Sonos One (2019) - White

I'm a big fan of the Amazon Alexa system, and for a while now I've had several recent generation Echo speakers scattered throughout my house. However, although the Echo has decent sound quality, I wanted to upgrade and take things to the next level. I did a lot of research and ended up buying several of these Sonos One (gen 2) speakers. They're pricey but it was worth it. The sound quality is a *noticeable* improvement from the Echo speakers. Much smoother and crisper music, better range, etc. It's just a higher end speaker. I did have some initial frustrations authorizing my first Sonos speaker to work with Alexa. Amazon kept wanting me to authenticate my new device with a One Time Password (OTP) it was sending to my e-mail, but that I wasn't finding those e-mails in my inbox. I'm still not sure what was happening (they weren't going to my spam folder either, that I could tell), but I finally found those authenticator messages hiding somehow in the "All Mail" gmail folder on my iphone. It was weird and frustrating, but once I got past that, everything has been smooth sailing. Some of the negative comments from older reviews really don't seem to apply anymore. You can easily group speakers into sets when you want to play music in multiple rooms at once. The Sonos app integrates with Amazon Music, Spotify, Sirius XM, etc. It's also not true that you have to plug at least one speaker directly into your router or Ethernet anymore. The entire set can be fully wireless. Other Pro's: Other than much higher sound quality, the Sonos are much better at knowing which speaker to activate when you want to chat with Alexa. With my old Echo speakers, if I said "Alexa," I would often get a speaker answering me from two rooms down the hall for some reason. I ended up using four different wake words to try to prevent that from happening (which was annoying). Now, even though I have a Sonos device in my kitchen and one only ten feet away in my living room, it's 100% accurate in always activating the closest device, and not trying to respond to my voice commands from a speaker on the other side of the house. I was also having problems with the Echo speakers (five of them grouped together throughout the house) where they would often have one or two speakers drop out of the group when I played music for more than a few minutes. I also was getting music that would crackle or hiss on the Echo speakers between songs, or would suddenly stop playing (and that was all streaming from the Amazon app, which you think would have had the least amount of those kind of issues with their own company's devices). None of that happens anymore with my Sonos. Cons: The Sonos aren't bluetooth compatible, if that's important to you. Also, they're at least twice the size and weight of an Echo speaker, which could be a consideration depending on where you intend to put them. And finally, as I'd mentioned earlier, they're not cheap. But there's a reason you end up paying more than twice what an Echo speaker costs -- you're definitely buying a much higher quality sound.

I bought this Sonos speaker and my whole system fully expecting to spend the afternoon arguing with cables, instructions, and possibly my own sanity. Spoiler: none of that happened. Setup was so easy, I thought I did it wrong. I plugged it in, tapped a few buttons, and suddenly my living room sounded like a VIP section I’m definitely not cool enough to be in. Even my WiFi behaved, which never happens. Sonos must use wizard magic or something. The sound? Incredible. Crisp highs, deep bass, and just loud enough that my neighbors now know my entire playlist, including the songs I pretend not to like and dont even get me started on how Top Gun: Maverick sounds!!. My favorite part is how it connects every room. I can walk from the kitchen to the bathroom like I’m doing my own stadium tour. My dog didn’t sign up for this concert, but he’s fully committed now. If you want a stereo system that sounds amazing and makes you feel smarter than you actually are, Sonos is it. 10/10 would recommend — even if you only buy it to flex on guests when they ask, “Wait… how’d you set this up so fast?”

I believe it is necessary to mention that I am a gamer. I play games A LOT and I tend to listen to music ALL the time. When I read online that this speaker is great for music they were NOT kidding. The sound and the bass on it is so perfect it's better than a lot of speakers that I have heard and owned. The volume on my speaker is not even in the middle of the volume bar and it is already loud enough (To where I actually feel like my neighbors can hear it next door), but my bass was too good to where I had to turn down -5 (Bass is still loud enough to notice in the music) [Bass goes to max +10 and to -10 as well as the other (2 fuctions). You can mess with Bass, Treble, and Balance in app. I have (2) of these Sonos synched to each other and the sound quality of it is so perfect that my buddies online ask me to play music for them while we play zombies (since it goes through the Mic flawlessly and the sound quality is that crisp). They have said that it sounds like they are listening to it in person. Now I am picky when it comes to speakers and I can't say anything negative about the sound quality and bass. Now I will let you all know a few things that you may have been wondering. The setup was SUPER EASY. When I finished it I literally said out loud, "Was that it?" The steps: 1) Download app. 2)Make account and verify. 3)Connect to speaker. 4)Connect speaker to Internet. 5) Download update. *Done. That was all. App is SUPER EASY to use it's very simple which makes it a great app. Now like I have mentioned I listen to music A LOT, so I added Pandora, Amazon Music, etc and even getting those on it were easy. They guide you to it when you go into the settings of the app and it asks you if you want to add them. This next subject may be negative for you depending on your area and perspective. You have to add your own voice control system to it if your area has one. I have been using Alexa since I started owning one roughly about 4yrs ago, so I use the Alexa voice, but there are ways to get other voices. For me getting the Alexa voice was super easy. You can add it in the settings as well and it's under *Voice* in bold print. Now another possible negative thing depending on your standpoint and what your trying to use it for. It doesn't have as many functions as Alexa. Which is fine for me since I have the current newest Alexa coming in on Friday. I will be using the Alexa as the control tower for it since it has the most functions. You can apparently connect your Alexa to these speakers by using the Alexa app. I will let you know if it is true once I receive my Alexa come this Friday the 8th. If you have any questions ask away. I'll respond the best I can.

A smart speaker that sounds and looks great. This is not my first smart speaker but my other (Bose) was smart but would sulk at times and not do what I asked. Perhaps it was a teenager? The Sonos is smart and obedient. You can use the Google assistant or Alexa if you prefer. I chose Google and it has proven very reliable. The Sonos app lets you link your system to a huge array of music services like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music etc. It can also connect to devices on your network so I’ve got a music server with iTunes for my old music collection. Mostly I ask Google to play Spotify but I also ask questions such as what’s the weather tomorrow. It is especially useful when you’re cooking and it’s too awkward to look up something: “what’s 16oz in grams?” I hadn’t appreciated how useful that could be. Buy this speaker for the sound, the looks and the ease of use.

Llevo 1 semana usándolo y tengo que explicar algunas cosas del equipo pero por apartado. =Bocina sono= -Sonido increíble por su pequeño tamaño -El sistema que usa desde la app sonos para multi-room y stream de diferentes plataformas de audio me encanto. -El color es muy elegante y no llama la atención. -El sistema de colocarlas en modo estereo funciona de maravilla -Su integración con Air play 2 es muy buena, eso hace que todo lo que reproduces desde dispositivos apple compatibles lo escuches en la bocinas, por ejemplo youtube. -Los micrófonos para integración a asistentes virtuales es buena y tiene buen alcance. -Realizar la configuración trueplay es muy rápido y altamente recomendado -Debes cuidar donde colocas las bocinas en tu casa para que cuenten con buena señal WIFI -Puedes desactivar los led indicadores para que no brille en la noche, por ejemplo, el que colocas en tu cuarto. =Asistente ALEXA= -Dar de alta las bocinas con el asistente es sencillo, pero el problema viene al momento de configurar los cuartos, el modo multiroom y las rutinas para realizar reproducción desde otras plataformas que no sean amazon music. Me he tenido que valer de app de terceros como IFTTT para poder usar el sistema de reproducción de música a mi antojo . Requieren mejorar el desarrollo de la still de sonos para Alexa. -En lo que se refiere en que le hables a la bocina con "Alexa,......", funciona bien, siempre te detecta, no tienes que gritar para que te entienda la instrucción, le problema viene al momento de ejecutar la instrucción y comienza a decir que no es compatible la bocina para reproducir spotify o apple music, sin embargo, si desde la app de alexa le das reproducir de forma manual si funciona. =Apple= -Al contar con airplay 2 su integración es muy fácil, sin embargo, pierdes sus características de asistencias virtual y debes siempre usar un dispositivo apple parara hablar con siri. -Muy fácil integrarlo al HomeKit, de lo mas fácil que hay, hasta para hacer escenas y decir que música debe reproducir y todo. -Debes tener en cuenta que si quieres que el audio lo mandes de tu apple tv a las bocinas para generar un teatro en casa, debes ser un apple tv de cuarta generación en adelante. Yo lo probé con un apple tv segunda generación y una macbook pro mid2012, y aunque la detecta nunca logra realizar la conexión. Cosa que son mi apple tv 4k, iPad y iPhone xr, nunca me dio problemas.

Worth the price

This Sonos One is my 11th Sonos device! I have been a huge fan for the last 9 years, and have been collecting them since then. I am so thrilled to find most of them are now available on Amazon India, and at fairly reasonable prices (comparable if you import them, after paying duties and shipping)! For those who can't get Alexa to work in India, there is a work around that works just fine, and requires VPN momentarily, only to get the Sonos Skill in the Alexa app. VPN not required after the skill is set up. I can access Apple Music, Tidal, Spotify, Pandora, and others, using the Alexa voice command. Just say 'Play xxx from Apple Music (or Spotify etc.)'. NO VPN. The One Gen 2 does NOT support bluetooth (only the Move and Roam do), but does support Airplay. Also, no hi-res HD music support. Yet. I use Sonos everyday, across the home, have been for years, and I love the sound for the size/form-factor). Most importantly, the convenience of listening to ANY music, from anywhere, ANY time. Worth every penny I've invested in Sonos products! Now just waiting for the Roam to show up... Thank you Amazon India, and LP! (4xPlay 1, 2xOne, 1xOne SL, 1xBeam, 1xPlay 3, 1xSUB, 1xConnect)

We love our Sonos ! Best thing we ever bought. We have one on each of our floors of our 3 floor townhome. 2 in the tv room along with the Sonos beam in front of the TV. My husband call to Alexa and messages me through the Sonos when I'm on the top floor. I downloaded the amazon app to play more music through Sonos. It's not necessary though as Sonos has lots of music options. I love waking up in the morning and saying Alexa play music. It plays the last music you listened too. You can control the volume through the Sonos app and music selection. As, well as ask Alexa to do it for you. Also, you can pair all the speakers together or unpaid certain rooms to listen to different music than the others. My husband is watching TV now through Sonos beam and speakers and I m listening to music upstairs. You get a lifetime of free music with Sonos if you have more than 2 or maybe it's 3 Sonos beams. Best sound quality. It has made our home so cozy and is super cool to have on when entertaining. It took us along time to break down and spend the money. As, we were not sure of the quality. We also bought 2 tall stands off of Amazon for the 2 speakers in the TV room. The Sonos beam just sits in front of the TV. No shelf was needed. You can ask Alexa the weather, the options are endless if you want to spend the time learning more through the "Ultimate Alexa app."