Is the Sonos Play 5 worth it?

Is the Sonos Play 5 worth it?

The Sonos Five is good for music. It can also produce a punchy, thumpy low-bass that can please fans of bass-heavy music, and its companion app offers bass and treble sliders you can use to tweak its sound to your liking. However, while it can get loud, there’s a lot of compression at max volume.

Is Sonos 5 the best?

The Sonos Five doesn’t just look great, it has the audible personality to match those good looks. As with all Sonos speakers, the audio output is slightly bass heavy, but the Sonos Five sounds absolutely brilliant, just as the Play:5 did. The Sonos Five’s sound architecture remains the same as 2015 Play:5.

Is Sonos Play 5 loud enough?

It’s a speaker you can feel. It’s more than loud enough to fill a large room, and even at top volume levels playing songs with a lot of bass, there was never any distortion.

How old is the Sonos Play 5?

The Play:5 (branded as the PLAY:5, formerly the ZonePlayer S5) is a smart speaker developed by Sonos, announced on October 13 and released on November 5, 2009, and is the debut product in the Play line of products.

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Is Sonos 5 a powered speaker?

The multi-room pioneering company chose the same architecture as for the Play:5: three high-excursion woofers and three tweeters along the top of the device — including two side-firing tweeters — powered by six Class-D amplifiers.

Is Sonos 5 a Bluetooth speaker?

Really the only downside of the Five is its lack of Bluetooth, which in some cases can limit the things you can play wirelessly through the speaker, and makes it more difficult for visitors to jump onto the speaker and play music from their devices.

How do I make my Sonos Play 5 louder?

Increase the volume of the surrounds

1. Open the Sonos app for iOS or Android.
2. From the Settings tab, tap System.
3. Tap the Sonos home theater product that uses surround speakers.
4. Under Sound, tap Surround Audio.
5. Use the TV Level slider to increase the volume of the surround speakers.

Which Sonos are obsolete?

Here is a list of the legacy products that will no longer receive updates, according to Sonos:

• Bridge.
• Connect (Manufactured 2011-2015)
• Connect:Amp (Manufactured 2011-2015)
• CR200.
• Play:5 (Gen1)
• ZP80, 90, 100, 120.

What is the difference between Sonos 5 and Sonos Play:5?

In terms of audio quality, Sonos says the Sonos Five offers an identical listening experience to that of the Play:5. The external design is also unchanged except for the finish; this one comes in all-black or all-white options, whereas the “white” second-gen Play:5 had a two-tone look with a black speaker grill.