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Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear

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Post by adarioble » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 10:19 PM UTC

Nextgrid wrote: post #105

chrischen wrote: post #22

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Yes

Can it play standalone or do you still have to AirPlay to it from a connected iPhone?

At the moment, only through Airplay and iPhone. But the new update is apparently bringing a possibility to set default music app to other apps (similar to email now) which should allow direct playback.

Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear

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Post by NoPicklez » Wed, Oct 07, 2020, 12:30 AM UTC

It sucks because Apple don't actually have any device that competes with Sonos. Yes if you buy one Sonos speaker you could argue it. But Sonos can give you a full home theatre system AND smart speakers (if you want that). So I am surprised that they are removing all Sonos products.

Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear

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Post by fomine3 » Thu, Oct 08, 2020, 2:22 AM UTC

dheera wrote: post #117

Spivak wrote: post #112

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You’re putting words in my mouth. I just made a general statement about what it takes to get a partnership with a med-large tech company where there are strong cultural biases toward build over buy. I have no idea if Sonos’ products are trivial or not. If they’re just off-the-shelf-ish audio equipment and good software then maybe. Bose definitely not because their R&D work is legendary. Hence why Apple bought them. T…

> Bose definitely not because their R&D work is legendary. Is it? I've always found Bose sound quality to be objectively bad compared to other brands at similar prices. They're not absolutely bad, just bad in terms of sound-quality-for-dollar. By a lot. Compared to e.g. Edifier or Klipsch (for speakers) or Beyerdynamic (for headphones) which fall around the same price ballpark as many popular Bose products but IMO so…

Bose's position is something like Apple. They're not the best perf per cost brand but some people prefer them. (Please exclude iPhone SE)

Re: Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear

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Post by locusm » Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 4:26 AM UTC

neuronic wrote: post #76

locusm wrote: post #73

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Try to sample HeOS - I thought they sounded better than Sonos with virtually same feature set.

HeOS is bluetooth only while Sonos is now bluetooth and WiFi. WiFi is nice because I don't ever get connection issues or drops around the house. I have a few bluetooth speakers and they were bad at this. Just walking into the kitchen or bathroom caused the connection to drop.

Some other features I like: - Good range of sources, ticks the boxes for me - Spotify, Soundcloud and NAS - In clients premises I use HeOS 3 units, plug a USB stick full of tunes and it will connect to other HeOS units and play across all of them. - They have a decent solution for hooking up existing amps/floor standing speakers.