In the beginning, there was the Sonos S5, which became the Sonos Play:5. Then came the Play:5 Gen 2; and now here is the Sonos Five. Could you tell one from another in a line-up? Almost certainly not.
The Five is certainly the biggest and probably the most powerful speaker in the entire Sonos line-up (it is hard to tell for sure, because Sonos remains cautious in the extreme about publishing details such as ‘power output’). It is updated on the inside, slightly smoothed off on the outside. It’s part of what is widely acknowledged to be the best multi-room ecosystem around. But is it any good?
The Sonos Five costs £499 in the United Kingdom. Or, at least, it does if you shop directly with Sonos – there are quite a few retailers who will charge you a little less.
You hardly need us to tell you there is a fair bit of choice when it comes to wireless speakers at this sort of money. Heck, some of them even have Bluetooth connectivity. But no matter how well-specified the alternatives to the Five, do any of them have membership of the most stable, most simple, most straightforward multi-room ecosystem on the planet? Didn’t think so.
Straightforward in the manner of a brick, the Sonos Five hasn’t so much been ‘designed’ as ‘hewn’. Broadly speaking, it is the same as the products that preceded it: a sealed, slightly trapezoid cabinet that is just a little larger at the (metal grille-covered) business end than it is at the rear.
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