Hi @Radiogram
Thanks for your post!
I can’t recommend trying anything other that the things you’ve already tried, though your report does surprise me - I use a single One in my Kitchen and am happy with it, though I admittedly don’t listen to voice-only streams or radio with hosts and the room is small.
A Beam does not need to be connected to a TV (initial TV setup can be timed-out) - perhaps one of these would perform better here. You could temporarily move your Beam to the kitchen, test it out for a bit and if it is better than the pair of Ones, get a second Beam for the kitchen to have permanently. Or, a Five may be a better fit (though I find having a voice assistant in the kitchen very useful, so perhaps not). Or, maybe a third One - or even a second pair - resulting in a 3 or 4 speaker group for the kitchen. You can always return a new purchase if it turns out it doesn’t fit your needs.
Analogue radio in the UK should already have been turned off, but the switch-off been delayed until 2030 - your time with the transistor radio is limited (compared to how long it has lasted so far, at least).
I hope this helps.
Hi Corry
Thanks for your reply and for your suggestions. I have thought of trying the Beam in the kitchen but space is an issue. I may try the Ray as it is a bit shorter and offers speech enhancement. With the increasing interest in Pod casts perhaps Sonos should investigate in providing some audio pre-sets
i will also look at positioning in more detail, we already have a pair of ones in the kitchen area so probably more is not an option.
Incidentally I do have a vintage Telefunken valve radio which has a set of audio pre-sets in addition to a tone control. They are labelled Speech, Bass and Solo, the speech setting is very effective, just with a simple press of a button!
With poor DAB reception and winter snow power cuts we are not yet ready to give up analogue radio in our area!
Thanks again for your comments.
Roger
Hi @Radiogram
Worth mentioning is that the Speech Enhancement function (and Night Mode, for that matter) only operate on TV input - not on podcasts or radio. Do not count on these features to help you in this situation. Ray is smaller than a Beam and bigger than a One though, so may work for you.