System: a number of Sonos devices including some older devices plus One and One SL - both of which should be capable of receiving AirPlay2 streams.
I also have wide range of Apple devices capable of sending streams - 2x iPhones, iPad, iMac, MacBook etc.
NONE of the devices will communicate so that I can stream audio to the One/OneSL for more than a couple of seconds - and that only if I’m lucky. Randomly the One will occasionally ‘blurt’ out some music for a few seconds after a short period of time - but not so you could actually listen via the Sonos units.
All the while, I can control the stream via Sonos’ iOS app or desktop software - so the Sonos software can control pause/play etc. I just can’t listen to the stream. In fact in the app I can see the music ‘representation’ bouncing away as it it’s actually doing something!
Right now I’m listening to a stream absolutely fine via AirPlay2 off one of the iPhones and a Marantz hi-fi amp and my floorstanders. Stream works 100% of the time straight via the Marantz unit whether it’s created from iMac, MacBook, either phone or iPad. Similarly I can throw a stream from any of these to an Apple TV 4k box without any connection issues.
The 2nd pair of channels from the Marantz are set to feed a Sonos Connect via the line-inputs (not an ideal solution).
If I play from the Sonos music library everything is absolutely fine - but of course BBC Sounds isn’t available as a ‘music source’, nor can I just walk through the door and continue listening to whatever I was hearing in the car or via my headphones.
What I’ve tried so far:
Changing Sonosnet channels
Changing to WiFi rather than Sonosnet (and changed back)
Full restart of all units… (unplug, wait 10s, power back up)
I have submitted diagnostics under number 1951545775 in the hope someone at Sonos will come up with a solution - this is now making me question why I keep buying products that don’t work particularly well except in a very basic configuration.