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mac battle
Contributor II
August 5, 2018

Is Sonos a Speaker company or a music streaming serivce?

Is Sonos a Speaker company or a music streaming service?
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Smilja
Smilja
August 5, 2018
What do you think?
»And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
    John B
    August 5, 2018
    What do you think?The only possible response to this question.
    mac battleAuthor
    Contributor II
    August 7, 2018
    What do you think? I thought it was a speaker company.
    bockersjv
    bockersjv
    Local Superstar
    August 7, 2018
    a)It's a speaker company that uses WiFi to stream music to its speakers, the source of which can be locally stored media or that provided by online streaming services.

    b)Or it's a WiFi household streaming service that can only be listened to by the speakers it sells.

    a) sounds more authentic to what it sells.
    BurtBushell
    Renowned Enthusiast II
    August 7, 2018
    Is Sonos a Speaker company or a music streaming service?

    Maybe you should try signing up for its streaming service and let us know how you enjoy it :D:D:D
    (1) Play 1, (1) Play 3, (2) Play 5s Gen 1, (1) Play 5 Gen 2, (1) Connect Amp powering a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1, (2) Echo Dots.
      melvimbe
      melvimbe
      August 7, 2018
      "The easy to use Home Wireless System"

      I don't think it's quite accurate to call it a speaker company since they sell products with no speakers in them. In fact there first products had no speakers. As well, they don't sell any passive speakers as the vast majority of speaker companies would.
      Danny
        Airgetlam
        Airgetlam
        August 7, 2018
        I'd suggest that Sonos itself provides zero actual content, just a path by which you can add others to their speakers, so they aren't a streaming service at all.
        Bruce
          MikeV
          MikeV
          August 7, 2018
          IMHO, they're neither. They're a technology company integrating speakers and/or audio hardware, and digital music playback (internet radio, playlists, etc.) into a consumer-oriented home audio product. They have speakers and non-speaker audio products. They don't make a passive speaker, like most "speaker companies" do.

          They're not a music service, since they don't actually license music and provide it for customers to listen to... they provide a means to access other music services through their products.
          The S in IOT stands for Security.
            Kumar
            August 7, 2018
            Other than that it is not a streaming services provider, why does this matter?
            jgatie
            jgatie
            August 7, 2018
            Other than that it is not a streaming services provider, why does this matter?

            Because the OP wanted to stir things up with an oft cited (and even more oft shot down) conspiracy theory that Sonos somehow makes money from streaming services instead of from selling hardware.

            *Yawn*

            Just another day on the Sonos forum.
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