get "wireless problem" message. Password and SSID are correct. Diagnostics number: 1318001570. Any help would be appreciated.

Having installed the most recent update on Sonos (couldn't use it without doing the update) I now get a flashing orange light and am unable to use the player. Any thoughts. Am connected via ethernet but have tried wirelessly as well.

I just want to confirm, that it IS possible to add a Play 1 (with Alexa) to a set up with just 2 One's. I just want the Play 1 to be in a seperate bedroom for music, not to be used as a stereo set up in the entertainment room.

Currently I have two Play:1 speakers stereo paired in my office. I want to be able to AirPlay from iTunes so I bought a new Sonos One which is AirPlay compatible. Any thoughts on how to beat arrange the three speakers? Should I replace one of the stereo paired Play:1 speakers with the Sonos One and take the Play:1 home or is there a configuration using 2 Play:1 speaker’s and a Sonos One that would improve the sound over just a stereo pair?

I want to upgrade from Play 1 to Sonos One. For my current Play 1's, I fixed the power cable in the wall wiring to conceal it. Can I use the same power cable with the new Sonos One?

Will i be able to play netflix with sonos play 1 using mobile phone?

I realize it's not weatherproof and wasn't supposed to be, however, it sure would be nice to have some sort of cover for the Sonos Play5. I have it on my patio next to the pool. It's under the awning and won't get rained on but it still would be good to have it protected a little when not in use. Form fitted vinyl cover would be perfect. Something that wont get blown off from the wind. You guys could slap your logo on it. Would there be any heat generation if covered?

I had two Play1s in the lounge,one in kitchen and one in conservatory and. Bridge connected to my router.Two days ago I added a Beam and set up the lounge speakers as surrounds.I also disconnected the Bridge but connected the Beam to the router.I grouped the kitchen and conservatory together.I will only use the Beam etc for tv and the kitchen/conservatory for music and radio.Since then I am finding the radio turning off every 20 mins or so.When trying to reconnect to radio I get a message from the app telling me Sonos is looking for connection.The latest time it happened Sonos asked me tio add a player,even though app inducates everything is connected.Can anyone help its very frustrating.?So far I have had no trouble with the tv side of the system.

I'm looking for a wireless speaker without power cable and with integrated battery, mainly for outdoor usage. In the past (August 2014) I have asked this question through Sonos technical support and they answered that Sonos planned to release a portable model with battery, expected launch in 2016. However, I still can't seem to find such a model in the available products. Anyone who has more information on this topic? Otherwise, I am obliged to purchase a product from competitors, who do have this in their product range. E.g. Bose SoundLink Revolve - https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/speakers/wireless_speakers/soundlink_revolve.html

I’m a little hesitant to share these observations, given that my previous contributions to this community consisted mainly of flip-flopping on the issue of a single Play 5 gen. 2 vs a stereo pair of Play 1s, but I thought this might be interesting to some here: Whilst there’s lots of discussion here regarding a stereo pair of gen. 2 Play 5s vs a pair of Play 1s with a sub, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a comparison between the Play 5 pair and a Play 1 pair without the assistance of the sub. Whilst I realise not many will be choosing between these two options, given the cost difference, I did happen to get the chance to compare these two set-ups directly yesterday: Set up as stereo pairs in the same room/location, both with Trueplay tuning applied. The main take-away from the comparison? To be honest, it was quite how amazingly good the Play 1s are relative to their tiny size and price. Of course, on the whole, the Play 5 pair was significantly better but the difference was smaller