Speakers

I’m curious. When a system is in ‘Boost’ mode, does a new speaker only use sonosnet to join the system and obtain uodates etc, or does it initially use wifi before placing itself onto the Mesh? I’m guessing the latter. As today i added a new pair of Play Ones in the garage which is integral (in the basement, with concrete ceiling above solid block walls on all sides ) where my iphone could not get a wifi signal (iphones kept seipping the signal if I obtained it outside the gagrage and then entered). I could get a signal inside the ‘house’ part of the basement, and the Play Ones joined, uodated and played like troopers. Router is two storeys up theough two concrete floors. So either Mesh works from the outset or they have some amazingly strong wifi! Anyone know the answer?

Hi. I have a play 1 that keeps cutting out. It is the only wireless component in my sonos network. I have another pair of play 1s and a connect but these are wired. As a test I have placed the wireless play 1 right next to my router and i still get cut outs so it cannot be due to a poor signal. Can someone offer any help please? Thanks

Hi - I know this topic has been discussed before, but I can't seem to find any information specifically on the Gen 2 version of the Play 5, so I hope you guys can help me out. I'm considering for my living room either: 1) 2 x Sonos One + Sub 2) 2 x Sonos Play:5 gen 2 Option 1 would probably be better from an aesthetic point of view, though I do worry about sub placement (it won't be in between the two Ones). In your opinion, what is better in terms of sound quality?

I use both my ipad and iphone as controllers at home, taking both with me to work daily. My wife at home says the Sonos system may either continue playing music after i leave or will cut out or randomly start during the day. Why is this?

I am trying to find straight comparison's between the various Sonos and Heos speakers. Ignoring the apps, lawsuits, and preference of appearance and instead focusing strictly on sound quality, does anyone know of where to find some good comparisons between the products or maybe have done comparisons of their own? Below are a few basics as best I understand or have compared: Sonos One v. Heos 1 - Most seem to give the Sonos One a slight edge in sound quality. Sonos Play 3 v. Heos 3 - Neither really seems to have an edge. Sonos Play 5 v. Heos 5 - Most seem to give the Play 5 a slight edge in sound quality. Sonos Play 5 v. Heos 7 - A vast majority seem to give the Heos 7 the easy edge here. It seems to be highly rated all around. Sonos PlayBar (w/ sub) v. Heos HomeCinema - Neither really seem to have an edge. Sonos PlayBar (w/ sub) v. Heos Bar (w/ sub) - Reviews that compare these are hard to find but between the lack of HDMI on the PlayBar and the raw specs of the

planning on putting one of my Play1's in this box so I can keep it outside and make it "some what secure" from tampering (or "borrowing"). Only opening right now would be to snake the power cord. Bolting this to a shelf that is on the patio. Direct sunlight will be on this for a few hours each day. Naturally when playing media, door will be open, but otherwise, would expect door to be closed and locked. Should I expect that idle heat generation may be a problem? Outdoor temps here rarely get above 85 during direct sunlight hours (patio gets shade early in the day). It would be possible to drill vent holes in the back, but I would prefer to be as sealed as possible. Play1 will be brought indoors during winter and anytime I'll be away from home for a long period of time (typically a week).

Possible to use Beam as a rear speakers? Benq Projector is placed rear in my room, don't want to wire cable to front of the room. (Beam as rear speakers wired to Benq W2000. Wireless to front there is a SUB and two play:1)

I have read on other forums that connecting two pair of speakers to one Connect:Amp is ok as long as they are 8-Ohm. Does this apply to exterior speakers as well? I am looking at the Klipsch AW-650 and wanted to make sure this setup would work.

Hi, new here. Moved to share because of the experience I’m having right now listening to a single Play 3 that I just mounted in an upper corner of our enclosed porch. After 40 years as an audiophile I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything like this. This little speaker was out here before on a table and it was great, but we rearranged and the table went away; so I bought a third party mount and attached it to a brick wall alongside a wall of glass, in what I now realize is a perfect horn configuration. I am shocked at what this tiny speaker is doing! Since I want the loudness on, for richness at low volumes, I have the bass down on its lowest setting. This is the most compelling sound, for every kind of music to which I’ve listened tonight - thank you! How can these tiny speakers make this low bass? Twelve feet away, this one speaker sounds like front row center on an intimate sound stage that is perfectly damped. Lesson - if you haven’t put your single Play 3 in a corner with walls exp

I am wondering if I already have one Play 5 (first gen) should I buy 2 play 1’s or another play 5, if my intention is to use them as tv stereos?

WiFi keeps cutting out - looking for way to plug it out into the speaker is there an adapter or some other way to connect it.

I love my Sonos system however there is one issue that I find really frustrating. Every time I open my app when i get home, the volume for my Group has reset all the levels equally. I have different speakers set at different volumes in order to achieve the most even sound possible. It's frustrating to have to constantly reset the levels. This makes it harder to justify buying future Sonos as well because the more speakers I add, the more difficult it becomes. Maybe there is a setting I'm missing here? Please help!

I just got a new Playbase since the wifi module broke on my old one. I noticed that my new Playbase have two indicator lights, one on top and one subtle on the front behind the cover. This made me curious and I wonder if there are any other minor changes between the batches?

Have a Sonos One. Seen Sonos One support AP2 in iOS 11.4. Updated both iOS and Sonos app. Initially, Sonos One didn’t appear on the speaker choice in airplay. And then it appeared, I tested with Music and YouTube. Both worked. Then a while later when I wanna play music again, the options shows only iPhone! Anyone has this issue? How can I fix it? Thanks in advance .

I just got my new Play 5 and SUB setup! So far the system is incredible. I was trying to choose between a Play 5 pair, or a single Play 5 with a SUB and I do NOT regret my decision to get the SUB. I have an open floor plan in my home and wanted something to fill the space with rich sound. Several threads said that a stereo pair of Play 5s would be the way to go... but I've tried a few speakers in my space and none of them really had the "depth" that I was looking for. The Sonos SUB fills my desire perfectly! It's so rich. I may eventually get that second Play 5 to really fill the space, but I have no regrets. :D I noticed a few topics saying that Trueplay really scaled back the SUB, and while I agree that Trueplay did make the sound a bit 'lean'... what it did beautifully was balance the sound in my space and eliminate boomy "hotspots". All I did was bump up the bass a bit in the EQ and also bumped up the SUB level a touch to fill the room.

Is there a known issue with this combination - Trueplay just makes the sound so thin - the mid range and bass become non-existent. The non Trueplay setting is a bit muddy but its SO much fuller and warmer. I can't believe that the Trueplay settings are correct - it pretty much takes the SUB out of the mix entirely. I've tried with a number of devices and maybe the answer will be don't use Trueplay but I just cannot believe that the results I am getting with these speakers are in any way what is intended. Thanks

My workplace uses Sonos throughout the whole floor. It's sometimes hit or miss in it's connectivity to the speakers we have, which is is something I'm working to fix (either by adding additional boosters or finding different placements). Another thing that seems to be an issue is that we can't lock down the system to prevent others from changing anything. I've noticed that if there are many people accessing Sonos from their devices it glitches or freezes. We've considered adding it to a hidden network, but there are certain people that still need access to it with ease. Password/pin protecting rooms and/or the system would make things every easy for me. Opinions? Advise? Anything is welcome.

I've seen this question a few times, but cannot find a solution and would like my system checked out. I have a Connect, SUB, and three PLAY:5's. The system is set up to have 3 groups, and I run them connected to one another 90% of the time. I have no issues with the services or other inputs, however, my TV and streaming inputs are a hit-or-miss thing. When I last moved, I upgraded my internet signal and speed to be at 100mbps and I have connected the CONNECT with ethernet directly to the modem/router, so that shouldn't be an issue. I have line in coming from either the TV or from the cable box. In both cases, every once in a while, I get a garbled/cutting out of the sound. It recovers, but it is extremely annoying. I have to keep it on Automatic to have a decent watching experience, as if i change compression, the lip sync is terrible. I sent some diagnostics to the support team and have usage data on, so im hoping you can see that information and make an assessment.

When i play songs from my iphone the songs wont play the full way through and instead skip to the next song. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any help... My computer systems have been under a surgical cyber attack for 2 months now with BIOS and Firmware modification techniques that identify this as a sophisticated bad actor. Therefore, a firmware modification to a SONOS speaker is easily in the realms of probability here. Anyway, either an update screwed up (which I doubt) or the hacker appears to have modified a PLAY:1 as either a backdoor to tunnel back into the network or as a malware infection point. When doing a network scan, the compromised PLAY:1 does not OS fingerprint in the same manner as the other SONOS devices. The compromised PLAY:1 DNS Cache has a number of URL's and IP addresses in it that may or may not be legitimate (while the other SONOS device's DNS cache's are empty) and UPnP is turned off (but enabled on all the other SONOS devices). So, (if nothing less than to eliminate it from the compromised device list) is there a way to reset / reimage the firmware on the PLAY:1 or fo

How to add as a Windows audio device to play computer audio and as a device connected to Sonos network? Just purchased a Play1 device. I was told I could play my music with the connect device and it is. But I was also told that I could have it work as my computer speaker as well. ( No, do not need 3 speakers on my desktop) Yes added the device thru Windows 10. Not shown as a playback device in the computer or the CONNECT AMP as well. So is it even possible? - The speaker is not that rich in sound, even after tweaking the EQ. The base is flat. - Is there a better speaker with richer sound?

I can no longer connect to sonos at all, it is only 6months old, I recently changed wirelss connection, but I have tried endless and all suggested options, new accounts, connecting with a lead etc & rebooting etc. It doesn’t even show up on my phone (same phone as before). I am at a total loss..sonos app is pretty inaccessible if things are not connecting.

I have a Netgear R6220 router with both 2.4 and 5 network. The Sonos can only connect to 2.4 obviously. I set it up. I was connecting from iphone and win 10 Sonos apps to the sonos speaker while both iphone and windows computers were on 5g network. Suddenly it stopped working. Iphone/windows 10 sonos app no longer finds the speaker. Why? I have 2 Wyze Cams on 2.4 (only connects to 2.4) and I can connect to both of them just fine still from the 5g wireless. There seems to be some kind of "communication" between 2.4 and 5g for wyze and sonos but suddenly the communication stopped between 2.4 and 5g for the sonos.

I can’t find an unambiguous answer to this question anywhere: Does the original (gen1?) Play:5 support AirPlay 2?

Does Sonos Beam take Bluetooth connection?