today's video is on the sonos five a new flagship smart speaker from sonos that
sounds pretty amazing for its size before we get started if you want to
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it's been almost 20 years since sonos first rocked the world with their unique
concepts on how to experience music move ahead to 2020 and sonos has become
one of our favorite brands for their great software
products that are simple to use and incredible sound for their size
and price not to mention their design looks great in just about any setting
the 5 descends from the very first sonos all in one speaker
the s5 which was introduced in 2008 and later
updated in 2015 to the play 5. what is pretty amazing is the fact that
the brand new five sells for the exact same price as the original
s5 did back 12 years ago yet sounds miles ahead of it the five is a sleek box
with rounded edges available in monochromatic
black or white finish as with all sonos products
build quality is exceptionally high at audio advice we are very diligent about
tracking failure rates of the products we sell
sonos products have by far and away the lowest failure rates of anything that we
sell they just work this is probably because
rather than testing random samples they actually test every single piece as
it comes off the line plus they way over engineer things to
last for decades the five is physically pretty stout at 14
pounds and is a little over 14 inches wide
about 8 inches tall and 6 inches deep if you want an even better sound
two fives can be set up as a stereo pair in this case
you would set them both up vertically and the speaker's smart software will
adjust the audio which is a pretty cool feature first and
foremost the sonos five is designed to provide you with room
filling high quality sound but not far behind is the sonos music
app that lets you explore more music streaming services than any
other app out there we applaud sonos for the way they keep
improving their control app as they just updated it
to the new sonos s2 version be sure to check out our video that goes over all
of the control features of the new sonos s2 app the new five has
much faster processors and more memory built in that enhances its current
performance and allow for future improvements from a
connection standpoint you'll be able to stream just about any
service with the five and with its analog input you could
connect a turntable with a built-in phono preamp
or other legacy audio source if that were enough
apple airplay 2 is built in as well while most people will be using the
sonos app for control there are some quick touch controls on the top of the
unit for play pause mute and swiping for track
skipping and repeating voice control is also
available with amazon alexa or google assistant there are six
separate fine-tuned amplifiers inside the five
that power the six speakers to provide room-filling stereo sound for
a single box sonos points one tweeter straight out
while the other two are pointed at an angle on each side
which projects a very big sound these are coupled to three mid woofer drivers
that can move very far to give you big full bass
one thing that will surprise you is how much output a single five can have into
a room it's quite powerful sonos and audio advice
both believe the room has a huge impact on your sound
which is why we love sonos truplay which is included with the sonos app
this walks you through steps that play a series of test tones to fine-tune sonos
five to fit your room truplay only works on ios devices as
they have consistent microphones the difference to our ears is pretty
amazing should you wish to further fine-tune your sound
the app has eq settings for bass and treble
when you consider its price the sonos five is a very impressive
all-in-one speaker it has a warm rich sound with the ability to play
very loud yet it still sounds full at very low volume levels
the fact that it's under five hundred dollars with six individually powered
speakers with trueplay built in is pretty amazing
nothing else we can think of has all of this for the cost of a sonos five.
we also love the fact that you can add a second five for a great stereo pair of
wireless sonos speakers and if you really want to smile at a
sonos sub the smart speaker market is certainly
crowded with products from both huge tech companies
and smaller niche companies sonos strikes a wonderful balance of having a
large engineering staff on hand to keep up with their tech and with
their great app while also devoting a good portion of their research and
development towards better sound the five truly is a world class high
performance speaker if you have any questions on the new five
or any other home audio or home theater gear be sure to give us
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