Sonos five. needs a rethink. Bought this speaker at Xmas Big mistake for now.The crossover setup in my opinion is well off. Yes, good base. But music is not just about base!. . What is missing is the voices, way back in the background wearing a Facemask!. I want to hear what is in the music not just thumping base that drowns out voices and percussion. This would be an exceptional speaker if they got the balance right.
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Userlevel 7
Room acoustics is ideal.
Never had problems before with other speakers.
The real problem is this speaker is uncapable of producing hi fi sound.
For alot of people this speaker will be acceptable, but if you are wanting high class sound this is definitely not the speaker to buy.
Not worth the overpriced £500!!!
I have laminate flooring and not much material wise items.
Room acoustics because of this reason? Have you done Trueplay tuning? Have other speakers sounded good here?
Meant dac
Yes, my settings are as they should be on Tidal. Streaming is Hi-fi 16 bit. And I set it for master 24 bit on my Sony xm3 earbuds.
As for the day, cannot change any settings just streaming to your five!
Userlevel 7
Have you checked your sound quality settings in the TIDAL app and optimized your DAC? See this article: https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005773698-Optimizing-HiFi
I use tidal via wireless via s2 app and direct connections.
No difference when bypassing app.
My music source is Tidal 16 bit and direct connection from Samsung 9+ flac
All types of music.
Mainly solo singers, country, and most other music apart from heavy rock
Userlevel 7
What is your music source?
I want to use it in my living room where I listen to it.
I have laminate flooring and not much material wise items.
Should be better
I set my equaliser to +3 treble and base -1
Userlevel 7
What is your music source? Have you tried testing the Five in a different room?
Have tried 2 different fives
Have tuned them more than 100
When people say this speaker sounds so clear. I'm definitely missing something.
Do they mean there's no distortion?. No there is none.
Just wish the Facemask can come of and hear more clarity in the voice.
Userlevel 7
The Five is considered to be Sonos’ best-sounding speaker for music. Have you performed Trueplay tuning and adjusted the EQ?
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