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Sonos One Gen2 (Wi-Fi, Airplay 2)

Sonos One Gen2

Wi-Fi, Airplay 2


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  • freeform2020

    6 years ago
    purchased this product

    NEW ECHO USERS: PLEASE READ!

    This speaker is essentially the Play:one but with (a version of) Amazon Echo built in. Whilst this is great for a lot of what the Echo ecosystem can offer - it's not without it's drawbacks.

    Firstly this system requires
    AN ECHO ACCOUNT. That means if you're from CH, you can't register. That being said, it's not hard to register as someone from DE. You don't need the Amazon Alexa app if you want to use this speaker - you will just need to set up your account, and log in using alexa.amazon.com from your browser. iOS users, I'm not sure how hard it is to get/install the app, but Android users it isn't too hard to find it somewhere else, and install a third-party apk.

    If you have your SONOS account registered with a Swiss address, you will need to edit your profile, change your country, save and "transfer account" in the Sonos app. Then you can activate the Alexa voice service.

    SPOTIFY USERS: If you thought this would be as functional with spotify as an Echo is, you're out of luck. It seems she can't find any music, unless it's in your (local) library. This means you will still need an Echo of some kind, set with the default music player as Spotify for this system to work. Don't stress though - Play & Stop etc still work. But no other functionality at this point.

    As for sound/design/etc It's basically a Play:one. Sounds great, looks great - all white, instead of white/grey.
     

    Pro

    • Sound Quality
    • Build Quality
    • Ease of use / setup (sonos app)

    Contra

    • Not a full version of Amazon Alexa installed
  • naquada

    3 years ago
    purchased this product

    Expectations unfortunately not met...

    ...basically, the 5 star ratings are legitimate if you are Sonos fanatics and do not look outside the box. But I am unfortunately on the Sonos advertising with the "full" Google Assistant integration fell, which is not really there.

    Google Assistant works flawlessly, but you can't integrate these things into Chromecast groups, which makes it useless for proper Google Home. Too bad, Sonos and Google complaining to each other is probably more important than the benefit to customers.
     

    Pro

    • Great HW quality
    • Super sound, there is absolutely nothing to complain about
    • Is one willing to live only in the Sonos universe, absolutely top

    Contra

    • Google Assistant not installable if a Sonos Gen2 is already configured in the same room.
    • No integration in Google Chromecast groups (NoGo !!)
    • Android App is a copy of the iOS App and not adapted to the Google Design specifications.
    • The 50cm power cable costs CHF 30, is it still ??
    • Alternative power cables that would fit there is no, cleverly done Sonos....
    • No 5.0 Ghz WLAN, unless you buy Sonos special accessories

    This review was created for a different variant: One Gen2 (Wi-Fi, Airplay 2)

  • cornetz

    6 years ago
    purchased this product

    Buy

    Although I was initially sceptical about the quality of SONOS, I now have several of them at home. The individual ones are impressive, and many of them meet my requirements completely.

    Pro

    • Sound
    • Integration
    • Processing

    Contra

    • Apple Music integrated, but could be better (e.g. change and create playlist)
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