for me the same since yesterday
enabling sounds

Well, last weeks it happens unexpected (that the sound stops) and after resetting, starting again, or doing something else on another website, sound is okay again, also resetting while playing does not help...
I must say it is a little sound, but very helpful !

My sound stopped working 2 days ago in Live chess and watching the Top game, yet it works in my Online games. I have gone to Live chess settings and it is enabled. I toggled it off and then back on and there is still no sound in Live chess. I have powered down my computer, cleaned internet files and deleted cookies and still no sound. I agree that sound is more helpful in a game. Is there any answers to resovle this issue?
Just this week I noticed this problem. In a few games, during midgame the sound would either:
1) Not be there at all
2) I get sounds when moving my pieces, but not my opponent
3) The sound loops
I guess for a lot of people its not a big problem, but its pretty helpful for those who take a minute or two to think whereas you can browse other websites at the same time and the sound is helpful for letting you know that your opponent has moved a piece.
i have the same problem in firefox , no sound in the livegames. However in Chrome the sound works fine so i guess an update to firefox broke it there for some reason ? no idea about IE

I am not sure why some people are having problems with this. I was having problems when I used Window's browser IE 8, but after upgrading my Java and switching to the latest version (not the BETA version!) of Firefox the problem was solved!
I don't suggest using a BETA version of any program. I know that Google Chrome will work, but if you install it you can not view/use older sites. When I worked as an administrator at Chesshere.com I contacted a rep for Google Chrome because the only way members running the newest Windows could see the diagrams was to set 'Compatibility Mode' to ON.
However, their techie told me that they did away with that feature (setting Compatibility Mode) but we could install a patch for $250 that would make their program run on an old site. Both the owner and myself agreed that we should not have to install patches simply because a company does not want to support older software. So I was recommending to either switch to Firefox there or if you were using IE 8, set the Compatibility Mode for that site.
To wrap this up I must tell everyone: DO NOT SET COMPATIBILITY MODE FOR CHESS.COM ! It will run fine under Google Chrome and Firefox. But you have to update your Java program and make sure that you enable Java to run in the browser settings.
To update Java, click on 'Start', 'All Programs', 'Java' and then 'Update Java'. Always reboot after you update anything on your system. If your sound still does not work then click on 'Start', 'Control Panel' and 'Sound devices' and re-install your sound program.
Don

I have Linux :) An old but working OS, since 3-4 days the sound is only in live gone, in online it is still there.

Probably a flash problem.
I witness the same audio failure in live on win 7 and debian wheezy.
On debian only iceweacel (firefox) with the adobe plugin was not working. Chromium still has got sound. After manual update of iceweasel and flash plugin (apt-get install) sound is back.

I have tried updating Java and Sound devices as suggested. There is still no sound in my Live Chess games or when I view the top game being played. It also seems that it takes longer for me to get into the Live Chess window. I still have sound in my Online games. I was told in the help section that the site had done something Wednesday or Thursday and this is when I started having this problem. Prior to that my sound has been working for years. I use Chrome and updated that. Everything that I have tried to fix this glitch/bug has failed.

In settings I have unchecked the on vacation box but it still says I am on vacation for 1month and 22days and I cannot make moves,How can I fix this so I can continue playing?
on a Sansung Tab2 10 after upgrade no sound when playing. where can i download the previous version?

Hey Dunderry hope all is well!!! I think chess.com made some kind of update last week that caused these glitches/bugs. I believe no matter what we try ourselves it will not help. I sent a report to the site of what is happening. They emailed me back that they will look into the problems that some of us are experiencing. You should all send a report to them as well, the more that complain might be the best. I have given up trying to fix it myself. I think the only fix that will help needs to come from chess.com.

This is a nice forum about our (five) senses.
We don't hear the sound of the moves... while a blind friend of mine misses the sight of the moves and is feeling them !
Please : no further remarks in this forum about tasting and smelling.

I do believe that these problems started around February 13th with an update that the site has done. I have sent 2 bug reports to the Support Staff. I was told that it will be fixed shortly You all need to do the same and maybe they will try to fix the problems. I still have no sound in Live Chess or alerts. Not even a low time alert in Live Chess. 10 plus days for me, very annoying now. If it is not fixed I will request a refund of the membership fees that I have paid. I hope that I do not have to do it, I do think that this is a nice chess site.
one of my settings is 'enable sounds'. but now when i play there isn't the helpful little sound that occurs when a piece is moved. this is a hindrance. how do i fix this?