Sonos FIVE Black Speaker

Great purchase, exceeded expectations. Carried out a lot of research before buying and reputation is strong. High quality sound, particularly noticeable with vinyl and easy to connect via line in. Easy to manage vis the App along with my other Sonas speaker. Great via Airplay although no Bluetooth so if you don’t have Apple products there could be limitations for streaming. Additionally a great partner for my Brennan device

The sound quality of these speakers paired is absolutely awesome.

Ok, so I was a tad gutted back in January when Sonos notified us that our Play 5 system was being phased out by May. Then again, I brought my play 5 as a wedding gift and thought it’s not often you get 6.5 years of everyday use from a electrical item.So I took the plunge and upgraded to the five, it’s awesome, sounds great and looks delightful. I feel for people who went out and brought 79 bits of Sonos and told their mates to do the same. But technology moves on and this unit will hopefully continue to fill my living room for the next 10 years. Chuffed to pieces with it.

Great frequency range, really deep bass in comparison to 1's and 3's. Android app works seamlessly with zero connection issues (can't comment on others as I'm android only). I use the my tuner radio service (free) instead of sonos radio (ads) or tune in (lack of stations since they geo'd it). Only downside for me is that I can't get alexa to control the my tuner radio service (it will do tune in though).

The ‘speaker itself is great. I have a stereo pair and sub that I use as my main HiFi. BUT…..It has line in which is one of its plus points for me. I have a WiiM box connected through it which has old style music equipment such as CD and a record player. The Five is supposed to have an option (using the app) to autoplay when the input becomes active. In their wisdom, despite the online documentation, SONOS have decided to remove this essential feature from IOS. This means that to play a record I have to fiddle with the app.Also there is little detail about the interconnects needed. For reference both left and right line inputs go into one of the ‘speakers, even with a stereo pair which is counter intuitive if you are used to dealing with ‘normal’ active ‘speakers. If you have two Fives then you have in theory two independent stereo inputs although I haven’t tried and some reviews suggest there might be some app problems doing that.Finally, the app itself is as user friendly as a rattlesnake.These aren’t show stoppers but very annoying especially as by buying this stuff you are committing to the SONOS eco-system

Love the Sonos Five, the sound in sublime, easy to set up using the Sonos app, I was a little apprehensive at first about using Wi-Fi instead of blue tooth to connect via the app, but to be honest, my concerns were unfounded and I’ve no complaints using it, would highly recommend.

The media could not be loaded. I can’t tell you just how happy this makes me every day. I LOVE IT. I bought it with a Sonos 1 with Alexa works beautifully

You can no longer listen to your own music. I have a large collection of albums bought from Amazon and I like many others just want to listen to my own playlists and not have to subscribe to listen to what I have already bought!