so I've been a big fan of Sonos speakers for pretty much as far as I can remember and every
now and then especially when a new one comes out I do a little window shopping never mind if I need a
new Sonos speaker definitely want one the problem is Sonos speakers aren't cheap they're definitely
worth it but they are not inexpensive so if I was to get just one not three or four or five just
one new Sonos speaker what would I get I think I have a new answer this is the new Sonos Move 2
and as the name implies it's the second version of a Sonos speaker that you can well move pretty
much wherever you want it's portable is more than that in a second and because it's Sonos it sounds
really really good and before I show my math here go hit the subscribe button if you haven't
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her you love her you've done all that yeah all right let's get to it this is the Sonos Move
2 all right as I tend to do let's talk about the basics first the Sonos Move 2 cost $450 like I
said that ain't nothing and in fact it's just as much as the Sonos Era 300 that we've already
reviewed definitely go check out that video and read the full written review on that and the move
too it's got the same button scheme on top too for play pause volume that sort of thing cool
but price really is where these comparisons end the Era 300 is on a totally different level sound
wise but even more than that is that the Move 2 is just meant to be used differently it's meant to be
moved around you don't just plug it in and let it sit there so here's how that works really the
move to has a pretty slick charging ring thing and that's it it's a ring you put the speaker inside
it and it's pretty idiot proof with contacts on the back for the charging that's all you do put
it down it charges and then once it's charged you can pretty much just pick it up and go and
then put it back down to charge it again pick it up again put it down again that's it nothing to
click no real contacts to line up they're there in the back and it just works it's brilliant and by
the way the first thing you're going to notice when you pick up the move to and actually when
you take it out of the box it is not light weighs more than 6 and2 lb actually and that's hefty but
the built-in handle on the back is pretty good and I haven't dropped it yet not that I would necessar
recommend lugging the Move 2 around everywhere yes you can move it is it portable I would say
no if you really want something portable go for the Sonos Roam it weighs less than a pound this
weighs more than 6 lb and the Roam is also way less expensive at $180 versus $450 for the Move
2 on the other hand if I shell out almost $500 for the Move 2 I'm damn well going to take it
anywhere I want right so back to the battery for a second Sonos says you will get a full 24 hours
off a complete charge that's more than double the 11 hours before and I tell you what that's
great but I don't care see the thing is that's really more than enough time I'm never going
to have it on for 24 hours at a pop or even if I do you know 6 hours here 6 hours there
24 hours is still plenty of time I can just pop it back in the charger whenever I need so let's
say you actually do take this thing on the road somewhere and you're just not in a place where
plugging in the charging ring is very feasible I get it it happens look in the back of the move to
it has USBC now in addition to charging we'll get to that in a second USBC also does things
like connects a 3.5 mm adapter if you want line in that's pretty cool uh if you need ethernet you can
do ethernet over that for whatever reason so yeah you can also use it to charge the move to that's
probably what you'll use it for right now you can do so with not necessarily any USBC charger
you're going to want something that's using power delivery phones have had it for a long time mostly
you'll hear about that in the Android World Sonos also sells sort of a portable charger for that if
you want cool just don't expect to use like some low powered you know 5 wat charger or even if you
have an external battery you want to try to charge it with that go for it it just needs
to have power delivery look for the PD one more cool thing about the USBC port and the batteries
and all that stuff you can actually use the move to to charge other devices if your phone's about
to die plug it into the speaker how neat is that some other cool things about the Move 2 uh it is
absolutely a full-blown very expensive bluetooth speaker yeah it has Bluetooth that's definitely
handy even if sons's bread and butter is playing all the things over your home Wi-Fi but it does
make sense to have Bluetooth built in even if you're going to Lug this thing around all six
lounds of it right if you're out on a boat or at a pond at a lake I don't know walking down
railroad tracks some place where you don't have Wi-Fi Bluetooth makes perfect sense you can't
use this as a Bluetooth speaker phone but I think that's actually good thing nobody wants to hear
your phone calls blasting out of a massive Sonos speaker don't be that guy Sonos won't let you be
that guy and like other Sonos speakers the move to is also a smart speaker with voice control
so you can use Amazon Alexa with it or Sonos has its own voice control and if you've never heard
it before it uses actor Gian Carlo Esposito as the voice you know Breaking Bad the Mandalorian
he's been around for a long Homicide Life on the Street how can we forget that I thought
this is an opportunity to use my instrument in a different way trust ien to squeeze all the drama
out of a situation very very cool one thing you don't get Google Assistant not available on the
Move 2 for whatever reason sorry so what do it like to use well I tell you I'm digging the Move
2 a whole lot what used to happen is my house that we'd have an old Sonos one that we'd unplug
and move to the porch or some other room where it just didn't already have a Sonos speaker it
wasn't very elegant though this is just so much better just pick it up and go plus there's the
added bonus of Bluetooth so you can kind of treat the move too like it's old 1980s boom
box I'm old enough for that maybe some of you are maybe you're not ask your parents it's also
a fraction of the weight of those things they were heavy on the other hand you looked way
cooler lugging a giant boom box around but Move 2 sounds a whole lot better so here's where I think
the Sonos Move 2 fits into the scheme of things if you don't have a relatively unlimited budget
and you really want Sonos and can get just one speaker I would get this I would get the move to
it sounds really good not as good as the Era 300 or even the 100 those are just different
speakers for different purposes the Move 2 just full stop has the flexibility of movement that
the others do not I tell you I don't know that I would lug it all the way out to the beach I
don't know that I'd go sit on a dock all right if you really want something portable the ram
is just going to be so much easier to carry around distances but out back of the pool out
on the front porch definitely on a boat maybe actually I I think I would if I have the money
for a boat I probably got the money for one of these right out walking the dog no no don't do
that that's a bad idea now if I'm going to be in a situation where I know I want Sonos but I
know I'm not going to be moving it around any I would spend the $500 and buy myself
a pair of Sonos Era 100s and just stick them where they're going to be going to get a much
better experience and again if you don't need the movement you don't need the move so that's
it for the excellent and yeah a little expensive Sonos Smo 2 if you got any questions or you think
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