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  • Your Sonos Ray soundbar just got an update it desperately needed

    From TechnologyDaily@1337:1/100 to All on Wed Jul 6 17:45:04 2022
    Your Sonos Ray soundbar just got an update it desperately needed

    Date:
    Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:19:29 +0000

    Description:
    Sonos has released an update for the Sonos Ray soundbar that finally stops it buzzing when playing bass-heavy audio.

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    The Sonos Ray is one of the best budget soundbars , and thanks to a new
    update this little speaker is now an even better pick for your cheap audio needs.

    However, some Sonos Ray owners have reported hearing an odd buzzing sound while playing low-pitched pitched audio through it. This issue was also
    picked up by our friends at What HiFi in their testing, and while it doesnt affect every Sonos Ray (we were lucky enough to avoid it with our review model), for some users this audible vibration can be a nuisance.

    Following What HiFi's report, Sonos was reportedly able to recreate the
    issue, and has now released a fix via the Ray's latest firmware update.

    According to Sonos, the issue was caused by the speaker playing tones of around 55Hz. Because of its design this is the resonant frequency of the speaker's bass port, and so playing audio at this pitch could lead to
    chuffing essentially large amounts of air were moving through ports when
    they shouldnt be causing the irritating tone.

    Sonos says this issue has now been mitigated by tweaking the systems low-end response, meaning that the buzz caused by chuffing should be much less of an issue.

    Considering that the previous fix that was suggested was picking up the Sonos Sub subwoofer currently priced at $749 / 749 / AU$1,099 this free update will be welcomed by those who were attracted to the Rays budget-friendly price; a cheap Sonos sound system isnt really that cheap if youre paying over $1,000 for it.



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    Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/your-sonos-ray-soundbar-just-got-an-update-it-d esperately-needed/


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