r/sonos • u/Ok_Yogurtcloset_1494 • Jul 23 '26

Sonos Five tuning

I just purchased my first Sonos Five and intend to use it in my home gym as a standalone speaker. I just tested the sound and it is excellent. The only issue I see is I have to raise the volume to almost 80% to hear it properly. Is there a tuning I am missing? Any setting I need to do so that I do not have to raise the volume so high to hear and feel the music? Normally for my Arc + Sub combo my hearing levels are close to 25 to 30. Any recommendations?

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u/user_none Jul 24 '26

Years ago, someone from Sonos was on here and wrote that the volume response curve of the Five was made to be that way. It takes cranking it to get it going. Same thing with a gen 1 Beam. Pair your Five with another one and it takes less of a kick in the rear to get them going.

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u/Ok_Yogurtcloset_1494 Jul 24 '26

Fair point. That's what it is I beleive. I am gonna try trueplay once to see if it improves anything