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Meet Sonos Five, studio-quality sound

Studio quality sound

Sonos Five delivers the same great sound as the Play:5, with updated internals including increased memory, processing power, and a new wireless radio. Six Class-D digital amplifiers are perfectly tuned for Five’s acoustic architecture to power the three tweeters and three mid-woofers.

The custom-designed woofers deliver rich bass while the sealed architecture eliminates reverb and echo. This ensures faithful playback of vocal frequencies in addition to rich bass without distortion, even at high volumes.

One center tweeter and two precisely-angled side tweeters create a crisp high-frequency response.

This all creates a wide stereo soundstage that directs sound to the left, right, and center from one compact speaker. You can amplify the experience by adding another Sonos Five as a stereo pair in either vertical or horizontal orientations, or bring it to the next level with a Sonos Sub.

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Some more details on Sonos Five:

Simple to set-up. Plug Five into power and bring your phone up to Five to automatically pair and securely transfer WiFi credentials using near-field communication (NFC).
Analogue line-in. With 3.5 mm jack for connecting another device, bring sound to Sonos from anything with a standard audio connection.
Flexible Orientation. Enjoy great sound with a standalone Sonos Five horizontally, or pair two Fives in the upright position for incredibly detailed stereo separation. A pair of Fives can also be used as surrounds for a Sonos home theater speaker.
Control your way. Control Sonos Five with your voice when paired with a voice enabled device, the Sonos app, your favorite music service’s app, or AirPlay 2. Capacitive touch controls for play, pause, skip tracks, adjust the volume, and group rooms just by tapping or swiping the top of the speaker. LED indicates status, and mute status.
Tune with Trueplay. Trueplay puts the speaker-tuning capability of the pros in the palm of your hands, adapting and optimizing the sound of the speaker to the unique acoustics of the room. iOS device required.
Dimensions. The dimensions are (H x W x D) 8.03 x 14.33 x 6.06 inches (203 x 364 x 154 mm) and Five weighs 14 lbs (6.36 kg).

Pre-order today on Sonos.com in black with a black grille and, for the first time, white with a white grille for $499 US (€579 EUR).

We’ve announced details for the Sonos Arc and new Sonos Sub. You can also check out our blog for some great stories.

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Airgetlam

My apologies. You asked about pairing with the SUB, not the PLAY:5.

I would assume it does, it would be unusual for any single speaker, that isn’t a Bluetooth speaker, released by Sonos not to allow bonding to a SUB.

And the Bluetooth speaker is only because it doesn’t connect to a SonosNet signal, which is what Sonos uses for bonding devices.

Bruce

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ryan schoen

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Regarding stereo pairing, the answer is that the computing components are too different for us to support stereo pairing between the old Play:5 gen2 and the new Sonos Five.

Yet the Five can still be paired with the Sub gen 1 or 2 which presumably has a greater gap in computing components than it would with the Play 5 gen 2?

Airgetlam

A SUB is not stereo paired, it is bonded where it plays different frequencies than the Five or PLAY:5. Rather a different sort of thing.

Bruce

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@Ryan S

Hi, I have some questions I hope you can answer:

Is the dimensions exactly the same on the 5 gen2 and Five?

Yes. You can verify that by viewing the dimensions of the Play:5 gen 2 refurbished page.

I have an additional dimension question, what are the height and width pf the Five at the rear of the speaker? Can someone with the a Play:5 gen 2 do a quick measurement and let me know. Considering getting a 5 to place in a somewhat tight space.

Will the Flexson gen2 stands fit the Fives?

According the product page, yes.

Will a sub gen2 pair with the Fives in a stereo config?

99% sure the answer is yes to this. I believe it was said earlier

Hello,

The 5gen2 is approx 340mm x 180mm on the back.

Regards:Kris

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DarwinOSX

I guess we have to take your word for it Ryan but that seems a strange reason to be honest.

The oldest Play 5 Gen 1 speakers are more than capable of Stereo pairing, as are the Gen 2's. Struggling to see how the S2 capable Play 5 Gen 2 will struggle with this “complicated computing work” to maintain a stereo connection with a higher powered ‘partner'.

In the past the reason was always different sound signatures. Now these appear to be identical that excuse can't be used and we're told the device that is still on sale can't do this complicated work - but older devices can and that even the Gen 2 can with another Gen 2 in am S2 scenario.

People are stating as fact that they can be paired when you really have no idea if they can or not for what the issue is.

I’m surprised like every one else that the 5 doesn’t have voice control. Although I gave up on voice control with ones awhile ago and have been using a Dot anyway.

My issue with the 5 is the price. it might have made sense when it was introduced but $499 doesn’t make sense anymore. There is too much competition out there.

The HomePod sounds better, has 360 sound, Siri works fine for anything I use it for and the HomePod mics are amazing and it’s $299 often on sale for less. Airplay 2 means I can mix and match and I pretty much never use the Sonos app except for home theater with my Amp.

It’s puzzling how little the 5 changed, perhaps they ran out of R&D $$ on the ARC or the Move which only small niche will buy.

Hmmm, a $500 smart speaker with no voice control...that’s just weird.

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DarwinOSX

A quick search would reveal the following:

https://en.community.sonos.com/wireless-speakers-228992/when-will-the-play-5-gen-2-be-replaced-updated-6835892

https://en.community.sonos.com/what-to-get-228989/play-5-updates-6822240

However, maybe what we need is a buyer’s guide like they have over at MacRumours:

https://buyersguide.macrumors.com

Yeah, a legitimate question, that was never answered by sonos, deflected by fanboys and then the subject was closed.

That does not at all look like they were trying to hide the 3.gen for as long as possible to try and empty the current stock of 2.gen.

I only saw discounts on the sub, Playbase and Playbar. Not on the 2nd Gen Play 5.

melvimbe

The HomePod sounds better, has 360 sound, Siri works fine for anything I use it for and the HomePod mics are amazing and it’s $299 often on sale for less. Airplay 2 means I can mix and match and I pretty much never use the Sonos app except for home theater with my Amp.

I haven’t seen many reviews stating the HomePod sounds better, and the HomePod isn’t thought of as a very successful product.

It’s puzzling how little the 5 changed, perhaps they ran out of R&D $$ on the ARC or the Move which only small niche will buy.

I’m not sure how you’re able to classify the Arc and Move as small niche markets. I haven’t really seen anything to suggest that. I think you could make an argument that they are gateway products. New customers looking for a bluetooth speaker, or Dolby Atmos support, could get these as their first products, but end up buying more as they see the value in whole home audio.

Hmmm, a $500 smart speaker with no voice control...that’s just weird.

Although I am surprised by the lack of voice control, I don’t think Sonos would have done it if marketing numbers said that it was needed in order to sell the speaker. I can’t imagine sales will be worse than they were for the play:5 gen 2.

Danny

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DarwinOSX

I’m not going to debate HomePod vs 5 here since this isn’t the place for it especially for people who haven’t had both and your characterization of what reviews say isn’t accurate.

I was referring to the Move as a niche product not the ARC. I expect the ARC will be very successful whether used for Atmos or not. I actually think $799 isn’t a bad price for what you get even if you don’t use it for Atmos. Personally I use an Amp with Revel Concerta 2 speakers, Sonos sub, and One SL rears. I have Sonos One’s and HomePods in stereo pairs in 5 rooms around the house.

New customers looking for a bluetooth speaker aren’t going to spend $399 when there are so many other options.

I think $500 for a “smart” speaker with no voice control in 2020 is really surprising and puzzling.

melvimbe

I’m not going to debate HomePod vs 5 here since this isn’t the place for it especially for people who haven’t had both and your characterization of what reviews say isn’t accurate.

Well, you’re the one who made the claim...

New customers looking for a bluetooth speaker aren’t going to spend $399 when there are so many other options.

No, they are not, but the Move isn’t just a bluetooth speaker. I think it will appeal to those looking at higher end BT speakers, and get further drawn in by it’s WiFi side. And yes, a lot of buyers are going to be Sonos customers who are drawn to the multiple uses of it.

Danny

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HighEndMusic

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To me the comparison with the HomePod doesn’t make sense.

Sonos, especially the Five / Play:5 is targeted at the classic Hi-fi music listeners, who want to listen to their music with ease and be able to wirelessly have whole house audio.

The HomePod is more like a background or blast loud speaker for the younger crowd, not for the music listener.

I think most music enthusiasts do not accept the “bounced off the wall” music effect HomePod generates - hence they would much prefer a Five.

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