Renowned Enthusiast I

No new Playbar? Really Sonos?

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All this R&D on the Move which I expect to be a niche product given it's price. Meanwhile the Playbar sits at $699 with no HDMI, dated looks, no voice control, no new audio codecs. Listen to the Verge podcast where they interview the Sonos CEO. They ask him why no new Playbar and he blows it off. At the end they make fun of it only having an optical port. It's just an insult to Sonos' customers. At least lower the price. Plenty of soundbars out there that do twice as much for half as much. Get rid of the Playbase and upsize the Beam. How hard can that be instead of designing a portable bluetooth speaker?

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Ninja15

Contributor I

I think the clue is in the phrase “With Sonos Connect...”.

I did mention I was new to Sonos (thought it might be an app). I cancelled my Playbar order

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kshultz

Lyricist II

Tired of waiting around for Sonos Playbar 2.0. Decided to go with B&W Formation. It’s more expensive, but has a level of refinement that’s impressive. Airplay 2 and Bluetooth as well. 👍

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