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Avid Contributor III
April 16, 2023

I have tried everything...Literally...

Yes its true, I tried it all, I have even asked Google’s Bard and the AI was like “ You have done extensive troubleshooting, I can’t think of anything else you can to do.” Then Bard said that I can buy new speakers lol.

 

Rewind a bit, so I have a Yoga studio where we have 6 Play 3’s, a Sonos Connect, Sonos Boost, and in the Lobby 2 Sonos Symfonisk bookshelf speakers. For a period of time things we good, normal the way it should be but then things got worse. 

 

Once you hit play only half the speakers would go on, it would then by about the 30 second mark all come back. Then every few tracks the audio would skip. So as I mentioned we tried everything to resolve, for example: Restarted the router, restarted the modem, restarted the speakers, updated router firmware, changed networks entirely, connected Sonos to a brand new Network, removed an existing LTE backup router, tried all the different SonosNet channels, nothing would work, the error still persisted as if I didn’t even attempt a fix.

 

Sonos rep I spoke to looked at my original Diagnostic and said we should test the bandwidth of each device; he said all the devices seem to be from the same Generation (except the Sonos Sub) and had a concern about the amount of devices that are connected to the “Coordinating Speaker”. We choose the Symfonisk to be our coordinating speaker.

 

Once I connected to that 1 speaker (Symfonisk) everything was perfect Diagnostics #359478355

 

Then I grouped 2 Symonisk’s (my 2 lobby speakers) and 2 Play 3’s and 1 Sonos Sub, everything was perfect: Diagnostic #326650861

 

Then I added 2 more Play 3’s so a total of 4 Play 3’s, 2 Symonisk’s and a Sonos Sub, everything was still perfect, Diagnostic #1918676361

 

I went to add another Play 3, and the moment I added it, that speaker dropped off then came back after almost 20 seconds then my skipping began again Diagnostics #715468770

 

I then ungrouped that 5th Play 3 and kept it to the 4 speakers that was working well, and although the audio Isn’t dropping out when a new track would start it does still skip every 3-4 songs. and sometimes quicker. Here is the final Diagnostic number I just pulled # 595992515

 

Does the Play 3 or Sonos Connect, or even the Boost have issues when connecting to a certain number of devices?

 

If anyone has any insight or has experienced this please do share as I am not providing the best experience to our customer right now.

 

Truly appreciate any kind of help!

 

Moderator edit: removed case number

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AjTrek1
April 17, 2023

Question...what is the Connect being used for?

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GLO YogaAuthor
Avid Contributor III
April 17, 2023

Absolutely nothing...I always had an idea if we ever brought in any RCA device I can connect to it, but that literally never happens. It just sits there and gets hot...totally can remove it if it is a detriment to the system

 

AjTrek1
April 17, 2023

Not sure if that’s the root cause but we need a starting point. So by all means remove the Connect. You may have to use the system for a few days to see if the issue reappears. If it does reappear then we’ll know to look elsewhere.

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AjTrek1
April 17, 2023

Another question...what speaker or stereo pair is the sub bonded to??

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GLO YogaAuthor
Avid Contributor III
April 17, 2023

So I have my Studio speakers listed as (all Play 3’s) Rear Left, Rear Right, Mid Left, Mid Right, Front Left and Front Right. I have the Sub tied to my Rear Right Play 3.

Connect is disconnected and I restarted the system, I will start playing. The issue will happen within the first 3 songs played, always is the case (not sure why)

AjTrek1
April 17, 2023

Can you send a diagram of where the speakers are positioned in both rooms; Play 3’s and Symfonisk (including the sub).

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GLO YogaAuthor
Avid Contributor III
April 17, 2023

Like clock work, 3rd track in, it skips to the next track

GLO YogaAuthor
Avid Contributor III
April 17, 2023

Let me put together a Diagram, but to easily describe the Studio is almost a perfect square, they are all equidistant from each-other perfectly spread throughout the room, It would be an epic surround setup if the mirror was a TV for example. 

The Sub is located in the back of the room. The Lobby and Studio are next to each other. One of the Symfonisk speakers is against a wall on a shelf where the other side of the wall is the studio with a Play 3 that is mounted up higher. The other Symfonisk is further away about 15-20 feet further away.

AjTrek1
April 17, 2023

Hello

@buzz @melvimbe @GuitarSuperstar @Airgetlam 

Please take a look at this post. Maybe one of you have an idea of what’s going on??

Thanks!

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AjTrek1
April 17, 2023

@GLO Yoga 

As you can see I’ve sent a request for a few other community members to take a look at this issue. Like my signature reads….Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M 

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