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Unfortunately, my TCL remote doesn't work with the sound bar, so I have to use the phone app to control the volume. Not a big deal but inconvenient to have to unlock my phone to mute the audio.

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Not great

I could not get the AppleTV to recognize the Ray as default speaker - Crutchfield and AppleTV support tried to help - Sonos tech support was awful. Sound was mediocre at best - I love my Sonos 5 but am disappointed in the Ray.

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Crutchfield response on 4/9/2025

Paul contacted our Customer Support team and set up a return. Purchases from Crutchfield can be returned or exchanged within 60 days.

Works ok

It works ok, but you can only mute the speaker. You cannot turn up the sound or down, I wouldn't recommend this speaker.

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No HDMI

Why would SONOS make a product with only optical output. It is useless. Very dissatisfied with my purchase. Dissatisfied that Crutchfield sells it.

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Crutchfield response on 2/10/2025

James contacted our Customer Support team and set up a return. Purchases from Crutchfield can be returned or exchanged within 60 days.

Sonos Ray

Excellent support and product knowledge as well as shipping! Thanks !

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Sonos Ray

No HDMI connection so did not work for my use case. Only optical.

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This customer contacted our Customer Support team and set up a return. Purchases from Crutchfield can be returned or exchanged within 60 days.

Great soundbar

The Sonos Ray it's a beautiful sound bar that produces beautiful sound fIn your room.

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Good Sound Quality

Not too big , so it's not in the way. Excellent sound quality for one unit without additional speakers placed around the room. Useful Features ; Night Sound is great for people like me who fall asleep on the couch while watching tv. It limits the volume so no rude awakenings if there's a loud commercial. The Speech Enhancement is also good. It takes care of the problem when music is too loud and now I don't find myself struggling to hear dialog. The only downside is I have to be careful about how I'm pointing remote when muting. It competes with the mute from the Roku . Not a dealbreaker , just a little inconvenient at times. Overall , at this price point , it's a good quality item.

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Sonos Ray

Provide music and a sound bar at a reasonable price. Purchases several to have music in multiple rooms.

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Ray Soundbar

I could never get the soundbar to connect to the tv. I worked with it for at least 2 hours on Friday night trying to connect to my system through my iPhone. It kept looping at the "update needs to be applied". Error was that the owner needed to login. I am the owner. I researched and read that the Android phone worked better with setup. Saturday, i went to my job and got my Android phone and tried it....still wouldn't apply the update. I've worked in IT for 24 years, doing networks, IT troubleshooting....have never seen anything like this before. What happened to just connecting a soundbar to the tv and then add the device?!?! What is the purpose of having to go through a phone app. We are taking it back today (Monday) and getting a refund.

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Great fir bedroom, small room

Nice soundbar for bedroom. Unfortunately the old Samsung TV does not have option to turn off "tv" speakers, only switch for external or internal speaker sound. While my DTV remote is controlling volume perfectly, Samsung feels a need to blast me a notice stating speakers need to be controlled on their own, each time volume control is touched. Ray has a great sound, not the tin-y sound from Samsung speakers.

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I took thee for thy better.

I bought the Ray hoping it was close in quality to the Beams I already owned (I have 3, one first gen). Unfortunately it didn't come close and , to my ears, my portable Roam sounded better;( though not suitable as a soundbar). Fortunately Crutchfield customer service was TERRIFIC in taking it back.

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Great sound and value

Richer sound across the spectrum; natural, not pumped up. Another Sonos win!

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Sonos Ray

Great sound and good size for a smaller tv.

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Sonos Ray

Sound bar will not work with tv. Agent tried to help me on phone for about an hour will no success. Said he would find someone who may know about sonos ray and call me. It's been 3 days and no call. Will return inoperable sound bar.

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Crutchfield response on 1/31/2024

Once we saw this review, our Tech Support team reached out to Charles to apologize and to help with his sound bar. We were sorry to hear about his experience with our Tech Support team. We're forwarding this on to our Tech Support supervisors, so they can look into it. We strive to provide the best service, before, during, and after your purchase, and it looks like we missed the mark this time. We hope he gives us another chance to prove we're the best in the business.

Sonos Ray

Looks good, easy to set up and use, and sounds great. So far it has worked great in tandem with other sonos speakers and multiple blue tooth sources. The app has also worked well. Very satisfied and would get other sonos equip if we had the need.

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Sonos Ray

Love the sound for a smaller unit. Very easy set up.

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Requires IR remote control

Purchased to improve sound of 40" TV. It does the job well with some tweaking, particularly re dialogue. Something that was not stated or I missed is that it requires an IR remote while most gear today uses an RF remote. My TV has two HDMI ports (occupied by cable box and bluray player) so had to use optical digital. Fortunately I discovered I can use the cable box remote to change the ray's volume. Otherwise is a nice small soundbar, particularly when on sale.

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Great

Great sound from a little bar. Need the woofer next.

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Sonos Ray

Great sound. Optical only plug-in sadly. Not an issue but gave me a headache when trying to set up external speakers and control the volume with any remote. There is a workaround but just be aware. Tons of sound coming from this small bar. Was thinking of buying a sub but it's probably not needed right away.

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The best

Excellent, clear , crisp speech within beautiful background sound. ..like all Sonos products.

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Wonderful sound but...

Sound is great, however, with me having IR TV (LG C2 OLED) the multi-link control comes and goes. Frustrating having to relink the speaker. So I upgraded to the Bose 600, I consider them a peer to Sono. Since it was on sale and with Crutchfield's quick shipping, seemed like an obvious choice.

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Sonos Ray

Excellent product, paired with a Sub Mini in bedroom.

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Sonos Ray

Can't set up without good internet. Just wanted a plain sound bar. Sent it back

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the perfect starter soundbar

a great soundbar for people who want to start upgrading their home sound experience from just their TV audio. it's my first sonos product and it definitely gets the job done.

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Kitchen TV

Great stand alone speaker to replace my miniscule TV speakers. Big sound from just a lone soundbar. 'Night Mode' selection great for lower base and enhanced voice. 'Loud' mode great for action. I use the Ray on my small kitchen TV.

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Excellent Sound

Let me start by saying that I have a Sonos One that I really like and sounds amazing. I previously purchased a LG sound bar with Dolby Atmos. While it was ok, it sounded completely hollow compare to my Sonos One. I decided to return it in favor of the Ray. The Ray is similar to the One in terms of sound quality and ease of set up. The sound is plenty loud, it's accurate, and sounds natural. The only reason that I have reduced a star is because this should really have an HDMI Arc connection. While Sonos was able to make it compatible with both my LG TV magic remote and my AppleTV 4k remote, it was a pain to set it up and it occasionally glitches and won't allow me to remotely control the volume. (This usually resolves itself by the next day and doesn't occur again for weeks at a time.) All in all, the Sonos Ray is an excellent sound bar. It's not oversized and sounds very good for tv, music, and movies. If you have other Sonos products, it is very unlikely that you will be disappointed.

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Sonos Ray

Great product.

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decent

It sounds but I'd like atmos and HDMI.

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Very Happy With Sonos Ray TV Speaker

We replaced a 10 year old Bose Solo speaker that we really loved, it was a huge sound in a compact, user friendly unit. After shopping and listening to units at a local retail store, we wanted to buy the Sonos Ray but were thwarted by the store employees. We decided to drive from Richmond to Charlottesville, much better experience, so glad because Crutchfield's employee was perfect. We are thrilled with the Sonos Ray, the setup was a little daunting for us older, tech challenged types but the guidance process walked us through the steps perfectly and everything works like it's supposed to. We took the path of allowing setup to do all the automatic things it could and it worked as promised. The sound is truly deep and rich, the dialogue enhancer works very well. We had no issue programming the Samsung Smart TV remote so we only have to use one remote for both TV and speaker. We could not be happier with it, the sound quality, the volume of sound, the ease of use, the size and appearance couldn't be better for us. We're extremely happy and want to recommend the Sonos Ray and Crutchfield's to anyone looking for a great TV speaker.

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Sonos Ray

Buen sonido y volumen para su tamaño y su precio. Le añadí dos sonos one y el cambio fue notable, ahora me falta comprar el sub mini para completar mi home theater 4.1 La recomiendo.

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Sonos Ray

Very clear sound for regular TV. Music effects also. Integrates easily with TV remote operation. All around I am very satisfied with soundbar

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Sonos Ray

Good sound for the price point

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Sonos Ray

Great sound in a small package.

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Ray is a good small soundbar but returned for the Beam

The Ray was a pretty good soundbar for a small room, but I opted to return it for the Beam because I needed a bit more separation for my master bedroom. Still, I have to admit, the Ray did sound good for its size. No real complaints, just needed a little bigger unit.

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Sonos Ray

I'm very happy with my purchase.

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Sonos Ray

This Sonos speakerbar addressed our need, which was to improve the sound of voices on our TV so that we could turn off closed captioning. It works amazingly well!

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Good tv Sound Bar for second or third tv.

We bought this sound bar to help fix the sound issues with a tv mounted on the wall over a fireplace in a vaulted living room. When comparing the sound to the Sony XBR65x900E There is no comparison as the Sonos is far superior. I had read that the sound is a little thin favoring the midrange and that the wireless Sonos Sub is recommended. However my wife hates bass and just wanted the sound from the tv to have clear dialog and not be overwhelmed by the music or special effects. Me, I love Bass and my Home Theater is Dolby Atmos and 2 Subs and 14 speakers. The EQ in the Sonos App does not do much raising or lowering the Bass or Treble settings. The Dialog enhancement works great as well as the night setting. I was not impressed with the Trueplay setup was a disappointment as the sound was better before the adjustment, but you can turn it off to go back to the original sound. I in all fairness was not impressed with the room setup on my Denon in my Home Theater. It is better with my adjusting manually with my sound meter and the Equalizer in the Denon. My son in law listened to a Sonos Beam with 4 Subs in a rental Beach House and said it was great. Bottom line, if you can live eith only a opticsl input and no HDMI, do not like Bass or are willing to buy the Donos Sub, seek better sound than tv speakers at an affordable price, want to hear clear unnmuffled or mumbled dialog, then the Sonos Ray is a really good choice.

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Very Low Peak Volume

I purchased the Sonos Ray to replace a pair of Klipsch "The Fives" that I had been using with my 55" Samsung. The Fives were too much speaker for regular TV watching, and their volume and bass were sometimes overwhelming. So I purchased the Sonos Ray to improved dialogue clarity, all while reducing overall loudness in the TV room. Unfortunately, the pendulum swung a little too far. In our 10' x 12' living room with 8' ceilings and hardwood floors, I have to keep the volume on the Ray at 100% to effectively hear what's on the TV. The sound and build quality of the Ray are excellent, it's just noticeably underpowered and anemic in the volume category.

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They are awesome!!

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Speech enhancement big improvement to TV

Bought this primarily for speech enhancement for TV. Was getting frustrated with constantly turning sound up for dialogue and then turning down for action. Ray does a great job with this. As a bonus connected my existing Sonos SL and SL1 as rear channels for surround. Very happy with resulting sound.

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It's a Keeper

My first sound bar and I'm delighted. Sound from my new CD changer is great and I can use my CDs once again. Love the compact size, too. The Sonos app turned out to be quite easy to use (I'm not techy) and connect the media items. Thank you!

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Sonos Ray

It's great product and works well.

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Sonos Ray

Great quality Sonos dependability. Sets up seamlessly. Smaller than the others and I don't have the other speakers for accent so using as a stand alone and very good as such.

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Nicee

As a small sound bar for my tv I love it

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Great value

Good voice clarity. Surprising quality and volume of sound. Base is boomy at higher volume. Install easy. Connected to a 43 inch Samsung. Needed small footprint.

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Crutchfield's Experts are everything

The Sonos Ray is a great product once it is successfully set up. I ran into some complications with my LG TV and if it were not for the knowledge and patience of the Crutchfield expert, I would have had to return the product as I would not have been able to figure out the issues we ran into. Long story short, Crutchfield's is everything when it comes to assistance in setting up a system.

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Get One!!

Easy set up and great sound. Much improved audio over the TV speakers.

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Sonos Ray

Great speaker. Easy set-up for iOS and an old TV.

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