Solid, No-Nonsense Kit

FOR Impressively big sound; good build; wellness function

AGAINST Stridency at volume; lack of streaming capability

The original sonoroSTEREO (the upper/ lower case combo being the German company’s preferred styling) gained a respectable four-star review when we reviewed it a couple of years ago, and on paper, the Stereo 2 doesn’t seem too different from the original.

The specification is pretty much identical, and the speaker layout inside the unit is the same. Why, then, the ‘2’? Well, along with a couple of extra strings to the unit’s bow, Sonoro claims also to have tweaked the sound of the Stereo 2 a touch.

Seeing the ‘Wellness’ light

One thing Sonoro is keen on is ‘Wellness’. The first Stereo provided soothing sounds of whale song, rain, waves, and so on. This new version takes all that, including birdsong, soothing voices and relaxation exercises, and adds a neat little extra.