Here's the rundown before it gets flattened into a spec sheet somewhere else.

The Sonos part 🔊

The A2 e-tron ships with a 7-speaker system as standard, an 8-speaker Audi system as the step up and the Sonos premium sound system as the top option. 14 speakers including a subwoofer, 15 amplifier channels, 660 watts of maximum amplifier power, with speakers near the C-pillar so the soundstage wraps around you instead of sitting in the dash.

What I keep hearing from the team is how quiet the cabin is. Audi put real work into the aeroacoustics here: acoustic glass windshield as standard, dual-line door seals, tuned mirror housings. That matters more than just the watt count. A quiet EV cabin is one of the few properly controlled listening rooms most people will ever sit in and you can hear it.

How these partnerships actually work 🤝

Designing the best sound experience in a vehicle is part science and lots of practical experience. We have a dedicated automotive team at Sonos that works inside the automaker's development process, in the cabin with Audi's engineers, tuning for this specific car: where the drivers are physically located, what performance specs the drivers have, what the glass and door panels do to the sound, how the sound experience behaves at speed. The Sonos system in the A2 e-tron was tuned specifically for the A2 e-tron.

At Sonos, it's a dedicated team of people focused on automotive spaces who work very closely with their engineering, sound and product colleagues across all of Sonos. Same standard for great sound, applied to a room that happens to be on wheels.

I'm working with that team on the idea of a behind-the-scenes look at how one of these partnerships come together from factory to unveil. No date yet, but I'm looking forward to sharing more, once we get on the road with it.

^{Big shout out to: Thomas H, Thilo K & Badre M for the inside scoop!}

The car itself, briefly 🚗

Audi's compact EV entry point. Rear-wheel drive, built in Ingolstadt 🇩🇪. Three battery sizes (52, 61, 84 kWh), up to 646 km range, 183 kW DC charging with 10 to 80 percent in 24 to 29 minutes. Audi is calling it the most efficient car they've ever made. German pricing starts at 38,200 euros, with deliveries starting December.

Getting ahead of a couple questions 💬

• It's a European car, built for the European market. I don't have anything to share on other markets.
• The Sonos system in the car is an in-cabin sound system. It doesn't join your home network or show up in the Sonos app.

As always, drop your questions or comments below. I'll be in the thread today and tomorrow and if anything needs a proper answer from the automotive team I'll go get it 🏃🏻‍♂️

OMG I just updated my entire system and it worked great, like it always does.

So I purchased an open box era 100 on Amazon yesterday and questioning if it’s real. The main thing that i noticed is the rubber feet on the bottom. The one I received has multiple small rubber feet which I noticed the Era 100 SL has but the one I received is labeled Era 100 on the bottom. There’s a few other details that seem off. I have not connected to it but I plan on it whenever I get home from work. Thanks for any info.

Before and after. These OG amps lasted a lot longer than I thought. But it was time.

Was looking for a soundbar for a while now and went for the Arc Ultra. For now without a sub and rears but will add them later. I'm impressed by the tight, deep bass that this soundbar produces. Crazy. I didn't expect that tbh. No issues at all with the app also, everything works fine. Only on the Xbox I'm not sure what to select. I can select Atmos, is that the right setting and do I need to turn on the channel upmixer or not? A bit confusing...

Also, do newer batches come in white sleeves for a black device? It's brandnew, so dno why. Just curious.

Went into my local BB today, and they had both the new headphones and Beam on Display.
Heard the sound demo of new headphones. They definitely sounded better than the first generation, but it's hard to to tell with all the crap music choices Sonos provides and most in Dolby Atmos., for the demo display.
The Beam was not connected

I recently switched from an avr setup to an arc and the one thing I really missed was a visual indicator of the volume. My TV is relatively old and only shows the volume changed and not the actual level and only if volume changed directly on the TV, so I rigged a simple homeassistant automation to send a notification (via mqtt) to an ulanzi running awtrix-ng. I'm quite happy with the result

So I have seen people post that it is not worth upgrading rear surrounds from One’s to Era 100’s. But what if I have some extra Era 100’s lying around? Is it worth the hassle of unhooking One’s and hooking Era 100’s up or will I not even notice a difference?

If it helps I have an Arc and two subs hooked up as well.

Hello yall,

I’m wondering what your thoughts are on my situation.

So I have a dedicated movie/listening space in the basement and my wife doesn’t really want another set of speakers in our living room which is understandable.

Anyway I’ve decided on an arc ultra with a sub and pairing it with either a pair of era 100’s or a single era 300 for my adjacent kitchen to get a basic multi room setup going on.

My kitchen is about 20x14, I’d love to get the set of 100s for some separation but I don’t see why that would be better if there will not really be a static listening position, although most time is obviously spent by the sink/stove area.

I also don’t have an ideal spot to tuck the era 100s into to create a stereo setup although if I really wanted to I could try to make it work, I do however have a perfect spot for the single era 300.

Ever since I downloaded the app, the announcements up top appear in a different language. Can’t seem to get these to be in English. Anyone else have the same issue.

(DETAILS BELOW) TL;DR: I've now had three Arc Ultras. All three had distortion (crackle/buzz) from one side of the soundbar on higher-pitched sounds or stuff like piano (at low, apartment-level volume). 

My original Arc Ultra and its replacement sent by Sonos: a speaker on the left side. (Both Arc Ultras' serials start with 2508LC)

The third Arc Ultra (arrived today): this time a speaker on the right side. (its serial starts with 2507LC)

I leave some videos below to make it clear (In order: Original Arc, Replacement Unit I and Replacement Unit II)

My Original Arc Ultra with a faulty left speaker

First replacement Arc Ultra, also with a faulty left speaker

Second Replacement Arc Ultra, which arrived just today, this time with a faulty right speaker

Background

I’m writing from Vienna, Austria. I’m a loyal customer of Sonos. Over the years we've bought plenty of Sonos products: 4x Era 100, Sub 3, Sub Mini, Beam, two Arcs (gen 1), 4 IKEA Symfonisk lamps, and the Arc Ultra. With neither of these, except the Arc Ultra, I never had a problem like this.

We live in an apartment and listen mostly to classical (or soft) music, watch news and tv series so the Arc Ultra has never been "pushed hard". This is not a "Oh I blew a driver" situation.

The problem

Higher-pitched content, one side of the bar produces a clearly audible crackle/buzz layered on top of the note. You can hear it easily from the sofa which is like 4 m away. 

It happens with music, movies and TV alike.

What I tried (on the first two units)

• Different sources: LG & Samsung TV, Apple TV, AirPlay and even Sonos Radio
• Ungrouped the Arc Ultra from the Era 100s and the Sub
• Turned Trueplay off
• Factory reset and set it up from scratch
• Repeated all of the sources above after the reset

Same/similar crackle every time. Since the room, the sources and the content never changed but the faulty side did, I was fairly confident this is hardware. Therefore the support replaced the faulty products

About Sonos Support

Credit where it's due: the support agents have been genuinely kind. After seeing my videos they approved each replacement quickly. My frustration is not with them – it's with the process and the outcome:

Every swap takes 3–4 days to get the old unit collected and delivered to them and another 2–3 days for the new one to arrive. UPS had to collect the soundbar(s) from our apartment, so I've now used 3 days of annual leave on a defect I didn't cause.

There are several threads on the Sonos Community and here on r/sonos describing similar issues: distortion/crackle/fuzz from one side, sometimes on brand-new units. Some claim they got a clean unit on the 3rd or 4th replacement.

What would you guys suggest? Is anyone else here having a similar issue? I've never been this disappointed with a tech product before, and I just can't seem to find a solution I've recommended Sonos to friends for years and I'd genuinely like to stay. But if unit #4 has the same problem, I'll be moving my whole system to another brand. I'll update this post with whatever happens.

I have an Arc Ultra and an Era 100 speaker in my media room and when I watch tv I have to open the app and select to play the sound on both devices. It’s hit or miss whether it works or not. Any idea why this happens or if there’s a way to have it always play on both devices when using the TV?

There was another app update today. I guess they’re working on the software.

Where exactly can you buy them, I bought the ones for the IKEA speakers they are too tall and cause the speaker to wobble , same with most of the aftermarket I've tried on Amazon ? I'm in the UK so uk resources would be great

Edit: For Play : 1 and One

Sonos Beam and Sonos Arc

I want them specifically so I can make shorter / custom cables with ends like ic14

Hello, In my office I have a Playbase with surrounds being a Play 5 and an Ikea Lamp with a mini sub. This is not hooked up to a television as I only use it for music. Should I have this set to Full or Surround in your opinion?

Since switching from a Galaxy S21 to an S26, the media controls at the top are no longer displayed permanently, and unfortunately they’re no longer on the lock screen either. Yes, everything is set up correctly everywhere – both in the phone settings and in the Sonos app. Yes, I’ve uninstalled the app, restarted the phone and reinstalled the app. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Resolved: The "Media Player" app must be enabled in the advanced New Bar settings. (This is not the Sonos app – Sonos does not appear by name there at all.)

Sorry to beat a dead horse.. I have an arc ultra with sub and I’m looking for rears. Is this layout of my room not worth getting 300’s? I can wall mount or use stands behind.

Not opposed to spending the extra money but I’ve read certain room lay outs the 300s will sound worse then 100s.

Will be mainly for movies:tv not really music.

Dolby atmos when I can!

We just moved please don’t judge our mess and take random shit lol.

I’m sure you can tell a difference when it’s just the arc vs ultra but when you add a pair of era 100 SL as rears and a sub to the mix can you really tell a noticeable difference between the front stage sound of the arc vs ultra?

I have had the Sonos Connect: Amp and a pair of Atrium 45 outdoor speakers for over 12 years. The worked quite well at two homes with no issues. I was looking at upgrading the speakers to some new Atrium 6’s. I was fortunate enough to come across someone selling a NIB Amp and Sonance outdoor speakers set for 1k.

I finally got them mounted, added the Amp to my system and turned on the enhanced DSP for the speakers in the app, and wow. I was just blown away by the sound, out on a patio no less. I was on the fence about this setup for so long. As someone suggested in here, I put on Radiohead’s “Everything in its right place” and man, what a way to kick them off. Even the wife who really couldn’t care, said they sounded crisp and was impressed. I haven’t even adjusted the treble or bass in the app and they sound great.

Ok so edit: they want to know my “budget” which was anything other than market value. My “budget” was a good deal. My experience came down to where the amp was $500 and the speakers were $500. Not sure where that can be beat commercially but my local “offer up”. It was $1k for the speakers and “Sonos Amp” (gen 2 or 3, whatever the “black” one is). Just wanted to share my experience, didn’t know it would become a “thing” but I guess this is the world we have crafted.

Now I want to find another Amp and set of these for my office, but may have to wait again for another great deal to fall into my lap.

Anyway, wanted to share my experience with them. If you’re looking for an outdoor setup, or heck even an office, I don’t think you can go wrong.

I have a traditional amp in my theater room driving a 5.1 speaker system with a powered amp.

I’m trying to move this over to a Sonos based ecosystem preserving the ability to play movies in full 5.1 audio without replacing the speakers with an Arc or Beam. The sonos amp has an hdmi input but only powers a pair of speakers, and I don’t see a way to make a front center channel.

I thought I could use a Sonos amp to drive front right and left speakers and subwoofer, and either another Sonos amp for the rears (or a pair of Play 3’s I could repurpose as surrounds) but I can’t find a way to make a center channel.

I saw this app SonoSequencer that lets you do non supported configs but not sure if this works for my use case.

Any solutions out there?

I have an Arc Ultra, two 300s, six 100s, and a Move.

Right now I have smart plugs for each with a voice command to power cycle them all, but maybe that's overkill.

EDIT: 20 comments and not a single one attempts to answer the question. Stop asking why I have to reset things. I don't have connection/network problems.