uh oh - Sonos Play:1 - I can hear my wallet weeping...
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Hi all
I listened to a Sonos Play 5 in a store today as I am thinking about a new set up for my house. I must say I wasn't very impressed at all. It seemed very tinny with no warmth to it. Do you think this was a bad experience or are the really not very good. I really don't expect a great deal out of something that big but I have an old Marley docking station here at present that cost me £150 and will blow it out of the water. The soundar sounded great but the play 5 terrible.
Cheers
Mike
Ps sorry for any spelling mistakes I haven't got my glasses on so can't see what I've typed lol
I listened to a Sonos Play 5 in a store today as I am thinking about a new set up for my house. I must say I wasn't very impressed at all. It seemed very tinny with no warmth to it. Do you think this was a bad experience or are the really not very good. I really don't expect a great deal out of something that big but I have an old Marley docking station here at present that cost me £150 and will blow it out of the water. The soundar sounded great but the play 5 terrible.
Cheers
Mike
Ps sorry for any spelling mistakes I haven't got my glasses on so can't see what I've typed lol
I now have 7 Play 1's around the home and I have to say I love them. I was planning to go for a 3 or 5 but just couldn't see a massive benefit when I have a stereo pair in the sitting room, 1 in the kitchen, 1 in the den, 1 in each of my 2 children's rooms and 1 in ours (didn't bother with the guest bedroom as barely used)
If I want to I can just bring the 3 downstairs for a party and have a stereo pair in 3 rooms and an extra one elsewhere.
They are so diverse when set up like this and I have music on so much more than when we had CDs or Ipods.
We often have different music playing in different rooms/floors at different volumes, so it just makes sense and as I always have my phone on me the controls are always close by :-)
I have also not paid full RRP on anything other than the first 2, the rest have been £140-£155, not a massive saving but worth having nonetheless.
Richer Sounds have been my source for all 7.
If I want to I can just bring the 3 downstairs for a party and have a stereo pair in 3 rooms and an extra one elsewhere.
They are so diverse when set up like this and I have music on so much more than when we had CDs or Ipods.
We often have different music playing in different rooms/floors at different volumes, so it just makes sense and as I always have my phone on me the controls are always close by :-)
I have also not paid full RRP on anything other than the first 2, the rest have been £140-£155, not a massive saving but worth having nonetheless.
Richer Sounds have been my source for all 7.
funkyboogalooo said:
Hi all
I listened to a Sonos Play 5 in a store today as I am thinking about a new set up for my house. I must say I wasn't very impressed at all. It seemed very tinny with no warmth to it. Do you think this was a bad experience or are the really not very good. I really don't expect a great deal out of something that big but I have an old Marley docking station here at present that cost me £150 and will blow it out of the water. The soundar sounded great but the play 5 terrible.
Cheers
Mike
Ps sorry for any spelling mistakes I haven't got my glasses on so can't see what I've typed lol
sheesh, thats an odd outcome. I suspect some dodgy positioning.I listened to a Sonos Play 5 in a store today as I am thinking about a new set up for my house. I must say I wasn't very impressed at all. It seemed very tinny with no warmth to it. Do you think this was a bad experience or are the really not very good. I really don't expect a great deal out of something that big but I have an old Marley docking station here at present that cost me £150 and will blow it out of the water. The soundar sounded great but the play 5 terrible.
Cheers
Mike
Ps sorry for any spelling mistakes I haven't got my glasses on so can't see what I've typed lol
The playbar really isn't very good for music and thats quite widely thought. The Play 5 for me is the best and the Play 1 and 3 sound awful and tinny. If anything the play 5 can be a bit warm dependent on the surface it is put on.
I know lots of people swear by the Play 1, but in shop listening (prior to buying my Play 5's), to me, sounds like a 1970's pocket transistor radio. I have 3 play 5's and a connect, but currently considering a play 1 for the summerhouse in the garden on the grounds that it surely can't sound as bad as it does in the shops and that the fanboys are right.
We have Play 1s dotted around the house. Can't say they sound tinny - but they do all sit on solid oak furniture.
We've also got a Connect:Amp that drives a bathroom speaker, and just acquired another to drive a couple in the new kitchen.
I'd agree about the soundbar not being great for music - they really could do with a quick "uncheck" to the rear surrounds or playbar when you come to use them for music.
Update 5.4 has also got a few tweeks for using Play 1s with the Sub.
We've also got a Connect:Amp that drives a bathroom speaker, and just acquired another to drive a couple in the new kitchen.
I'd agree about the soundbar not being great for music - they really could do with a quick "uncheck" to the rear surrounds or playbar when you come to use them for music.
Update 5.4 has also got a few tweeks for using Play 1s with the Sub.
Du1point8 said:
Came on to ask the same.Different internals, or just the outside?
sparkyhx said:
sheesh, thats an odd outcome. I suspect some dodgy positioning.
The playbar really isn't very good for music and thats quite widely thought. The Play 5 for me is the best and the Play 1 and 3 sound awful and tinny. If anything the play 5 can be a bit warm dependent on the surface it is put on.
I know lots of people swear by the Play 1, but in shop listening (prior to buying my Play 5's), to me, sounds like a 1970's pocket transistor radio. I have 3 play 5's and a connect, but currently considering a play 1 for the summerhouse in the garden on the grounds that it surely can't sound as bad as it does in the shops and that the fanboys are right.
You really need to listen to a pair of stereo Play 1's at home. I have two 5's in separate rooms now swapped out for two pairs of 1's. Far better sonically primarily because of the stereo separation but bass and clarity are as good if not better than a Single 5. The playbar really isn't very good for music and thats quite widely thought. The Play 5 for me is the best and the Play 1 and 3 sound awful and tinny. If anything the play 5 can be a bit warm dependent on the surface it is put on.
I know lots of people swear by the Play 1, but in shop listening (prior to buying my Play 5's), to me, sounds like a 1970's pocket transistor radio. I have 3 play 5's and a connect, but currently considering a play 1 for the summerhouse in the garden on the grounds that it surely can't sound as bad as it does in the shops and that the fanboys are right.
Podie said:
Du1point8 said:
Came on to ask the same.Different internals, or just the outside?
Digger said:
Podie said:
Du1point8 said:
Came on to ask the same.Different internals, or just the outside?
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