Components / setup:
- 1x Playbar
- 1x Sub (Gen 1)
- 2x Play:3
- 1x Play:1
- 4x: Play:5 (Sonos S1 Controller app required)
The situation:
I currently have a Sonos system that includes the above components. For your information, two Play 3s together form a stereo pair just as two Play 5s form a stereo pair.
The problem is as follows. It is possible to use the Sonos S1 controller app to create a room in which all the Sonos equipment simultaneously plays the same music. Thereby it is possible to change the volume per speaker individually.
It's also possible to create separate rooms in which one or more Sonos speakers (so not all at the same time) can play music and from there you can control things like the volume.
The problem is that one time everything works flawlessly and a few minutes later it doesn't, only to work flawlessly again some time later. As an example, it is sometimes possible to click on all rooms and everything starts playing immediately while a few minutes later it is possible that 1 or more speakers do not start playing music.
Or that it is possible to adjust the volume of 1 device whereby this goes flawlessly while a few seconds later it does not work again.
In short. It is very unstable.
Because of the Play 5 models it is not possible to switch to the S2 controller from Sonos.
I ran a test with a new access point where no adjustments were made (no things like client isolation etc on). That it can work successfully is evident because every now and then it works flawlessly, but also regularly it does not.
Any tips? I have a feeling this problem is not on the network side but on the Sonos side. Tests have been conducted with several access points with different (including factory) settings.