Contributor I

Volume Levels Across Multiple Speakers should NOT be auto adjusted towards the same level

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I have three speakers (2x one, 1x five) that I have in a group, the ones are a stereo pair.

I want to have the five be significantly louder than the other two due to the bass it can create.

Q: is there a simple way to say “the five should be 30% louder than the ones”?

right now I am CONSTANTLY adjusting the levels individually because the default volume behavior in a groups fails me horribly.

what happens? every time I adjust the group volume, something moves the ones louder and closer to equal volume wtih the five, then I have to adjust the five up and the ones down and the app does the same stupid behavior of moving them all closer togheter.

I need that “the volumes should all be close together” behavior to be disabled or to be able to set a ratio that it enforces.

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buzz

Grand Maestro

Maybe you can work something out with Volume Limit.

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

The group volume control, as you say, controls the group - ie all the speakers in the group, increasing or decreasing their volume per the control. But when I try that, the volume for each speaker/stereo pair is increasing by the “unit” increase. So if speaker a is at volume 15 and stereo pair b are at 7, the volumes then increase 16/8, 17/9, 18/10 etc. which seems different behaviour to what you describe. I did try running up to much louder settings briefly but the same differences held.

Of course you can also adjust the volume of a or b individually too.

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leo07

Prodigy I

I noticed the same issue but in my case was the internet connection, I hope your issue is the same and with a easy solution.

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Rhonny

Prodigy III

The group volume control, as you say, controls the group - ie all the speakers in the group, increasing or decreasing their volume per the control. But when I try that, the volume for each speaker/stereo pair is increasing by the “unit” increase. So if speaker a is at volume 15 and stereo pair b are at 7, the volumes then increase 16/8, 17/9, 18/10 etc. which seems different behaviour to what you describe. I did try running up to much louder settings briefly but the same differences held.

Of course you can also adjust the volume of a or b individually too.

This is the precise behaviour I see too…

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

I’m using an iPhone as controller. What are you others using? Maybe it’s an Android-specific issue?

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Rhonny

Prodigy III

I’m using an iPhone as controller. What you others using? Maybe it’s an Android-specific issue?

Mine is iPhone too.

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JackFly

Contributor I

Hi, I noticed the quite same problem here : I run 4 sonos One and 1 Move 2.

If the speackers have different volumes, when I ask sonos to put the same volume to each speackers, i.e. volume 15, Sonos calculate and set the average volume beetween the 5 speackers. I can’t find the right instruction to say to sonos to set the same level (here volume 15) to each speacker.

Any idea about this problem ?

Thanx

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JackFly - Stay tuned !

buzz

Grand Maestro

If you drag the Group slider to zero, the Group numeric Volume values will align as you raise the slider.

As you have noticed from other posts in this thread, this behavior is not universally accepted as the proper way to implement the slider.

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JackFly

Contributor I

Thanx Buzz, I knew that, but I was expecting a vocal instruction to sonos… Do you think it’s possible ?

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JackFly - Stay tuned !

buzz

Grand Maestro

Are you using Alexa or SONOS Voice Control? You might try naming your Group. Both Alexa and SONOS Voice Control have some capability to control Groups. I don’t know if either would control group Volume as you would like.

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