Tech Sonos

[THE HCP]

Anybody own this system or have any opinions on it. Thinking this will be my Christmas present to the fam.

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/ho...VyrrACh1WiQx5EAAYASAAEgKQavD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I love my Sonos.

However I just got Google Home, which is also pretty fucking great as well. For your home Sonos would probably be better though. Google Home speakers are pretty cheap right now though, depends on exactly what you wanna do with it.

 

[Haakzilla]

Big Brother?!

 

[BrianFromWA]

I really like my Sonos system. One of my best friends is a director there, and unlike how you use your clout here, I might actually be able to hook you up if you're seriously looking at a system.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I really like my Sonos system. One of my best friends is a director there, and unlike how you use your clout here, I might actually be able to hook you up if you're seriously looking at a system.

Well if you're giving them away hook me up!

 

[riverman]

Google Home speakers

I googled home speakers and I got a list of washed up politicians

 

[THE HCP]

I love my Sonos.

However I just got Google Home, which is also pretty fucking great as well. For your home Sonos would probably be better though. Google Home speakers are pretty cheap right now though, depends on exactly what you wanna do with it.

We just really love music. Playing it all the time. Not in the mood to start wiring everywhere. Like that once our basement finally gets redone, I can incorporate their sound bar and woofer into what speakers I already have.

 

[THE HCP]

Thanks for the opinions guys.

 

[Stevenson]

We have three of them in our great room. The sound is high fidelity quality and the wirelessness is great. There's a bit of a learning curve, but nbd really. For me, the biggest downside is that I haven't yet figured out how to hook a CD player into the system - important for us Luddites who don't like streaming everything.

But overall, I give it a B+.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

We just really love music. Playing it all the time. Not in the mood to start wiring everywhere. Like that once our basement finally gets redone, I can incorporate their sound bar and woofer into what speakers I already have.

You can add any exisiting speakers to a Sonos sytem using their connect device. I personally wouldn't mix and match different speakers in the same room.

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/connect.html


I am really intrigued by the Playbase.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/04/sonos-playbase-review/

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

You can add any exisiting speakers to a Sonos sytem using their connect device. I personally wouldn't mix and match different speakers in the same room.

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/connect.html


I am really intrigued by the Playbase.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/04/sonos-playbase-review/

Yeah if you have an old ass house that isn't prewired for surround sound and wall mounted tvs. The biggest bitch I had wall mounting my tv was the cable tube in the wall was corrugated and grabbing the straps to pull the release levers on the wall mount mechanism.

I highly recommend wall mounting a tv now that I have them. So much cleaner.

 

[BrianFromWA]

You can add any exisiting speakers to a Sonos sytem using their connect device. I personally wouldn't mix and match different speakers in the same room.

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/connect.html


I am really intrigued by the Playbase.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/04/sonos-playbase-review/

My buddy says that performance-wise there's not much different b/w the playbase and playbar, and discouraged me from upgrading unless it was for aesthetic reasons. The playbar has an extra ethernet port, and generally does a bit worse on bass than the playbase, but the playbase is minutely less sharp and controlled on the treble. If you're choosing, they were attempted in the design to have similar sound quality--just a matter of how flexible your arrangement is or how you want your setup to look.
EDIT: and if you're looking to drop a couple grand on a system, you're probably getting a dedicated sub for bass anyway, so even that drawback kind of goes away.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Yeah, the set up should be:

Play 1 in each bedroom. Maybe a Play 3 in the Master bedroom if its larger.
Play 1 in the Kitchen
Play 3 in the Living Room
Soundbar or Playbase in the main TV room with a sub


If you want the ability to do voice controls, the new Play 1's are compatible with Amazon Alexa. soon also will work with Google Voice Home. I believe you can connect Amazon Echo Dots to them too to do voice commands. That's kind of the next level though, but Voice Search and integration into the home and car is the next big thing.

 

[THE HCP]

So the Play 3 sounds good enough? If the 3 sounds good, no need for me to get the 5. More money to spend on more 1s would be cool with me.

 

[THE HCP]

My only concern is if my WiFi is fast enough. Would rather not have to buy their repeater.

 

[THE HCP]

Thanks again guys for the comments. Keep em coming.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

So the Play 3 sounds good enough? If the 3 sounds good, no need for me to get the 5. More money to spend on more 1s would be cool with me.

I only have a 1. It really depends on how big your room is for the 5.

The thing is, the Soundbar or SoundBar act as a speaker too in addition to being a TV speaker I believe. Save room and money that way.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

My only concern is if my WiFi is fast enough. Would rather not have to buy their repeater.

The Wifi speed really doesn't matter at all. As long as you have a connection it should be fine.

 

[THE HCP]

I only have a 1. It really depends on how big your room is for the 5.

The thing is, the Soundbar or SoundBar act as a speaker too in addition to being a TV speaker I believe. Save room and money that way.

Good call

 

[Stevenson]

I have two 1s and a 5. But the quality in all of them is excellent.

 

[THE HCP]

I have two 1s and a 5. But the quality in all of them is excellent.

You have them all in one room?

 

[THE HCP]

Curious how much better then 5 sounds than the 3 and if i just had a bunch of 1s everywhere, would I notice what I was missing?

 

[Stevenson]

Yes, it's a big room, so its stereophonic. I don't think having 1s or 3s would be noticeably different than what I have unless you are a total audiophile.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

There will be a much higher quality dynamic range with the 5.

 

[THE HCP]

Wondering if I went with a Play3 in the living room instead of a Play5, would I notice the difference having not heard a 5 before? Going to add a sound bar and woofer later, just going to go with four Play1s randomly spread out thru the house

 

[THE HCP]

Hold on, going to go back and re read the thread and see if this was brought up already....standby.....

 

[THE HCP]

Just realized my dumbass had already asked this.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Plug an aux cord into the old boombox you and the vatos use to breakdance with on the corner. Then you can put it in the mazda single cab when you and your 7 amigos cram in to go to the job.

 

[THE HCP]

Plug an aux cord into the old boombox you and the vatos use to breakdance with on the corner. Then you can put it in the mazda single cab when you and your 7 amigos cram in to go to the job.

Thank you sir for your help.

 

[THE HCP]

Well I went ahead and ordered these. Got 4 Play 1s and a Play 5. Absolutely love them. Whole family is enjoying using these around the house. Highly reccomend these. Can’t wait to finish the tv room and get a sound bar, sub and two more Play 1s to create the surround sound we want.