I am trying to find straight comparison's between the various Sonos and Heos speakers. Ignoring the apps, lawsuits, and preference of appearance and instead focusing strictly on sound quality, does anyone know of where to find some good comparisons between the products or maybe have done comparisons of their own?
Below are a few basics as best I understand or have compared:
Sonos One v. Heos 1 - Most seem to give the Sonos One a slight edge in sound quality.
Sonos Play 3 v. Heos 3 - Neither really seems to have an edge.
Sonos Play 5 v. Heos 5 - Most seem to give the Play 5 a slight edge in sound quality.
Sonos Play 5 v. Heos 7 - A vast majority seem to give the Heos 7 the easy edge here. It seems to be highly rated all around.
Sonos PlayBar (w/ sub) v. Heos HomeCinema - Neither really seem to have an edge.
Sonos PlayBar (w/ sub) v. Heos Bar (w/ sub) - Reviews that compare these are hard to find but between the lack of HDMI on the PlayBar and the raw specs of the Heos Bar, it seems to be the better pick. A few stores will tell you the same.
Does anyone have links that support/refute the above? What are your personal experiences?
Have the specs for the new PlayBar/PlayBase leaked?
Thx.
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Sound United acquired D+M last year, so they do have the money to acquired lic deal. They are pretty big actually, with an equity company as parent to Sound United. They have funds to afford a lic deal
Sonos: Robust, highly active, public support forum (this one).
Heos: Crickets
Sonos: Won two major lawsuits against Heos so far for stealing their technology
Heos: Will need to license Sonos tech, or completely redesign their products yet again
Summary: I wouldn’t go anywhere near Heos
Heos: Crickets
Sonos: Won two major lawsuits against Heos so far for stealing their technology
Heos: Will need to license Sonos tech, or completely redesign their products yet again
Summary: I wouldn’t go anywhere near Heos
for 1- 3 it is about right, they are dead even. Both Denon and Sonos company knows how to make a good speaker. They both do sound really well.
I avoided the Sonos HT system most because of the HDMI issue. I thought the playbase should have added it. But the Heos does sound nice in HT. But the Heos does not support Atmos.
June 6th 2018 you will most likely know more about sonos plans.
I avoided the Sonos HT system most because of the HDMI issue. I thought the playbase should have added it. But the Heos does sound nice in HT. But the Heos does not support Atmos.
June 6th 2018 you will most likely know more about sonos plans.
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