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March 12, 2016
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Yesterdays (March 11th, 2016) Sonos Anouncment

  • March 12, 2016
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Not as much talk about yesterdays sonos anouncment as I would have expected from such a passionate community. So what are people thinking?

Obviously Amazon Echo has impacted SONOS but how do you go from hiring new people and planning a retail store to cutting staff?

What's next ? Should we be concered about making more current investments in sonos hardware (I really want to buy a sub)?

People have been posting for months about voice support and for years about DTS.

The standard response is sonos doesn't comment on future enhancements or new products.

We know what we have today and there pretty darn good products but we all want to be excited and look forward to what's coming next.
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      The LHC
      March 12, 2016
      Good Point......I went back and searched and found nothing.

      Is this a good thing?

      I don't see it matters, CES is three days out of the year, it doesn't make or break anything that I can determine, Sonos certainly seem to have decided some time ago that it doesn't "add value" for them (apologies for the horrible Corp-speak...).
      pops44Author
      Trending Lyricist I
      March 12, 2016
      And Google and Amazon just took the butter away from your bread.
      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      March 12, 2016
      We have never heard anything on the rumored play:base and is it still in pipeline (rumored soundbar base or super connect - Unknown)
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      pops44Author
      Trending Lyricist I
      March 12, 2016
      If you sit on the bench long enough you forget how to play.....isn't that what Thursdays really announcement said?
      pops44Author
      Trending Lyricist I
      March 12, 2016
      Thanks Chris......that's my point. At the end of the day there still a hardware company.

      They put mics in the play5 v2 what's the big secret on what there for?

      I have a playbar and love it but there is nothing but smack talk all over this community.
      The LHC
      March 12, 2016
      Thanks Chris......that's my point. At the end of the day there still a hardware company.

      They put mics in the play5 v2 what's the big secret on what there for?

      There's no secret, they put them on there because they could, they had the opportunity to include them, so they did. What will they be used for? Who knows? Voice control is a possibility, further enhancements to Trueplay perhaps, the point is they don't have to have just one purpose, the possibilities are open and always will be.

      I have a playbar and love it but there is nothing but smack talk all over this community.


      Go somewhere else then. What is it you want? Sonos don't preannounce developments, they never have. Not many companies do, I don't know why people only complain about Sonos doing that.
      pops44Author
      Trending Lyricist I
      March 12, 2016
      That was very friendly....Thank You
      pops44Author
      Trending Lyricist I
      March 12, 2016
      They are cleaning up the bottom line and all that was said on Thursday is.

      We like what Amazon is doing with voice.

      We like what apple is doing with streaming.

      Were ready to sell.

      A privately held company that doesn't share a road map for future products but announces job cuts is looking for a suitor.

      Just don't be surprised when it happens in the second or third quatter .
      The_Bastard_Son
      The_Bastard_Son
      March 12, 2016
      Regarding the announcement, how do you Sonos customers who have been with them for many years, (before the paid streaming explosion) feel about the direction and implications on local library future?

      They haven't really done much with local library that I can tell for many years but as someone who still buys music (and 2 paid subscriptions) I'm not sure what to make of this.
      ratty
      ratty
      March 12, 2016
      Regarding the announcement, how do you Sonos customers who have been with them for many years, (before the paid streaming explosion) feel about the direction and implications on local library future?
      I first bought into Sonos in 2007 when my CD player died. Several weeks later my CD collection was ripped to FLAC on a NAS, and the ease of access to all corners of my library at the click of a wheel (a CR100 in them days) was a minor marvel.

      Today I still have a playlist which shuffles the local library (migrated to a 256GB flash stick since it's now static) for background use, but if I sit down to listen to something, even when at the computer, I'll mostly play from Deezer Elite. It has all the newer releases I'm interested in (and often suggests them) and frequently carries remastered/deluxe versions which sound better than CDs I'd bought years ago.
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