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kettle
Avid Contributor I
October 9, 2016

Play:1 not quiet enough on lowest volume

This may sound like a bizarre requirement but I like to drift off to sleep at night with the music on very low.
I find the Play:1 just a bit too loud on its lowest setting, even with the bass & treble dropped down and the loudness off.
Is there any other possible way of making it any lower?

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      johncanter
      Enthusiast II
      October 13, 2016
      This has been reported on the forum quite a lot and I have also experienced this after trading in an old connect amp for play 1s and a sub. I do miss having that fine control at the lower end. It would seem that Sonos favour a preferable volume curve for belting it out. My neighbours disagree.
        almaha
        Lyricist I
        January 3, 2017
        Not a bizarre requirement at all, I have just bought the Play 1 and I have exactly the same remark and when looking at this forum, a lot of people do. Would be nice if this could be included in a software update.
          Peter Gabor Gyulay
          Lyricist I
          February 1, 2017
          I have just bought the Play 1, and yes, it is loud at night when the others are sleeping. I would be very happy if I could listen music at night, but I cannot. I would not like to modify the loudness settings, especially at the low volume levels, and I would not like to bring the player further away, because the others will hear the same level, but I cannot reach the buttons on the unit (which is handy) 🙂 Sonos developers, please modify the play 1 lowest level, or create an attenuator option in setup! 🙂
            marcinmj
            Lyricist III
            November 21, 2017
            Try using the Sonos app and not the physican buttons on the speaker. I wish physical buttons would do it too.
            Airgetlam
            Airgetlam
            November 21, 2017
            Or even put the speaker on the other side of the room. I found them too loud when on my bedside table, but when placed on the bureau on the other side of the room, it worked quite well.
            Bruce
            Kumar
            November 22, 2017
            Use the controller app and slide the volume button fully to mute on the left. It will take more than one tap to the right of the volume button on the app for anything to even be heard from the play 1 stereo pair on my desk.
            I find the same very gradual increase using the +/- buttons on the phone; it just the buttons on the speaker that don't do this as well, but even these aren't that bad. From mute it took me 4 presses to hear something from the speakers.
            sjw
            Local Superstar
            November 22, 2017
            One press on either the speaker's button or bar to the right of the slider is still too loud for me and many that report it.
            Has anyone else ever reported they can't even hear their system until 4 presses?
            Kumar
            November 22, 2017
            Yes, they have. On other threads here.
            Kumar
            November 22, 2017
            This is one of those puzzling parallel universes phenomena. I can understand two people have very different views on the usability of an app refresh without resorting to parallel universes for an explanation. But what other explanation is there for this one?
            campesinox
            Contributor I
            January 9, 2018
            I agree. The lowest volume on the Play:1 is much too high. It should be like four degrees lower. Please fix with a software update.
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