Sonos play:1

Super-Spy · 2 Jun 2014 at 10:09

Wow, not often you get 20% off Sonos.

As for the Play:1, I am over the moon with it. It has a good, clear, loud sound which is amazing from such a small device. Also, the Sonos controller app is really easy to use and has access to lots of streaming services like spotify, deezer etc

R.O.S.S.I · 2 Jun 2014 at 17:14

First thing on my list of stuff to buy when I get my own house!

abbotsmike · 2 Jun 2014 at 22:06

Xire said:
Thinking about picking one of these up, are they currently the best on the market at the moment? how do they compare to the BOSE equivalent ?

I missed the boat on the 20% off Amazon deal that happened yesterday which was annoying.

20%? Balls. Would have bought one at that price and I don't even need it, living out of 1 room at the minute.

Kobi · 2 Jun 2014 at 22:11

I've still not bought one yet. Saving all my pennies for holiday time. Once im back though! then i'll get one.

abbotsmike · 2 Jun 2014 at 22:34

I'm going to wait until I move somewhere more permanent! Just wish they'd drop the price of the connect. I have a couple of decent old hi-fi's (including a beastly old Sony) that I want to continue using. By rights, the connect should be the same price or less that the play 1, as they both have the 'brain' but one doesn't have an amp and speaker!!

Supercow · 6 Jun 2014 at 13:39

Saving up for a PlayBar.
Bought a pair of 1's a couple weeks ago and I think the quality out of them is spectacular for the price. The pair of 1's are (far) more than enough than enough for my living room.

People saying that they will only suit a bedroom, must either be deaf, super rich or have uber tolerant neighbors !

thebandit · 6 Jun 2014 at 19:12

I agree, I have 2 play ones in the living room and they are brilliant (although I am going to add a sub having listened to 2x 1s + sub in Rayleigh hifi).

abbotsmike · 6 Jun 2014 at 22:15

Supercow said:
Saving up for a PlayBar.
Bought a pair of 1's a couple weeks ago and I think the quality out of them is spectacular for the price. The pair of 1's are (far) more than enough than enough for my living room.

People saying that they will only suit a bedroom, must either be deaf, super rich or have uber tolerant neighbors !

Whilst I'm sure they are adequate, anything that size will have a compromised low frequency response compared to something larger, and it will be much more pronounced at higher volumes. They are very impressive for the size however.

Supercow · 7 Jun 2014 at 08:59

abbotsmike said:
and it will be much more pronounced at higher volumes.

This is my point. Who on earth plays music that loud in a bedroom - hell when I was a teenager living in a large detached house I never pumped it even that loud.

Woogie · 27 Jun 2014 at 12:29

I was given a Play 3 as a leaving gift from my last job last week and have instantly fallen in love with it which is currently sat in the living room, I then went and bought a Play 1 for the bedroom/Kitchen (Still undecided) yesterday and am now eyeing up a second play 3 and a playbar for the living room.

Does anyone have a playbar? The reviews seem pretty good but would rather get the opinion of someone who actually has one. The only downside I can see is the fact they cannot do DTS or Dolby TRUEHD audio without an amp/decoder due to the limitations of the optical connection.

bledd · 27 Jun 2014 at 19:09

The playbar, what material is it? Is it the same metal mesh on the play 1?or is it a fabric? Afraid my cat might bugger it up if it's fabric

olv · 30 Jun 2014 at 11:29

I'm eyeing up a pair of Play:1s to use in the living room as a stereo pair. I'd also like to be able to output sound from the humax box and ps3. Is the only way way to get an additional source as an input to get a Connect? The bridge won't do this right?

a1ex2001 · 30 Jun 2014 at 12:26

Supercow said:
This is my point. Who on earth plays music that loud in a bedroom - hell when I was a teenager living in a large detached house I never pumped it even that loud.

When I was a teenager in a large detached house I certainly played my stereo at anti social volumes but that was then! Now I've grown up a little and live in a terrace if I crank the play:1 in the kitchen up I can hear it throughout the house and my neighbours would certainly get annoyed!

I really can't fault my play:3 (living room) or play:1 kitchen both perfrom brilliantly are increadibly easy to use and the new app is a welcome upgrade making it a little more modern and pretty.

a1ex2001 · 30 Jun 2014 at 12:27

olv said:
I'm eyeing up a pair of Play:1s to use in the living room as a stereo pair. I'd also like to be able to output sound from the humax box and ps3. Is the only way way to get an additional source as an input to get a Connect? The bridge won't do this right?

Correct it's a bit annoying that Sonos deliberately exclude such features from the lower spec gear but it's still great stuff.

olv · 30 Jun 2014 at 12:54

a1ex2001 said:
Correct it's a bit annoying that Sonos deliberately exclude such features from the lower spec gear but it's still great stuff.

Thanks for confirming. I'd be more tempted to get a Play:5 I think as I only need 1 line in and it's £70 more to get an additional speaker over a Connect which is £280 just to get a line in.

Orford · 4 Jul 2014 at 21:17

I recently purchased a playbar and two play 1's. The play ones are used in the kids room and one in the kitchen. The play bar is used for all TV sound. Make sure you can disable the TV's speakers, check for hotel mode.

When I want to watch a movie I have the option of adding the two play ones to the Bar and using them as rears.

Expensive way of doing it but the value for money comes from having the flexibility.