Renowned Enthusiast I

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Full volume damage?

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Hi,

I have an Arc Ultra + Sub Mini + 2 x Ones.

Yesterday my son while we was listening music, put the volume to 100% with an Alexa command.

It was only some seconds, but, do you think could have damaged the speakers somehow?

Thanks!

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nik9669aAnswer

Senior Virtuoso

Sonos design their products as a combined enclosure-and-amplifier-and-speaker unit, matching items to be fit for purpose. The speakers should support long periods running at max volume.

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

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nik9669aAnswer

Senior Virtuoso

Sonos design their products as a combined enclosure-and-amplifier-and-speaker unit, matching items to be fit for purpose. The speakers should support long periods running at max volume.

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Antifon

Prodigy III

If all of the drivers sound Ok, there’s probably no damage. With very high-powered amps you can get blistering/swelling of the voice coils, but none of the models you refer to have enough power to do that during a period of a few seconds. Twisting of the voice coil and/or damage to the join with the driver’s frame can happen, but that should be easy to hear at only moderate volume levels.

Mr. T

The only damage would be to one’s ears rather than the speakers, but I’d suggest you set a volume limit to stop such an occurrence again.

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kdth_jhspk69Author

Renowned Enthusiast I

Thank you very much for the answers. I was a little worried since that occurred. With the Arc Ultra recently purchased.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Does the “volume limit” setting apply to voice controls?

If so setting it to 50% or so might be a good idea.

Mr. T

Does the “volume limit” setting apply to voice controls?

If so setting it to 50% or so might be a good idea.

Of course, it’s a volume limit. Any volume interaction is restricted by the volume limit set. The volume scale is still 0-100 irrespective of the volume limit set, but the audio at volume 100 is capped at the volume limit %.

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amun

Sonos design their products as a combined enclosure-and-amplifier-and-speaker unit, matching items to be fit for purpose. The speakers should support long periods running at max volume.

I agree - they should, but my Play 1 didn’t. About 10 seconds at maximum volume and it killed a couple of the internal amps.

Electronics deteriorate through time….

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Good to know, I don't use voice here so I didn't want to suggest something I couldn't confirm.

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