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Play 5 Gen2 Color

  • March 4, 2016
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I would really like the new Play 5 Gen2 in white, but I have an issue with the front being black. Is there any possibility now or in the future of having a Play 5 Gen2 in the same color scheme as the white Play 3? The black front is not as discrete as I would like it to be.
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Paulw123
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  • Virtuoso
  • March 4, 2016
You mean the speaker grill is black.
Yeah a white one would make more sense on a white speaker, although that would fade/get dirty as air moved through it. Even leaving it grey metal with holes would have been better. Must have saved costs somewhere I guess.

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  • Contributor I
  • March 4, 2016
Yes, the grill is what I refer to. I would be fine with the grey grill as with the Play 3 white edition.

Stuart_W
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  • World-Class Superstar
  • March 4, 2016
You mean the speaker grill is black.
Yeah a white one would make more sense on a white speaker, although that would fade/get dirty as air moved through it. Even leaving it grey metal with holes would have been better. Must have saved costs somewhere I guess.


No, as I understand this has been discussed before and the fact there isn't a grille (yet) in white is to do with material/production limitations and ensuring that a grille made white would be of the requisite standard/quality. At the time of release Sonos had not been able to produce (or their suppliers hadn't) a white grille.

Paulw123
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  • Virtuoso
  • March 4, 2016
I've got grey cloth grills on my white Cambridge audio surrounds, and they have got marks on them from dust passing through, so a white cloth would not work.

  • Lyricist I
  • April 2, 2018
Has this gotten any further, I would really like a grey grille for my Play 5 - please Sonos make one that matches the Play 1!