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nemza
Contributor I
January 3, 2018

Goodbye Sonos

  • January 3, 2018
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I've had my first Sonos One for a couple of months now and I'm deciding to part ways with Sonos entirely.

There are just too many cons to the few pros for me.
I thought I'd provide some of my feedback:

Pros
+ Great sound quality - best in its class in my opinion
+ Great build, looks elegant and sleek

Cons
- Proprietary Sonos app for iOS is complete junk
Can't scrub songs i.e. skip forward
Need to save favourites to the Sonos app and then they don't reflect in the music service
Can't play the previous song when using the Google Play service

- Can't cast from native apps of Sonos supported services like Google Play (this seems to be an iOS thing)

- "Can't connect to device" when I'm more than 5m away from it even though my wifi signal is max

- No Bluetooth, which I can get over, but when a friend want's to play some music, then it's a complete waste of time getting them into the eco-system

- No mini-jack input

- Alexa is not supported in my country (South Africa), but it seems like I'm not missing anything after reading some of the reviews on this forum


Peace out Sonos, it's been mediocre.
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      BurtBushell
      Renowned Enthusiast II
      January 4, 2018
      Struggle to believe that a Minirig can sound twice as good a SoundLink Mini Kumar.
      (1) Play 1, (1) Play 3, (2) Play 5s Gen 1, (1) Play 5 Gen 2, (1) Connect Amp powering a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1, (2) Echo Dots.
      pwt
      pwt
      Virtuoso
      January 4, 2018
      Hmm, interesting to see that Minirig is based in my home town of Bristol (UK), and is an offshoot of the city's two universities. Thanks for the pointer.

      Struggle to believe that a Minirig can sound twice as good a SoundLink Mini Kumar.
      Why? (Although I guess one can argue over the meaning of 'twice as good'.)
      4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
      BurtBushell
      Renowned Enthusiast II
      January 4, 2018
      Don't get me wrong not doubting that speaker sounds great its just that the SoundLink is also a mighty fine speaker so can't see a speaker the size of a Minirig with one speaker driver sounding significantly better. Although there have been a few shocks in speaker engineering these days.
      (1) Play 1, (1) Play 3, (2) Play 5s Gen 1, (1) Play 5 Gen 2, (1) Connect Amp powering a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1, (2) Echo Dots.
      Kumar
      January 4, 2018
      First, I said lot better, not twice as good, but for half the price. And I suspect for the same price therefore as the Bose, the stereo paired Minirigs will sound more than a lot better, because of the much better stereo imaging from two physically separated units that the Bose can never achieve from one box.

      And it is also a matter of taste - I just find the Bose to overemphasise the bass and muddy the mid range a little by doing that.
      Kumar
      January 4, 2018
      can't see a speaker the size of a Minirig with one speaker driver sounding significantly better.
      Digressing a little, in answer to comment above - why not? After all while mono, the Minirig has a 3 inch driver, while the Bose has 2 that must be less than 2 inch each, seeing that the box is just 2 inches high. And the stereo image of the Bose merges into a mono one once it is more than a couple of feet away anyway. On the other hand, a stereo paired Minirig will have two 3 inch drivers, and can be kept as many feet away from each other as is the listening distance from them, so as to deliver a convincing stereo image from the pair - which is what I am betting on in ordering the second unit.

      It isn't just a matter of counting drivers, is all I am saying.
      BurtBushell
      Renowned Enthusiast II
      January 4, 2018
      You are right it is also a matter of taste. I like the bassy output coming from Bose. I really think their Bluetooth speakers are top of the line as also evidenced by their stellar reviews both by technical reviewers and users.

      I also agree that a pair of speakers in stereo will always challenge a single speaker whatever it’s claims of stereo separation.
      (1) Play 1, (1) Play 3, (2) Play 5s Gen 1, (1) Play 5 Gen 2, (1) Connect Amp powering a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1, (2) Echo Dots.
      Kumar
      January 4, 2018
      Circling back to topic though, a sensible combination of technologies is a good approach, though requiring a little research and thinking through of the needs to be addressed. And in general, home audio has never had it this good.
        praneshza
        Lyricist I
        April 12, 2018
        No voice services for sonos one in SA?
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