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Have just invested in a Sonos set up for the first time, and took the plunge with a pair of Play 1's, figuring that every single review without exception said they sounded fantastic. I'm slight underwhelmed to be honest. They're on wall brackets about 8 foot apart, have run Trueplay & the sound quality is not blowing me away. Listening to radio stations on tune in does sound pretty damn good, but streaming spotify/Google play music, it sounds a bit flat and undynamic. Anything with a bit of complexity, there is no detail, the bass is a dull thud and it all sounds a bit muddled.



I did so much research before buying and reviewers and consumers alike rave about the crystal clear sound and finding details they've never heard before etc. Am not finding any of that. I'm far from an audiophile, I just like clear dynamic sounds from my system



Any thoughts? Run trueplay again?
Sure, that's what first got me thinking something wasn't quite right. Listening to anything rock/metal related sounds as I described above. Anything more mellow or poppy sounds great. Think I'll try running trueplay again and see if that makes any difference
Really what I was thinking was to listen to something you are familiar with.
I haven't got any flac/lossless files, but surely Spotify should sound good? Like I said, I'm no audiophile, but I know good sound when I hear it. Would have thought something @ 320 kbps would be sufficient for these speakers to show their stuff. Can't imagine that you'd have to have a lossless recording for them to be impressive.
Have you set them as a stereo pair. Also. I'd point out that many radio stations are streamed at a low bit rate with horrible compression.



Have you tried playing any of your own ripped CDs at a lossless format? Also would be worth trying them mounted on a shelf to ensure it isn't your mounting causing an issue
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