*** Official SONOS Thread ***

[Mariusz]

My biggest problem with this guy is he often promises new features and lofty goals in interviews, which the company either can't deliver or delivers very very late

Which is stupid as you are setting yourself and your company up to fail by doing that, especially with an internet that never forgets.

Under-promise and over-deliver. FTW

 

[MrRockliffe]

I’ve canned my Sonos stuff, for 2 reasons:


1 - the sound wasn’t great in the living room at the new property

2 - because of the poor app which is still problematic for me, I couldn’t be bothered to spend the time finding a solution.




It was great when it was working well, but it has been winding me up continuously for months now.

 

[punky_munky]

Same. I've gone for Wiim

 

[MrRockliffe]

Same. I've gone for Wiim

Hornetstinger just PMd me about Wiim but I didn’t fancy having a Chinese device with an always on microphone, which can’t currently be disabled, built into the unit.


Paired with the severe undercutting price wise of the competition, with no viable long-term strategic business model to be profitable with the quality of software they provide, it makes me highly suspicious of the the company.

 

[punky_munky]

Perhaps. I'm not that deeply invested so no worries if they go belly up or whatever.

Sonos isnt presently fit for purpose and Wiim ticks all my boxes so I'll take a chance.

 

[Grim5]

There are rumours that buyers are looking at Sonos for acquisition

Apple Will Unlikely Acquire Sonos, As It Has All The Pieces It Needs In Place; Previous Reports Have Mentioned The Company As a Potential Buyer

Since Apple has all the resources it has for its audio business, acquiring Sonos makes little to no sense, but other companies might show an interest

wccftech.com

 

[SupraWez]

Anyone used the new Sonos amp, have a couple of the old ones but now UI offer an amp, little more powerful with dual 1gb, why on earth does Sonos stick with 100mb, must be getting harder to source 100mb interfaces over 1gb these days.

They are identical in size and IO but the UI unit is just over £100 cheaper.

 

[SupraWez]

Anyone else having Sonos issues this morning?

 

[father-ted]

Nah mine is ok

 

[Grim5]

Nah mine is ok

Same

 

[Daaaavvveee]

All good here, what issue you having?

 

[SupraWez]

The Global service / LBC would not play, sorted itself out after about 30min.

 

[dannyjo22]

Finally had enough, got all the boxes out the loft and getting all my sonos speakers boxed up ready to sell. Will keep one Play One for the garage and the rest can go. No one in the house wants to use them anymore and people prefer to just lob in headphones rather than faff about with the sonos app.

 

[father-ted]

You listing them in the MM?
I am looking for a cheap sonos sub (not mini), if you are.

 

[dannyjo22]

You listing them in the MM?
I am looking for a cheap sonos sub (not mini), if you are.

I'm going to try them locally first, they are pristine and I've even been able to box them up as they came due to keeping everything in my usual anal standard If they don't go locally I will put them on the MM. I'm getting rid of 5 play 1 to start with. I will get rid of the rest when I've started a replacement system.

 

[BMox81]

After a bruising year, Sonos readies its next big thing: a streaming box

It’s feature-packed, but could be surprisingly expensive.

web.archive.org

 

[Minstadave]

After a bruising year, Sonos readies its next big thing: a streaming box

It’s feature-packed, but could be surprisingly expensive.

web.archive.org

Sounds like something no one will want.

"Suprisingly expensive"

"Sources familiar with Pinewood tell me it has a “beautiful” interface, despite the software being developed in partnership with a digital ads firm"

 

[BMox81]

Sounds like something no one will want.

"Suprisingly expensive"

"Sources familiar with Pinewood tell me it has a “beautiful” interface, despite the software being developed in partnership with a digital ads firm"

I see plenty of people wanting to use their Era 300’s in different configurations which this seemingly will offer so I wouldn’t be so sure on that.

Now will it be a hard sell to those with Apple TV’s (including myself)? Very much so.

But I’m certainly open to the idea of having my Ultra hooked up to a Sonos-esque One Connect box with everything syncing nicely.

 

[the-evaluator]

I hope I'm not tempting fate, but my Sonos kit seems to be heaving itself very well at the moment. The iPad app is even showing my more than 50% of my local music library! Wonders will never cease.