Sonos One
 | Expecting restock $449.00 A compact smart speaker from one of the well-known manufacturers of high-quality portable and mobile acoustics. It differs from the well-known proprietary solutions of Google and Amazon by improved musical capabilities and improved sound quality. Equipped with two acoustic transducers (tweeter + woofer) and two high-tech Class D amplifiers, this combination guarantees a clear and detailed sound with a pronounced elastic bass, which is perfect for playing most musical genres and styles. The Sonos ONE smart speaker fully supports the functions of the Amazon Alexa voice assistant, but you must use English to interact with it. An array of six built-in microphones picks up and filters voice commands clearly, even during loud music playback. Easily integrates into your home wireless Wi-Fi networ...k, seamlessly connects to its cabled alternative to Ethernet LAN. Can be used to control a smart home system based on the Amazon platform. Able to become part of a network of audio systems located in different rooms and working synchronously (Multiroom technology). |
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A compact smart speaker from one of the well-known manufacturers of high-quality portable and mobile acoustics. It differs from the well-known proprietary solutions of Google and Amazon by improved musical capabilities and improved sound quality. Equipped with two acoustic transducers (tweeter + woofer) and two high-tech Class D amplifiers, this combination guarantees a clear and detailed sound with a pronounced elastic bass, which is perfect for playing most musical genres and styles.
The Sonos ONE smart speaker fully supports the functions of the Amazon Alexa voice assistant, but you must use English to interact with it. An array of six built-in microphones picks up and filters voice commands clearly, even during loud music playback. Easily integrates into your home wireless Wi-Fi network, seamlessly connects to its cabled alternative to Ethernet LAN. Can be used to control a smart home system based on the Amazon platform. Able to become part of a network of audio systems located in different rooms and working synchronously (Multiroom technology).
Perfect Size
Wireless speakers from Sonos have long been popular for their powerful sound, ease of use, and reasonable pricing. Recently, the company's speakers have also become smarter, having acquired the Amazon Alexa voice assistant.
Externally, Sonos One replicates the design of the diminutive Sonos Play 1. It's larger than the Google Home, but compact enough to fit into small spaces. To control the main functions, there is a touch panel on the top panel of the speaker, and as many as 6 microphones are located around the perimeter of the case for all interaction with a smart assistant. Therefore, communication problems are unlikely to await you.
Music voice control
The Amazon Alexa assistant does not understand Russian, but this is smoothed out by several factors. First, Sonos One is focused primarily on music, not smart home control, so a basic list of commands like “Play Spotify” or “Stop Music” is not too difficult to remember. And the speaker itself is very easy to set up using a proprietary smartphone application and instantly integrates into your home network.
The second point is that in 2019, Sonos began a beta test of Google Assistant-enabled speakers and promises to add it to all models in the second half of 2019. Thus, it will be one of the few smart speakers with a pair of voice assistants to choose from.
Room sound calibration
Now about the sound, as this is the most interesting part. Sonos One is equipped with a pair of speakers (tweeter + woofer), each with a separate amplifier. In general, Sonos One is impressive, how good it sounds with such modest dimensions and such a size of speakers — it's just some kind of elven magic. The bass here is much more powerful than you would expect from compact speakers, but the mids stand out in particular, incredibly clear and velvety. Plus, using the Trueplay function in the mobile application, you can calibrate the speaker for the room — after spending a few minutes on this, you will hear noticeably better sound. Overall, this is one of the best wireless speakers for the money.
Build Your System
An additional advantage is that the Sonos catalog has a whole set of multi-format speakers from which you can assemble a smart multi-room system for your own needs — scatter it around the rooms or, on the contrary, connect it into a 2.0 / 2.1 system to listen to music or connect to TV. If you already have smart wireless speakers with AirPlay 2 support, then they can be combined with Sonos One into one system, simultaneously transmitting sound from your smartphone to both.
Against the backdrop of all this, we note only a strange decision to abandon Bluetooth, sometimes it can be a quick and convenient alternative to Wi-Fi.
