diff --git a/src/app/api/tts/segments/audio/fallback/route.ts b/src/app/api/tts/segments/audio/fallback/route.ts
index 9884217..aa62567 100644
--- a/src/app/api/tts/segments/audio/fallback/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/tts/segments/audio/fallback/route.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { isS3Configured } from '@/lib/server/storage/s3';
 import {
   buildSegmentAudioCacheHeaders,
+  normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader,
   resolveCompletedSegmentAudio,
-  streamAudioBuffer,
   ttsSegmentsS3NotConfiguredResponse,
 } from '@/lib/server/tts/segments-audio';
-import { getTtsSegmentAudioObject } from '@/lib/server/tts/segments-blobstore';
+import { getTtsSegmentAudioObjectStream } from '@/lib/server/tts/segments-blobstore';
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
 
@@ -17,12 +17,32 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
     const resolved = await resolveCompletedSegmentAudio(request);
     if (resolved instanceof Response) return resolved;
 
-    const audio = await getTtsSegmentAudioObject(resolved.audioKey);
-    return new NextResponse(streamAudioBuffer(audio), {
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'audio/mpeg',
-        ...buildSegmentAudioCacheHeaders('fallback'),
-      },
+    const range = normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader(request.headers.get('range'));
+    if (request.headers.has('range') && !range) {
+      return new NextResponse(null, {
+        status: 416,
+        headers: {
+          ...buildSegmentAudioCacheHeaders('fallback'),
+          'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes',
+        },
+      });
+    }
+
+    const audio = await getTtsSegmentAudioObjectStream(resolved.audioKey, range ? { range } : undefined);
+    const headers: Record<string, string> = {
+      'Content-Type': audio.contentType || 'audio/mpeg',
+      ...buildSegmentAudioCacheHeaders('fallback'),
+      'Accept-Ranges': audio.acceptRanges || 'bytes',
+    };
+    if (audio.contentLength !== null) headers['Content-Length'] = String(audio.contentLength);
+    if (audio.contentRange) headers['Content-Range'] = audio.contentRange;
+    if (audio.etag) headers.ETag = audio.etag;
+    if (audio.lastModified) headers['Last-Modified'] = audio.lastModified.toUTCString();
+
+    const status = range ? 206 : 200;
+    return new NextResponse(audio.stream, {
+      status: audio.statusCode || status,
+      headers,
     });
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Error serving TTS segment audio fallback:', error);
diff --git a/src/lib/server/tts/segments-audio.ts b/src/lib/server/tts/segments-audio.ts
index c921407..f080ac9 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/tts/segments-audio.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/tts/segments-audio.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,23 @@ export function buildSegmentAudioCacheHeaders(kind: 'redirect' | 'fallback'): Re
   };
 }
 
+export function normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader(value: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+  if (!value) return null;
+  const normalized = value.trim();
+  if (!/^bytes=\d*-\d*(,\s*\d*-\d*)*$/.test(normalized)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const firstRange = normalized.split(',')[0]?.trim() ?? '';
+  const [, startRaw = '', endRaw = ''] = /^bytes=(\d*)-(\d*)$/.exec(firstRange) ?? [];
+  if (!startRaw && !endRaw) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (startRaw && endRaw && Number(startRaw) > Number(endRaw)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return firstRange;
+}
+
 export async function resolveCompletedSegmentAudio(
   request: NextRequest,
 ): Promise<ResolvedSegmentAudio | Response> {
diff --git a/src/lib/server/tts/segments-blobstore.ts b/src/lib/server/tts/segments-blobstore.ts
index 7410d87..de2d56d 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/tts/segments-blobstore.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/tts/segments-blobstore.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,88 @@ async function bodyToBuffer(body: unknown): Promise<Buffer> {
   throw new Error('Unsupported S3 response body type');
 }
 
+function bodyToReadableStream(body: unknown): ReadableStream<Uint8Array> {
+  if (!body) {
+    return new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+      start(controller) {
+        controller.close();
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (typeof body === 'object' && body !== null && 'transformToWebStream' in body) {
+    const maybe = body as { transformToWebStream?: () => ReadableStream<Uint8Array> };
+    if (typeof maybe.transformToWebStream === 'function') {
+      return maybe.transformToWebStream();
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (body instanceof Uint8Array) {
+    return new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+      start(controller) {
+        controller.enqueue(body);
+        controller.close();
+      },
+    });
+  }
+  if (ArrayBuffer.isView(body)) {
+    const view = body as ArrayBufferView;
+    return new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+      start(controller) {
+        controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(view.buffer, view.byteOffset, view.byteLength));
+        controller.close();
+      },
+    });
+  }
+  if (body instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
+    return new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+      start(controller) {
+        controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(body));
+        controller.close();
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (isNodeReadableStream(body)) {
+    return new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+      start(controller) {
+        body.on('data', (chunk) => {
+          if (Buffer.isBuffer(chunk)) {
+            controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(chunk));
+            return;
+          }
+          if (typeof chunk === 'string') {
+            controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(chunk)));
+            return;
+          }
+          controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(chunk as Uint8Array));
+        });
+        body.on('end', () => controller.close());
+        body.on('error', (err) => controller.error(err));
+      },
+      cancel() {
+        const nodeBody = body as NodeJS.ReadableStream & { destroy?: () => void };
+        if (typeof nodeBody.destroy === 'function') {
+          nodeBody.destroy();
+        }
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  throw new Error('Unsupported S3 response body type');
+}
+
+export type TtsSegmentAudioObjectStream = {
+  stream: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>;
+  contentType: string | null;
+  contentLength: number | null;
+  contentRange: string | null;
+  acceptRanges: string | null;
+  etag: string | null;
+  lastModified: Date | null;
+  statusCode: number;
+};
+
 export async function putTtsSegmentAudioObject(key: string, buffer: Buffer): Promise<void> {
   const cfg = getS3Config();
   const client = getS3ProxyClient();
@@ -65,6 +147,29 @@ export async function getTtsSegmentAudioObject(key: string): Promise<Buffer> {
   return bodyToBuffer(res.Body);
 }
 
+export async function getTtsSegmentAudioObjectStream(
+  key: string,
+  options?: { range?: string },
+): Promise<TtsSegmentAudioObjectStream> {
+  const cfg = getS3Config();
+  const client = getS3ProxyClient();
+  const res = await client.send(new GetObjectCommand({
+    Bucket: cfg.bucket,
+    Key: key,
+    ...(options?.range ? { Range: options.range } : {}),
+  }));
+  return {
+    stream: bodyToReadableStream(res.Body),
+    contentType: res.ContentType ?? null,
+    contentLength: typeof res.ContentLength === 'number' ? res.ContentLength : null,
+    contentRange: typeof res.ContentRange === 'string' ? res.ContentRange : null,
+    acceptRanges: typeof res.AcceptRanges === 'string' ? res.AcceptRanges : null,
+    etag: typeof res.ETag === 'string' ? res.ETag : null,
+    lastModified: res.LastModified ?? null,
+    statusCode: res.$metadata.httpStatusCode ?? (options?.range ? 206 : 200),
+  };
+}
+
 export async function presignTtsSegmentAudioGet(
   key: string,
   options?: { expiresInSeconds?: number },
diff --git a/tests/unit/tts-segments-audio-cache.spec.ts b/tests/unit/tts-segments-audio-cache.spec.ts
index 8ef9404..d1ce894 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tts-segments-audio-cache.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/tts-segments-audio-cache.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import {
   buildSegmentAudioCacheHeaders,
+  normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader,
   TTS_SEGMENT_AUDIO_VARY,
   TTS_SEGMENT_FALLBACK_CACHE_CONTROL,
   TTS_SEGMENT_REDIRECT_CACHE_CONTROL,
@@ -20,4 +21,19 @@ test.describe('tts segment audio cache headers', () => {
       Vary: TTS_SEGMENT_AUDIO_VARY,
     });
   });
+
+  test('normalizes valid byte range header', () => {
+    expect(normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader('bytes=0-1023')).toBe('bytes=0-1023');
+    expect(normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader(' bytes=2048- ')).toBe('bytes=2048-');
+    expect(normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader('bytes=-512')).toBe('bytes=-512');
+  });
+
+  test('rejects invalid byte range header', () => {
+    expect(normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader(null)).toBeNull();
+    expect(normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader('')).toBeNull();
+    expect(normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader('items=0-10')).toBeNull();
+    expect(normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader('bytes=-')).toBeNull();
+    expect(normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader('bytes=20-10')).toBeNull();
+    expect(normalizeAudioByteRangeHeader('bytes=abc-def')).toBeNull();
+  });
 });