diff --git a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/ConnectionEventHandler.java b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/ConnectionEventHandler.java
index 10e0106..aa4f96d 100644
--- a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/ConnectionEventHandler.java
+++ b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/ConnectionEventHandler.java
@@ -359,13 +359,11 @@ final class ConnectionEventHandler implements TS3Listener {
     @Override
     public void onChannelCreate(ChannelCreateEvent e) {
         int cid = e.getChannelId();
-        String name = e.get("channel_name");
         int pid = safeInt(e, "cpid");
         if (pid == 0) pid = safeInt(e, "pid");
         int order = safeInt(e, "channel_order");
-        ChannelNode node = conn.getModel().putChannel(cid, name, pid, order);
-        long icon = TeamspeakConnection.safeLong(e, "channel_icon_id");
-        if (icon != 0) node.iconId = icon;
+        ChannelNode node = conn.getModel().putChannel(cid, e.get("channel_name"), pid, order);
+        applyChannelProperties(node, e);
         conn.getModel().relinkChannel(cid, pid, order);
         if (conn.isConnected()) {
             conn.sound(byInvoker(e, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_CREATED_BY_YOU, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_CREATED_BY_OTHER,
@@ -390,22 +388,35 @@ final class ConnectionEventHandler implements TS3Listener {
     @Override
     public void onChannelEdit(ChannelEditedEvent e) {
         ChannelNode ch = conn.getModel().getChannel(safeInt(e, "cid"));
-        if (ch != null) {
-            if (has(e, "channel_name")) ch.name = e.get("channel_name");
-            if (has(e, "channel_order")) ch.order = e.getInt("channel_order");
-            if (has(e, "channel_icon_id")) ch.iconId = TeamspeakConnection.safeLong(e, "channel_icon_id");
-            if (has(e, "channel_topic")) ch.topic = e.get("channel_topic");
-            if (conn.isConnected()) {
-                boolean current = conn.inOwnChannel(ch.id);
-                conn.sound(current
-                        ? byInvoker(e, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_CURRENT_BY_YOU,
-                        SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_CURRENT_BY_OTHER, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_CURRENT_BY_OTHER)
-                        : byInvoker(e, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_OTHER_BY_YOU,
-                        SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_OTHER_BY_OTHER, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_OTHER_BY_SERVER),
-                        conn.channelVars(ch.id, e.get("invokername")));
-                conn.log("Channel \"" + conn.channelLink(ch.id) + "\" was edited by " + invokerName(e));
-            }
-            conn.ui.onModelChanged();
+        if (ch == null) return;
+        applyChannelProperties(ch, e);
+        // Sorting among the same siblings arrives here too, and TS3 announces it as an edit.
+        if (has(e, "channel_order")) conn.getModel().relinkChannel(ch.id, ch.parentId, e.getInt("channel_order"));
+        if (conn.isConnected()) {
+            boolean current = conn.inOwnChannel(ch.id);
+            conn.sound(current
+                            ? byInvoker(e, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_CURRENT_BY_YOU,
+                            SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_CURRENT_BY_OTHER, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_CURRENT_BY_OTHER)
+                            : byInvoker(e, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_OTHER_BY_YOU,
+                            SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_OTHER_BY_OTHER, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_EDITED_OTHER_BY_SERVER),
+                    conn.channelVars(ch.id, e.get("invokername")));
+            conn.log("Channel \"" + conn.channelLink(ch.id) + "\" was edited by " + invokerName(e));
+        }
+        conn.ui.onModelChanged();
+    }
+
+    /** The properties a channel event carries that the model keeps; each only when present. */
+    private static void applyChannelProperties(ChannelNode ch, BaseEvent e) {
+        if (has(e, "channel_name")) ch.name = e.get("channel_name");
+        // An emptied topic arrives as a bare key, which has() would skip.
+        if (e.getMap().containsKey("channel_topic")) ch.topic = TeamspeakConnection.orEmpty(e.get("channel_topic"));
+        if (has(e, "channel_icon_id")) ch.iconId = TeamspeakConnection.safeLong(e, "channel_icon_id");
+        if (has(e, "channel_flag_password")) ch.hasPassword = e.getBoolean("channel_flag_password");
+        if (has(e, "channel_flag_permanent")) ch.permanent = e.getBoolean("channel_flag_permanent");
+        if (has(e, "channel_flag_maxclients_unlimited") && e.getBoolean("channel_flag_maxclients_unlimited")) {
+            ch.maxClients = -1;
+        } else if (has(e, "channel_maxclients")) {
+            ch.maxClients = safeInt(e, "channel_maxclients");
         }
     }
 
@@ -425,17 +436,18 @@ final class ConnectionEventHandler implements TS3Listener {
     @Override
     public void onChannelMoved(ChannelMovedEvent e) {
         ChannelNode ch = conn.getModel().getChannel(safeInt(e, "cid"));
-        if (ch != null) {
-            int parent = has(e, "cpid") ? e.getInt("cpid") : ch.parentId;
-            int order = has(e, "order") ? e.getInt("order") : ch.order;
-            conn.getModel().relinkChannel(ch.id, parent, order);
-            if (conn.isConnected()) {
-                conn.sound(byInvoker(e, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_MOVED_BY_YOU, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_MOVED_BY_OTHER,
-                        SoundEvent.CHANNEL_MOVED_BY_OTHER), conn.channelVars(ch.id, e.get("invokername")));
-                conn.log("Channel \"" + conn.channelLink(ch.id) + "\" was moved by " + invokerName(e));
-            }
-            conn.ui.onModelChanged();
+        if (ch == null) return;
+        int parent = has(e, "cpid") ? e.getInt("cpid") : ch.parentId;
+        int order = has(e, "order") ? e.getInt("order") : ch.order;
+        conn.getModel().relinkChannel(ch.id, parent, order);
+        if (conn.isConnected()) {
+            conn.sound(byInvoker(e, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_MOVED_BY_YOU, SoundEvent.CHANNEL_MOVED_BY_OTHER,
+                    SoundEvent.CHANNEL_MOVED_BY_OTHER), conn.channelVars(ch.id, e.get("invokername")));
+            String newParent = parent == 0 ? conn.getModel().getServerName() : conn.channelLink(parent);
+            conn.log("Channel \"" + conn.channelLink(ch.id) + "\" was moved by " + invokerName(e)
+                    + ", new parent channel is \"" + newParent + "\"");
         }
+        conn.ui.onModelChanged();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -537,12 +549,9 @@ final class ConnectionEventHandler implements TS3Listener {
     public void onChannelList(ChannelListEvent e) {
         // Incremental channel arriving during connect.
         int cid = e.getChannelId();
-        String name = e.get("channel_name");
-        int pid = safeInt(e, "cpid");
-        int order = safeInt(e, "channel_order");
-        ChannelNode node = conn.getModel().putChannel(cid, name, pid, order);
-        long icon = TeamspeakConnection.safeLong(e, "channel_icon_id");
-        if (icon != 0) node.iconId = icon;
+        ChannelNode node = conn.getModel().putChannel(cid, e.get("channel_name"),
+                safeInt(e, "cpid"), safeInt(e, "channel_order"));
+        applyChannelProperties(node, e);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/TeamspeakConnection.java b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/TeamspeakConnection.java
index a3054a5..dfd191b 100644
--- a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/TeamspeakConnection.java
+++ b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/net/TeamspeakConnection.java
@@ -708,12 +708,23 @@ public final class TeamspeakConnection implements TS3Listener {
      *                           siblings, or 0 to place it first
      */
     public void moveChannel(int channelId, int newParentId, int orderPredecessorId) {
+        ChannelNode channel = model.getChannel(channelId);
+        // The server refuses channelmove within the same parent ("already member of
+        // channel"); sorting among the same siblings is an edit of channel_order.
+        boolean reorder = channel != null && channel.parentId == newParentId;
         new Thread(() -> {
             try {
-                SingleCommand cmd = new SingleCommand("channelmove", ProtocolRole.CLIENT);
-                cmd.add(new CommandSingleParameter("cid", Integer.toString(channelId)));
-                cmd.add(new CommandSingleParameter("cpid", Integer.toString(newParentId)));
-                cmd.add(new CommandSingleParameter("order", Integer.toString(orderPredecessorId)));
+                SingleCommand cmd;
+                if (reorder) {
+                    cmd = new SingleCommand("channeledit", ProtocolRole.CLIENT);
+                    cmd.add(new CommandSingleParameter("cid", Integer.toString(channelId)));
+                    cmd.add(new CommandSingleParameter("channel_order", Integer.toString(orderPredecessorId)));
+                } else {
+                    cmd = new SingleCommand("channelmove", ProtocolRole.CLIENT);
+                    cmd.add(new CommandSingleParameter("cid", Integer.toString(channelId)));
+                    cmd.add(new CommandSingleParameter("cpid", Integer.toString(newParentId)));
+                    cmd.add(new CommandSingleParameter("order", Integer.toString(orderPredecessorId)));
+                }
                 client.executeCommand(cmd).complete();
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 error("Could not move channel: " + rootMessage(e));
diff --git a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/sound/SoundNotifier.java b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/sound/SoundNotifier.java
index ca8c4ed..83aa69a 100644
--- a/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/sound/SoundNotifier.java
+++ b/ts3-client/core/src/main/java/com/ts3client/sound/SoundNotifier.java
@@ -14,17 +14,27 @@ import java.util.Map;
  * <p>An action is heard when the pack maps it, the user left it enabled and either
  * the speakers are on or the action is marked <em>important</em> — the muted case
  * is what the important flag exists for.
+ *
+ * <p>A sound that is already starting is not started again: one server action often
+ * arrives as a burst of events (a channel deleted with its subchannels, every tab on
+ * the same server hearing the same move), and stacking identical copies of a sound
+ * only makes it louder and garbled.
  */
 public final class SoundNotifier {
 
     /** Contact class in a pack's {@code ${clientType}} placeholder: friend, neutral or blocked. */
     private static final String DEFAULT_CLIENT_TYPE = "neutral";
 
+    /** How close together two plays of the same sound count as one. */
+    private static final long COALESCE_NANOS = 250_000_000L;
+
     private final Settings settings;
     private volatile SoundPlayer player;
     private volatile SoundPack pack;
     private volatile List<SoundPack> available = List.of();
     private volatile boolean soundsMuted;
+    /** When each resolved sound last started, for {@link #COALESCE_NANOS}. */
+    private final Map<String, Long> lastStarted = new HashMap<>();
 
     public SoundNotifier(Settings settings) {
         this.settings = settings;
@@ -115,6 +125,7 @@ public final class SoundNotifier {
         String resolved = script.resolve(withDefaults(variables));
         double volume = Math.max(0, Math.min(1.0, settings.effectiveSoundVolume()));
         if (volume <= 0) return;
+        if (!claimStart(script.kind() + ":" + resolved)) return;
 
         if (script.kind() == SoundScript.Kind.SAY) {
             out.say(resolved, volume);
@@ -124,6 +135,18 @@ public final class SoundNotifier {
         if (file != null) out.play(file, volume);
     }
 
+    /** @return false when the same sound already started within {@link #COALESCE_NANOS} */
+    private boolean claimStart(String sound) {
+        long now = System.nanoTime();
+        synchronized (lastStarted) {
+            Long last = lastStarted.get(sound);
+            if (last != null && now - last < COALESCE_NANOS) return false;
+            lastStarted.put(sound, now);
+            if (lastStarted.size() > 64) lastStarted.values().removeIf(t -> now - t >= COALESCE_NANOS);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private static Map<String, String> withDefaults(Map<String, String> variables) {
         Map<String, String> vars = variables == null ? new HashMap<>() : new HashMap<>(variables);
         vars.putIfAbsent("clientType", DEFAULT_CLIENT_TYPE);