I Went FULL SONOS for 2 YEARS. Here's How it Went

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:53 Physical Features
2:52 Sound
3:56 What Sonos is Great At
5:37 The Negatives of Sonos
9:43 Which Sonos Devices Would I Buy?
10:11 Conclusion

For the past 2 years, I’ve owned Sonos related products, and over that 2 year span, my sonos collection has been growing and growing. Throughout the house I have Sonos 1s, a sonos roam, a beam, beam gen 2, arc, sub, sub mini, and even the IKEA branded symfonisk bookshelf speakers. Let’s first talk about how Sonos speakers look in general. Most sonos devices come in black or white, and aim for a more minimalistic aesthetic that blends in with more modern furniture and homes. These speakers don’t stand out as much as some more traditional looking speakers that might look a little strange in some living spaces. But overall in terms of appearance and build they are good.

Pricing for these speakers vary significantly, with the lowest end one costing $120 and their highest end speaker, which technically is a soundbar, the arc, is $900. So what about Sound? They sound pretty good. I enjoy using a pair of sonos ones for listening to music. I like the full theater setup I have and they make playing video games and watching movies sound really good. The Sonos app also has this function on iOS devices you can use called “Trueplay” which tweaks the sound of the speakers to the acoustics of the room. That being said, if you’re buying these solely for sound quality, they’re for sure not the best value for money you can get and you are definitely paying a premium for all the extra features and convenience you get with them.

What Sonos does great though, is how easy it is to use their app to control and configure their speakers at will. The app itself is pretty nice, enabling you to control the different sonos devices in your home, what they’re playing, their volume and which devices audio is coming from. You can play audio from one room, or select multiple rooms and the Sonos speakers will begin playing music in all of those rooms at once in sync, and you can even control the volume on each room individually while they’re paired. The app even enables you to create custom EQs but it’s very bare bones, so don’t expect a robust interface that lets you control the tiniest of details.

But the most appealing aspect about Sonos, at least to me, is their modularity. You can take different sonos speakers, pair them together to make something even better. Or separate them and use them individually. You can make your setup as simple or as complex as you want, it’s a scalable solution. Being able to use wireless speakers alone or together adds a layer of flexibility that just makes sense. You might have a fully loaded Sonos home theater setup in your house, and then one day move to a place that doesn’t have a nice space for your setup, and so you can part out each piece into different rooms for a new purpose. All these pairings and combinations are all handled in their app. Plug in or turn on your sonos speaker, press or hold a specific button, and then pop open the SONOS App, the speaker will appear, then you can set up your speaker individually or pair your speakers together however you like.

Sonos speakers can’t be used in groups with non-sonos speakers, only Sonos. The only way to connect other speakers to Sonos’ is through wifi and casting audio from music apps, airplay, the sonos app, or through the soundbars that are connected to your TV through HDMI arc. They also can’t be connected to with bluetooth. You can do all of those things, but you pay a massive Sonos tax for access to these basic features. That’s one of my biggest complaints about Sonos.

Sonos stopped providing features to their older devices that worked under the S1 app, and only continued adding features and updates to S2 devices. S1 devices to this day, still work like how they always worked, but do not work within the same ecosystem as the S2 devices. So they can’t really communicate with each other.

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