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Sonos Unveils Portable $169 Roam Speaker With AirPlay 2, Sound Swap, and More
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Also...Airplay from my MBP to my HP Mini is terrible! Would much prefer bluetooth. Every time I want to play music from my laptop, I have to "hey siri play music" to get it to start playing from my library, then find what I actually want to listen to on my Mac, THEN Airplay. Any other way and it never connects.
I thought that too, but was pleasantly surprised to hear that it is Qi compatible so you don't have to buy their magnetic wireless charger.
The Sonos Move was my first entry into the Sonos ecosystem. Since then I’ve picked up an Arc/Sub combo and preordered the Roam. I’ll be adding another Arc/Sub combination for the bedroom when the sales hit.
Sonos plays great with my other airplay products and there isn’t a better audio product on the market that blends sound quality, ease of use and product quality. I’m bought in heavily.
If anyone is interested I can highly recommend the Marshall Stockwell II, a superb little Bluetooth speaker. Great battery life and the sound quality always impresses me. Much better than the JBL and UE speakers I have heard.
Looks like a great speaker. Ive been very happy with my UE Boom, but if I were in the market I'd give the Sonos a test.
Would be interesting to listen to this as compared to my small Sony SRS series speaker. The bang for buck that device has provided for me has been hard to beat. I actually stopped traveling with wither homepod as the portability of this style device is desirable for some of the uses I have.
Decent price with good set of features . Are there other portable BT with WiFi + AirPlay2, and QI wireless charging at this price range? Plus the Sonos S2 app is actually decent.
It will be nice taking the speaker on the deck. I ordered it. The other portable was way too expensive. This seems like a good price point.
For the love of Jeebus, Marylou, JaMarcus please do not change speakers. Never.mess.with.the.clown. NEVER.
Considering I currently have 8 sonos products in my house
Considering I currently have 8 Sonos products in my house it's not a stretch that I'll end up with at least one of these eventually!
You guys are roasting HomePod Mini
No, I suspect they are roasting you for having to jump in to be the first comment, clearly without even reading the article or knowing what you were commenting about.
Yet another cheap speaker with poor quality sound. A whole generation of kids will grow up listening to these crappy speakers. I hope they get the chance to upgrade in later life and experience the joy of listening to good quality sound.
Yeah, the Onyx has always been one of the best for the price. For as tiny as this thing is, I can't imagine sound quality anywhere near what the Onyx does (especially bass).
This is a big PASS for me. Too small, too expensive, and if you leave your home's SONOS-sphere and go outside, what does this do that a regular (and cheaper and better) BT speaker does?
HomePod Mini is not:
Water resistant,
Is NOT fully portable (has an internal battery).
Major mistake from Apple.
I was reading this news and looking at Jabra Charge4 or the Jabra Flip 4/5 and although those are portable ... they ..
only have a IPX7 rating (no dust)
Have NO AirPlay support
but they dohave 6 & 12hrs playback respectively.
No, it's a completely different product. The Sonos Roam is a portable, waterproof speaker. Apple isn't in that market.You guys are roasting HomePod Mini
Are there any non-Apple options out there currently that support AirPlay via WiFi direct?