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samsj
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October 25, 2017
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Sonos One or Bose Sound touch 10

  • October 25, 2017
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I was looking at the Sonos one since it has Alexa integrated and Google assistant might come in the future. But i only have free music services and no paid/premium subscriptions. I was wondering if its still worth getting the Sonos One or consider Bose Sound touch 10 with Amazon echo dot (amounts to similar price) which adds Bluetooth and Aux input.
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    Kumar
    October 25, 2017
    IMO, using Alexa to decide between these options is a bad idea. Decide what speaker meets your needs best if Alexa wasn't there and then evaluate the advantages of Alexa for it.
    Consider the Echo too, in just the same way, as a speaker with Bluetooth.
    jbvtx
    Contributor I
    October 25, 2017
    The bose sound touch 10 does not even come close to sounding as good as as the Sonos one or the Sonos play 1.
    samsjAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 25, 2017
    I was not using Alexa to decide. Instead of getting Play 1, Sonos One looked more appealing due to Alexa.
    Leaving Alexa out of the picture, what are the free music services supported on Sonos.
    Kumar
    October 25, 2017
    Tune In Radio.
    jgatie
    jgatie
    October 25, 2017
    Pandora, Slacker in the US. There are others. But honestly, if playing music for free is your biggest concern and you aren't going to use your own music library, then the advantages of Sonos are never going to win. It may sound better, have better software, integrate with voice better, offer more services, have better reliability, etc. but I've found those who balk at paying $10 a month more than likely see that as trumping everything else, and are not going to be happy. Horses for courses.
    samsjAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 25, 2017
    I do have lot of music stored on a WD MyCloud NAS device. is that supported ?
    Kumar
    October 25, 2017
    Yes it is. Alexa won't start it though, but subsequent commands will work.
    jbvtx
    Contributor I
    October 25, 2017
    Amazon prime music (free version if you’re a prime member) should work with Sonos one.
    samsjAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 25, 2017
    yes i do have Amazon prime music. .. thanks guys for all the replies..
    jbvtx
    Contributor I
    October 25, 2017
    I have both the Sonos one and Sonos play 1. They both sound great! I would go with the Sonos one, it’s the same price and the AI features will only get better over time.
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