What are people's thoughts on the Flexson floor stand for the Play:5 Gen 2?

I don't like the Flexson stands. Sonos haven't helped by not providing a screw hole for secure attachment. So speaker has to be sort of jammed in. Don't have an alternative though, sorry.

Which speaker are you referring to?

The most recent Play 5 speaker.

Sorry for my first question. I missed your original post. Duh!

There is an alternative to the vertical Flexson or Vebos stands. They are Desktop Stands by Sonos that can be placed on a garden pedestal stand designed for flowers. However they will not resolve your vertical orientation issue unless you forego the stands and just use the pedestal ..click the link

https://en.community.sonos.com/components-228996/flexson-play-5-gen2-desktop-stand-6739133

Positioning the Play 5 (gen2) vertically may not be your best orientation. Only you can decide. Click the link for the pros and cons of horizontal and vertical orientation for the Play 5's -Gen2. Also know that in vertical position the Play 5 gen2 becomes a Mono speaker so you must have two for stereo (stereo pair)

https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1077/related/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNDc0ODM5MjA5L3NpZC9CanFIM3lfbQ%3D%3D

People coming from legacy hifi kit have an acquired preference for vertically placed speaker pairs on stands. Pity that Sonos did not take that into consideration for a speaker that is a more than adequate replacement for a last millennium 2 channel hifi set up.

Sorry for my first question. I missed your original post. Duh!

There is an alternative to the vertical Flexson or Vebos stands. They are Desktop Stands by Sonos that can be placed on a garden pedestal stand designed for flowers. However they will not resolve your vertical orientation issue unless you forego the stands and just use the pedestal ..click the link

https://en.community.sonos.com/components-228996/flexson-play-5-gen2-desktop-stand-6739133

Positioning the Play 5 (gen2) vertically may not be your best orientation. Only you can decide. Click the link for the pros and cons of horizontal and vertical orientation for the Play 5's -Gen2. Also know that in vertical position the Play 5 gen2 becomes a Mono speaker so you must have two for stereo (stereo pair)

https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1077/related/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNDc0ODM5MjA5L3NpZC9CanFIM3lfbQ%3D%3D

What would be the point of buying a desktop stand if you can just set the speaker on a desktop? I mean, beyond the fact that the desktop stand allows you to angle the speaker upward slightly? Seems like an expensive gimmick at first glance.

Sorry for my first question. I missed your original post. Duh!

There is an alternative to the vertical Flexson or Vebos stands. They are Desktop Stands by Sonos that can be placed on a garden pedestal stand designed for flowers. However they will not resolve your vertical orientation issue unless you forego the stands and just use the pedestal ..click the link

https://en.community.sonos.com/components-228996/flexson-play-5-gen2-desktop-stand-6739133

Positioning the Play 5 (gen2) vertically may not be your best orientation. Only you can decide. Click the link for the pros and cons of horizontal and vertical orientation for the Play 5's -Gen2. Also know that in vertical position the Play 5 gen2 becomes a Mono speaker so you must have two for stereo (stereo pair)

https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1077/related/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNDc0ODM5MjA5L3NpZC9CanFIM3lfbQ%3D%3D

What would be the point of buying a desktop stand if you can just set the speaker on a desktop? I mean, beyond the fact that the desktop stand allows you to angle the speaker upward slightly? Seems like an expensive gimmick at first glance.

Firstly they aren't by Sonos - Sonos don't do any stands as far as I know (It is Flexson according to the thread linked to).
Secondly I guess there may be 2 "points" - 1) The OPs suggestion was to put them on a garden pedestal. I suppose one might want to do that if one didn't have the desk space and 2) You can angle the speakers so they aim directly at your ears (probably not going to make much difference mind!

Aiming the speaker in the general direction of the ears almost always boosts sound quality, particularly of the higher frequencies. If the stands are needed to achieve this objective, they may make a noticeable difference.

There are hundreds of companies out there making very good speaker stands. The Play:5 size is similar to a Bookshelf type speaker and should work fine with the thousands of options out there.

Example: about perfect for Play:5 https://www.amazon.com/Sanus-Systems-Natural-Speaker-Black/dp/B00005USAY/ref=pd_sim_23_4?ie=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00005USAY&pd_rd_r=WGTWA0G9N4E475B2N69C&pd_rd_w=FZRSU&pd_rd_wg=YHvuT&psc=1&refRID=WGTWA0G9N4E475B2N69C

There are hundreds of companies out there making very good speaker stands. The Play:5 size is similar to a Bookshelf type speaker and should work fine with the thousands of options out there.


No, if you believe the quoted from another thread here, by another member:
"What does that mean for the would-be Sonos Play: 5 2nd Generation speakers? It means that there is no stand out there that has been custom built for portrait mode. And if you think you and just use another high-end stand, think again. Unlike classic bookshelf speakers, the Play:5 2nd Gen speakers are tall and thin: they have a relatively small small footprint for their height and they have a relatively high centre of gravity. What that means is that if you put that on other stands, they will be extremely unstable and they look weird on ordinary stands -- so it would be an expensive and unsatisfactory fix. Trust me, I have tried."