what's up YouTube it's the hi-fi brothers today we are going to talk about
Sonos products let's get to it
welcome to the episode today everyone this is Ralph I'm Armando and we're
gonna get into a buyer's guide of sonos products in 2019 cool mando tell me I'm
not really familiar with sonos products
can you give us a little brief summary about what they're about because
obviously you own stillness products so let us know yeah absolutely so real
quick you know they basically manufacture smart speakers and you know
smart audio devices that allow you to connect them wirelessly throughout your
house and you can either sync them all or group them all together so you're
playing the same thing throughout every room of your house or you can pick and
choose what you want to play in different rooms of the house so there's
a lot of functionality there I personally think it's great products
that they produce great sound quality we'll get into that a minute mostly
you're gonna be controlling them via their their app that they provide so bro
that's pretty cool I'm can you give us a rundown their products yeah absolutely
speakers these speakers are small enough to place virtually anywhere they feature
one tweeter and one mid roofer you can use them as a single bookshelf
speaker in a stereo pair or as surrounds when used with one of Sonos sound bars
the price for these speakers is currently $149 each and come in either
black or white finishes the next model which is an updated version of the play
ones is the Sonos one the Sonos ones have now have soft touch buttons a
microphone input for Alexa and Google assistant functionality and Apple
AirPlay to support other than that the speaker shares the same characteristics
as the play ones and can be used in the same applications the price for these
speakers are currently $199 each and come in either white or black finishes
moving to our last product of the bookshelf category is the Sonos play 5
the flagship model features three tweeters and three mid woofers it also
includes a three-and-a-half millimeter jack so plugging in an external device
is very simple and the only product in the entire lineup that includes this
they can be used as a solo speaker or paired with another play five for
expanded stereo which will deliver sound comparable to the competitive bookshelf
speakers of their class they also feature Apple AirPlay to support coming
either black or white finishes and are currently priced at $499 each now we
are ready to talk about Sonos a soundbar lineup these speakers are intended to
replace or substitute a standard three home theater set up with either the play
ones or Sonos ones completing the home theater set up the first dimension is
the earliest product and in my opinion they're best sounding speaker of the
bunch the Sonos playbar it features three tweeters and six mid woofers it
only allows for an optical input which could be a deal-breaker for those home
theater enthusiasts that want HDMI Arc but being that the sound bar sounds
exceptional I don't think you'll miss having Arc another thing I want to note
about the play bar is that even though it can sit on your media cabinet below
the TV it is really designed to be wall-mounted as the speakers are angled
at a 45 degree angle so you'll get the most out of the sound when you have a
mounted just below your TV it comes only in black finish and this product is
currently priced at $699 next of the home theaters lineup is the Sonos play
base it is definitely one of the more unique looking products in their lineup
but don't let the looks deceive you it features 10 amplified drivers 6
mid-range 3 tweeters and one woofer just like the play bar it only has optical
input but it does have touch controls and Apple AirPlay to support so that
could be a plus over its older brother the product is intended to sit on a
media cabinet just below your TV the current price for the play base is $699
and comes in either black or white finishes the last speaker of the home
theater lineup is sonís is newest product the Sonos beam it is the
smallest of the bunch and looks more like a traditional sound bar but it is
still no slouch it features 4 full range woofers and one tweeter has an HDMI
input and just like the vasanas one has a microphone input for Alexa and Google
assistant functionality with Apple AirPlay to support the current price for
the beam is $399 making it one of the more appealing products of Sonos is
lineup as it competes quite well for other products of their class the beam
comes in either black or white finishes of course I need to mention the Sonos
sub of sonos is greatest products the sub features - forced cancelling
speaker drivers that can handle a frequency response as low as 25 Hertz
the sub definitely shines in this oness lineup and will work anywhere you have a
power the sub is currently priced at $699 and
comes in either black or white finishes that about does it for the speaker
lineup but certainly not to last the next two products of the SONOS side will
enhance your existing components if you have existing speakers or want to use in
wall ceiling speakers you'll want to use the Sonos amp it features a 125 watts
Channel Class D amplifier with both RCA and optical inputs it is currently
priced at $599 and comes in only a black finish and the last product of the
Sonos line-up is the Sonos connect this device is used to add Sonos to your
existing hi-fi set up whether you have a vintage setup or an existing home
theater you can add the connect to the system it has both RCA in and out jacks
and one optical output connection the connect is currently priced at $349 and
comes only in a white finish well that about does it but before I let you go I
did want to highlight a couple of things about the Sonos app the first is a
unique feature of Sonos which is called true play this feature allows you to
calibrate your speaker's based on speaker placement and room
characteristics in my opinion makes quite the difference currently you're
only able to you setup the true play using an Apple iPhone hopefully that
Android support comes in a near future then finally is the components of the
app itself a bit of a learning curve but once you've mastered the app you'll be
syncing different rooms or playing different songs at each room in no time
what is also great is having all your streaming services consolidated into one
app so searching for shows and songs could have never been easier well
hopefully that was a pretty insightful rundown and now we get back to the show
man that's a pretty good run down bro they have a lot to offer seems um who
are they for sonís is really for people that are looking for that multi room
connectivity so if you have a large house you have a home and you have a lot
of rooms and you're looking to you know play music in every room of your house
this is who that's perfect for so bro you got the Sonos how are you using them
I have to play ones connected to my in my kitchen my kitchen was really large
it's also got a seating area as you can see right here I have to play ones that
are kind of mounted above my cabinet and I have the
facing to the larger part of the room and what's really nice is there was
already an outlet that was in that you know right above the cabinet so it was
super easy for me to just connect those give them some power and then I just
needed to go in the app and and basically power them on and set them up
and once I was able to do that I was able to play them so that's how I have
you know one of one of my pairs set up I also have just one play one hooked up in
my master bedroom it's also up high on the ledge which has actually another out
power outlet so I was like hey this is another perfect spot for a speaker so I
have that one in there and then a connect amp which is actually the older
version of the amp which I showed you guys in the rundown Sonos does not make
this product anymore I would hope they upgrade this pretty soon at some point
just because right now I have a pair of Klipsch RP160Ms you connect into the
connect amp right now that does pretty good it's just rated at 55 watts per
channel whereas the new amp is rated at 125 watts per channel so that's why I
hope to upgrade you know that's what I have in there and then I have a connect
connected to my vintage hi-fi set up which I have a reel-to-reel which I'm
showing you guys here I have a cassette deck I also have a record player and I
have that connected to that and what's nice about that is I'm able to broadcast
that's anyone oh yeah any one of my devices that you guys see here
throughout my whole house so I can play it through my play ones on my kitchen if
I want my master bedroom I could play it through the vintage hi-fi set up here or
the connect amp which is connected to those clips so and like I said that's
where sono shines the more products that you get and you invest in the more
you're gonna get out of them so bro do you have any other recommendations for
anybody that's trying to buy these products yeah I mean for my personal
experience if your personal on a tight budget and you really wanted to start to
get into Sonos I mean the play ones are their cheapest products so that's that's
definitely what I would recommend getting if you're gonna buy one to start
with I would highly encourage that you you try to get the second one as quickly
as possible just because you will notice a significant difference in sound
one and two play ones that's good having that stereo connectivity it
really does make a difference I would definitely plan on getting to
play ones if you're looking for one speaker for your home theater setup
totally recommend going with the play play bar even though it doesn't have
HDMI so you won't be able to use HDMI Arc with that but if you're okay with
optical I totally recommend it the sound quality out of the play bar is by far
the best between the three of the sound bar askes speakers that they provide
that's an I would definitely recommend the sub at some point though I mean
again the sub is six seven hundred dollars yeah snow it's definitely not
cheap but you're gonna you're gonna want that eventually what I've noticed is
that the the subwoofer is actually Wireless so you can stick it anywhere in
your room and seemeth it seems like it's pretty awesome you can keep it flat tuck
it underneath your couch or tuck underneath your bed if you're gonna put
in your bedroom put it in the corner somewhere hide it and if it'll sound
pretty good well bro I'm pretty convinced about these um I might get
these products myself but the one thing I want to ask you what did the downside
about these I would say if you're not really tech savvy there's a lot that
goes into the app so if you're a beginner and you don't really know what
you're doing you can get frustrated pretty fast I would say just because to
connect five different zones in your house gotcha it can definitely get
overwhelming for a beginner the other downside for some people and not for me
I don't think it's a big deal at all is the fact that they do not connect via
bluetooth at all yeah so we're so used to connecting Bluetooth wirelessly that
the Wi-Fi feature is somewhat a bit of a learning curve from some people that
have had you know bluetooth headphones bluetooth speakers at home I don't know
I just I feel like some people will go and buy these products and think man
these are really awesome I'm gonna bring them home then they try to go connect
bluetooth and he realized does not work but I mean outside of those things still
great product the sound quality out of them is phenomenal for their class
everything from the Play 1 all the way up to the play bar the play fives their
subwoofer is one of the coolest subwoofers on the planet
I hope they do review on one of those yeah yeah like I said I bought these
with my own money so the sub and some of these other products are you know I
haven't really pulled the trigger on those yet but hopefully eventually one
day yeah I could get to those absolutely all right Amano that pretty much sums up
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