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Posted 27 December 2019
Sonos One (Gen 2) £148 | Sonos One SL £139 @ Richer Sounds
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Some good reductions here from Richer Sounds
One SL
The speaker for stereo pairing and home cinema surrounds. Get rich, room-filling sound with Sonos One SL, and control it with the Sonos app, Apple AirPlay 2, and more.
Sonos One gen 2
richersounds.com/wireless-streaming-multiroom/sonos/sonos-one-gen-2-white.html
richersounds.com/wireless-streaming-multiroom/sonos/sonos-one-gen-2-black.html
The second generation Sonos One with increased memory and updated processor. This perfect smart speaker for music lovers plays music, radio, podcasts, and more. Amazon Alexa voice control with a powerful four-core processor for efficiency. Apple AirPlay-compatible with iOS devices. Second generation Sonos One with increased memory and updated processor.
One SL
The speaker for stereo pairing and home cinema surrounds. Get rich, room-filling sound with Sonos One SL, and control it with the Sonos app, Apple AirPlay 2, and more.
Sonos One gen 2richersounds.com/wireless-streaming-multiroom/sonos/sonos-one-gen-2-white.html
richersounds.com/wireless-streaming-multiroom/sonos/sonos-one-gen-2-black.html
The second generation Sonos One with increased memory and updated processor. This perfect smart speaker for music lovers plays music, radio, podcasts, and more. Amazon Alexa voice control with a powerful four-core processor for efficiency. Apple AirPlay-compatible with iOS devices. Second generation Sonos One with increased memory and updated processor.
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sorted byAccording to Sonos they state that the acoustic properties are identical. How much better did it sound to you and in what way?
So what you’re really saying is “don’t buy a Sonos because they won’t let me cheat the system by getting a recycling discount from them and then selling it on to a third party”
My understanding was the SL has the same speakers/technology as the Gen2, just lacks the microphone, thus cheaper.
What a load of tosh!
You can only ask.
Yes, with ONE 1st gen you can but not with Play:1, now I have got problem, as I can't find (only on ebay) new black play:1 :/.
Sonos speakers that support stereo pairing:
If you are planning to connect beam and 2 ONEs voice control won't be working on ONEs - only on the beam. (edited)
Probably difficult to compare. What sort of amp with the Q acoustics and what would the source be for the q acoustics?
They only "listen" for you if you set this feature up
IMHO the 3020’s will beat the Sonos hands down (with almost any amp), but as was said earlier, with Sonos you are paying for convenience.
But if you send it Sonos and get the discounted price on another one then you won’t be selling to someone else anyway since it’ll be going back to Sonos? You can still sell a speaker to someone else you just don’t activate recycle mode.
I don’t have a Sonos, so I’m not warning for personal gain.
I’m warning because we don’t need more electronic waste and planned obsolescence in technology.
It’s not the 2.4ghz that’s the issue it’s the g part. If you have a n-only 2.4ghz band it performs better than b/g/n. Having g devices on that band slows things down for everything.
Some routers have 2.4ghz as n only by default (as I found out when I bought a Sonos and had issues connecting).
Nobody should be selling a device this day in age that is not at least n for 2.4ghz. G is ancient.
Wired. Dedicated Sonos network.
I have a Sonos Play 1 upstairs, and a Sonos One (Gen 1) in kitchen. In my living room I have Q Acoustics 2020i's linked to a Denon Amplifier. To make this multiroom I have linked my TV's Chromecast so I can play Sonos through the Denon and Q Acoustics. I would probably say the Q Acoustics are better, but then they are a stereo pair whereas my Sonos are just single. Something I am debating on changing at some point
However I probably use the Sonos more as they are easier and cheaper then the Denon setup. But I do have Bluetooth on my receive.
Cheers mate
Cheers Mr Sheffield
Nice sound.
Nice sonos app.
Quite clever.
A bit sceptical about non bluetooth but actually works better overall.
But watch out for alexa. She is handy at times. But somehow she(?) Subscribed is to amazon music subscription even though we said Noooooo!
Cancelled it straight away.
Stream from Spotify from what source? A dot or something? The 3020s do sound good, I don’t have any experience of those amazon amps but I know which ones you mean, they seem to get alright reviews. With Sonos you are paying for convenience of wireless and built in amps (so no cables from source to amp, amp to speakers), and you’re paying for their app and their multiroom experience.
Cheer. Really appreciate you taking time to answer my questions. The nearest Richer Sounds to me is 1 hour drive away from me. I’m tempted to blind buy it! 😬
Yes, they have a 7 day price difference policy. Call up the shop with the receipt number and they will refund you the difference, you don't even have to go into the shop.
Blind buy both from somewhere like amazon with easy returns ? I bought another pair of Sonos ones last week at £169 each, called them today and they’ve emailed me a free returns label so I can buy from Richer Sounds at £148. Annoyingly they wouldn’t price match but I kept all the packaging etc so not much hassle for me to return for free for a £40 saving. (edited)
- play audio within a group across rooms with other Google/alexa devices
- cannot do voice match so you cannot switch Spotify account, everyone who asks it to play music will use your device unless they go into the Spotify app or Sonos app.
Google home max is only £200 on sale and can do all this plus is louder and better.
I personally think paired with a good amp q Acoustics will sound better they are a stereo pair very well made and cost more than the Sonos one without amp / WiFi connectivity etc. Sonos one has one woofer and one tweeter so cannot give you stereo sound. Sonos is all about sleek looks good sound and straightforward setup with a good app.
If you wish to put something in your kitchen on a worktop then the Sonos 1 would be a lot less faff and there won't be loads of trailing wires.
It really depends on what setup you want.
I’m interested in this as not seen a SL in the flesh but my Sonos one gen 2s have rounded edges, tapered bottoms and grills and has capacitive buttons. The only difference I can see reviewers mention physically are there’s no mic ring on the SL and that’s it. Even the pictures look identical , but I haven’t seen one in person.
You just say "Alexa, play music on [name of sonos]"
It’s 5 stars for what it is though I guess. I am pretty impressed with the sound quality on it (given its an alarm clock replacement). Sounds better than the pure dab it replaced.
The idea is that you use this mode when you send your old speakers to be recycled or resold and then get a discounted price on new speakers.
Unfortunately, the “recycle mode” actually gives a 21 day countdown and then bricks the speaker. It blocks them from being added to any Sonos sound system and blacklists it from being reused.
It effectively restricts their products from being used in a second-hand market and results in unnecessary electronic waste.
This is true, Sonos have pretty much confirmed this themselves on Twitter... I'm a big fan of Sonos products but very disappointed in them when this came out. So wasteful, all to protect their "brand" - despite their claims about sustainability being "non-negotiable" (sonos.com/en-…ity)
Don't enable it then. The 30% recycle scheme is a con anyway, I've sold a couple of play 1s on ebay for 80-90% of what I paid 5+ years ago.
Sonos is just the speaker, you’ll need you own music or a subscription to a music service. If you already have music on your phone you can play that without a subscription.
Yes unless you have something like the free 6 month Spotify Sub, there are always deals about, I have not paid for a music sub for years lol (well full price each month,is what I mean) (edited)