Sonos One (Gen 2) - The powerful Smart Speaker with Amazon Alexa Built-in, White

I have 4 Sonos 5 speakers throughout my property. It is a fantastic system, we have 2 paired in the lounge for watching films, which is like a surround sound, we don't have a TV, so this is very important to us.This new Sonos 1 speaker is for my kitchen, it has finished off the sound system now.What a lovely clean white the speaker is. The sound as always is superb. It is so easy to use & the set up is so simple a 3yr old could do it!! I don't understand anyone having issues with the setting up of the product. If you have the Sonos app, you just follow the instructions in the booklet, & it practically does it by itself, it really is that simple, so don't be put off by negative people, it is not the Sonos!!I would recommend this system to anyone, obviously the only possible problem is if your WiFi goes down, so always wise to have another source of radio etc in the cupboard. Having said that, I have hardly ever had this issue. I love my Sonos & listen to it constantly throughout the day. If you want a treat, buy Sonos, you won't regret it. Enjoy.

Using it with Apple HomeKit - works perfectly - no Siri functionality but you can use it with Siri on HomePod or Apple TV. Ideal option if you want to extend your existing HomePod to multi-room experience at a great price. There is simply not many speakers with good Airplay 2 comparability at the moment or are very expensive. Once added to HomeKit the Sonos shows itself in Airplay menu on your iOS devices with multi-select option available (if you have other Airplay 2 devices). You can also use it Standalone or with Alexa via Sonos app (I did not enabled Alexa though). Sound is great but not as good as Apple HomePod (which is an of course an expensive option).

First step into the Sonos world. We were Not disappointed. Good sound. Easy setup. Looks good. Will be getting more Sonos products based on this purchase. Lots of posts about Sonos being expensive, but this is a first level premium product and the build quality shows why the extra cost. Minor niggle, as this is not a dedicated Alex product there are a couple of options missing that I would have liked to use, so I docked half a star, which is a whole one unfortunately, so I gave the full 5 as a compromise.

Works perfectly. Don't know what all the negative comments are about. I'm a 68 year old dinosaur and it's set up and working beautifully for me. Sound is terrific and voice controls all seem to be spot on. Good value as it sits in the hallway of my small house and can be heard and controlled from every room. Well chuffed.

Really easy to set up and configure, works well with different streaming services. Sound quality very good with no distortion even at loud volumes, but the sound is very directional. I suspect it would be better if a stereo pair but that would be even more expensive. The Alexa voice recognition is very poor. Whereas my echo dot and flex understand my Yorkshire accent about 70% of the time, this device drops that to around 40%, really not great at all. At this price I expected more than just a high quality feel.

I bought the Sonos after trying an Echo Studio. The Studio had a strong and engaging sound but it was too wild and woolly for me, the lack of clarity being the main issue. To my ears the Sonos has a much clearer and more detailed sound whilst still having plenty of bass. It has a sound that draws you in and makes you want to listen more. I thought that the lack of bluetooth would be a big drawback but in fact it works well from Alexa, Apple airplay, and the Amazon Music, Spotify and Sonos apps. I have also tried it against my stereo pair of Echos generation 3. Whilst the Echos gain from the stereo they are outclassed by the quality of the Sonos sound. No doubt a pair of Sonos would be good but a single one is conveniently portable around the house ( though it does need to be plugged in!)

Writing this review after 6 months if use and now I'm very happy with it. I know it's subjective, but for me this is the best sounding speaker at this price point. Initially it would not work with audible via Alexa, only via the Sonos app. This was a known bug which took Sonos support a long time to fix but is now working great.

The sound quality is excellent and pairing it up to Spotify and BBC Sounds was easy. I’ve still not worked out how to do voice recognition. However I think that’s more me than the item.I bought it so I could play background music in my treatment room but also use it in the house for listening to music. The volume is very controllable.I was also very impressed with the delivery it arrived about 5 days before the planned delivery date which should have been after New Year but I received it before.