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Just before we jump straight into the deep end of our Sonos PLAY:5 Smart Speaker review, we thought you might like to have a quick read of how the seller, John Lewis chooses to describe this item in the description: Sonos PLAY:5 is the ultimate smart speaker; it fine tunes sound to bring you energy and emotion, just as the artist intended. Streaming your favourite songs just got easier, more immersive and more satisfying. Distinct, clear sound Connecting you to the music you love are three smartly synchronised mid-woofers and a trio of tweeters. Each with a dedicated amplifier, these components have been perfectly tuned to match the speaker’s and acoustic architecture. The result? You’ll hear and feel all the emotion and energy which was packed into the original recording. Music adapted to you Every detail of the PLAY:5 has been engineered to make listening to music even better. Combining six smartly synchronised drivers with innovative, room-adapting TRUEPLAY tuning, the speaker delivers a remarkably exact reproduction of the music closest to you. TRUEPLAY makes the Sonos wireless speaker acoustically aware and adaptable. By recognising the distinct acoustic qualities of any space, the PLAY 5’s audio tech will fine tune all six drivers to unearth sound which is bespoke to the room. This works in the same way even if you pair it with a second PLAY:5 – each speaker will intelligently sense its orientation, then adjust its output to deliver a sweet spot that’s wider in horizontal mode or more focused and intense when positioned vertically. Total control Control all your music and streaming services from one single app. Simply download the free Sonos Controller app onto your Smartphone, tablet or computer and turn it into a full-fledged Sonos Controller that works over your home Wi-Fi network.* And with top-panel controls, you can control your music right from the speaker. Its touch interface is simple and convenient; just tap for volume up/down and swipe for next/previous track. Wireless play With its ability to connect to the home Wi-Fi, the PLAY:5 liberates the music on your computer and the Internet so you can play it all over the house. Wherever there’s a player, you can listen to your entire collection of iTunes music, plus thousands of free Internet radio stations. And it works seamlessly with the most popular music services so you can stream millions of songs and stations from the Internet to the rooms of your choice. You can even connect the PLAY:5 to your favourite audio source such as an iPod or CD player and listen on all the Sonos players throughout your house. Fill your home with music If you want to create a true surround sound experience, add two PLAY:5 speakers to a PLAYBAR and SUB. Using the app, you can even control what music is playing in every room in your house, from anywhere in your house. Apple Music And Other Services Available On Sonos Add your existing music streaming service or discover something new. Whether curated or on-demand, free or subscription-based, Sonos has you covered with access to a growing list of over 30 music services. For example, you can enjoy Apple Music, Spotify**, Deezer, Tidal, Google Play Music or many more paid services or Soundcloud, TuneIn Radio or 22Tracks free services. Using the Spotify App you can send your Spotify choices direct to any of your Sonos speakers, group all speakers together, control the volume of every speaker at once, and share music control with other Spotify App users on the same Wi-Fi network.** Airplay With AirPlay 2, stream directly from your Apple devices or ask Siri to play your favourites from Apple Music. Futureproof Designed with tomorrow in mind, the speaker combines sleek looks with agile internal sensors and ongoing software updates. This ensures that you always have the most future-proofed audio solution, even as you grow your system over time. *Please note that you must download this app to set the speaker up **Please note: a Spotify Premium account is required to use Spotify services on Sonos Please note: A Smart Speaker is a platform that can run 3rd party Apps. 3rd party content providers may remove Apps from the Smart platform or stop supporting them at any time, and we cannot guarantee an App’s availability. When new Smart products are launched, there may also be a delay before certain Apps become available. Availability of Apps is not included within the terms of the manufacturer’s warranty, or the John Lewis 2-year Guarantee for audio visual products, or the 5-year Guarantee for TVs.. As you will have undoubtedly come to expect of products from John Lewis, you can certainly rely on the fact that you will be getting a high quality product, that will offer a very decent shelf life, why not visit John Lewis’s website for details of their own product warranty, these are usually offered with all of their wide range of items available to buy online.
Sonos PLAY:5 Smart Speaker detailed review
We have a rigid process in place for all of our reviews and we always make sure that we search the web to find the lowest possible price for items like the Sonos PLAY:5 Smart Speaker, what that means is that we are saving you lots of time, so you don’t need to be searching around the internet for the best deal. Our research found the best online price available for the Sonos PLAY:5 Smart Speaker was the insanely low 499, and the online retailer that offers this bargain price was the infamous John Lewis, this also means that you buy it confidently in the knowledge that you are getting a fantastic product from perhaps the best known online retailer that the UK has to offer.
Getting started with our top to bottom product review for the Sonos PLAY:5 Smart Speaker, which can be identified by John Lewis’s following unique code 234710771. This individual product is suited to a massive range of consumers, and as part of our patented product trial, we can confirm a very high performance against all of our Audio Equipment tests. If you’re checking this review out from a location outside of the United Kingdom then you will need to know the European article number, a unique identifying number which is sometimes called the EAN, for this item it is 3452272247. Why not use this unique number to look up product ratings in your local area to ensure it is compatible before you purchase it.
Of course, with so many customer reviews readily available for this item, we recognise that you came to us because you wanted to hear an expert opinion in the category of Audio Equipment, so before you make up your mind and commit to purchasing this item, have a read of the following information. In addition to some of our helpful opinions given in this product review, we thought it might be useful to collate some some real world user reviews from different areas in the UK. We are thrilled to let you know that we found a massive 193 reviews for the Sonos PLAY:5 Smart Speaker and out of a wide range of people that bought the item and tested it out for themselves, the average rating was a hugely impressive 8 out of 10.
Buying tips for the Sonos PLAY:5 Smart Speaker
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Summary review of the Sonos PLAY:5 Smart Speaker
Following quite a few hours and 201 Audio Equipment reviews undertaken by The Review Shop over the last few months, we really enjoyed getting to test and live with the Sonos PLAY:5 Smart Speaker. In actual fact, this could well be one of our favourite products to come from John Lewis in recent times, and that is even more impressive when you consider that we have tested over 34 of their products over the last few months! If you are not convinced already that this is the right bit of kit to suit your needs, then we recommend the ‘See all reviews’ button at the top of the page to get a bit of validation from some like minded buyers and once you have seen first hand some of the best features of this product, we think you will be pretty keen to visit John Lewis’s website and order it before they run out of stock.
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