Contributor I

Portable Speaker?

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August 26, 2016
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I'm sure this has been asked before, but does Sonos currently have a portable speaker on the market?One that is rechargeable and weatherproof, so that it can be enjoyed outside?

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gene2367

Lyricist III

Connect:Amp (safely tucked away inside the dry home)
+Outdoor speakers of choice
+Speaker wire
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Phenomenal listening experience

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gene2367

Lyricist III

Did this with a connect plus retired receiver. Worked nicely as I'm able to run 4 speakers outdoors without the concern of outdoor power cords.

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Kumar

Yes, as an installer I can work around this in various ways

My guess is that people like you using Sonos products are a very small part of their target market. While the adjacent portable bluetooth speaker market that is large, well supplied at price points from USD 20 to USD 500+ and is fiercely competitive has a solution that works just as well for the much larger majority of even Sonos users that have a smartphone/pad and subscribe to streaming services - who are all clamouring too loudly for Alexa features at this time to allow Sonos the luxury of resources to divert into that game.

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Kumar

An equivalent to the Arcam rCube

That this is now obsolete and something no one that knows the present portable speaker market will want to buy and carry around shows what a challenging/dynamic environment this market is.
People can now get - and therefore want - speakers that will float in the pool with them, with battery lives of at least 10+ hours. And those that aren't a weight to move around. Sound quality is usually just acceptable but loud/bass heavy enough, and in that market it is more about features and usability since the environment itself doesn't require or support much better.

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Jonask

Contributor I

Consider doing what I have done - a good quality weather proof bluetooth speaker, an old out of use 32gb iPod touch loaded with all my favourite playlists. Once past that one time investment of time and relatively little money, music on the go wherever you can go in whatever weather you can take. Sound quality that is very acceptable and a solution that I don't see Sonos offering, so this workaround is very useful to me in spite of having permanently installed outdoor speakers that are Sonos fed.

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Jonask

Contributor I

Brilliant, I love it. That's my work around for the bathroom until the boffins at Sonos come up with a better solution.
(not water soluble!!).

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MarchEDJ

Lyricist I

I think that many Sonos users have a Bluetooth portable speaker, and a lower quality is acceptable for outdoor use, but the request of a device like this by Sonos it’s not so absurd because it could be another speaker (integrated with Sonos system) that u have when you come back home and that can be easily moved if you need from one room to another one where you don’t have a speaker (bathroom, kitchen...). So it can work via Bluetooth (but wi-fi too) as a stand-alone speaker and with its integrated battery when you move it temporarily in the bathroom for a shower, or in the garden, working with the whole Sonos system in your home

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Alex_62

Avid Contributor I

Every time we have a big party in our garden (or actually I do anything in the garden) it annoys the hell out of me that there's still no battery-powered Sonos.

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southern gal

Chromatic Producer I

SONOS recently announced (coming soon) outdoor speakers - https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/outdoor-speaker-pair.html

Southern Gal