Bose vs Sonos

[spectra bash]

Anybody have either set up Bose soundtouch 300 with sub or Sonos playbar with sub. Both sound pretty good in the store. Bose has bluetooth and wifi connect and the Sonos only wifi. Reviews are all over the board on both. Cool to hear any reviews from the board. Im sure it will be all over the place also. Thanks Zach

 

[Motor Boater]

The Sonos playbar and sub actually sound pretty good. The rest of their speakers suck ass. I did a playbar and sub then bought some very good in ceiling speakers and hard wired them to a Sonos connect amp. It all works off the Sonos app and sounds killer. Sonos has an incredible app and interface. It’s super easy to use and works great.

 

[Cole Trickle]

I haven’t heard the sound bars for either but I recently replaced my Boston acoustic out door speakers with 3 Sonos play 1’s and I’m pretty happy with the improved sound and volume levels.

They aren’t heavy on bass or super over the top loud but the sound is very full.

I love the app and how easy you can expand it.

 

[Lunatic Fringe]

I bought the Bose CineMate 15 with the sub and for a small bar, it really sounds good.
People seem to like to bag on Bose but I own a four of their products and have been happy with all of them.

 

[Ricks raft]

I have not heard the Bose but at $1400(I think they are awful proud of their small speaker systems), for the bar and sub you might want to atleast take a look at Yamahas. The first model with musicast is the YAS-706 including bar and wireless sub, we sell @ well under $700. At the higher price points you can get into their mid level YSP series.
With musicast it has multiple streaming built in, Bluetooth, additional sub out to add any sub you want, add up to 9 additional rooms working together or individually from the same app.

 

[RitcheyRch]

We just bought the Sony 7.1.2 Soundbar System with wireless subwoofer and are pretty happy with it.

https://www.sony.com/electronics/sound-bars/ht-st5000

 

[2Driver]

We bought all the Sonas stuff to convert the home at Christmas. Took it all back.

As a sound bar for tv its fine but for the whole home, not so much.

The deal that lets you tie in wired speakers (for my outside speakers) completely killed the quality. If you converted your cd library and use itunes youll find a significant amount of songs that wont play. You have to play your itunes through their app and it refuses to play a significant percentage of the library. I was not going to spend hours combing the web to figure it all out as most others with the same problem were running into headaches and roadblocks attempting to solve it.

Bottom line is, if the technology is more important than sound, then buy it. If not, keep your college receiver and cerwin-vega towers your wife hates [emoji4]

 

[Hullbilly]

Bottom line is if the technology is more important than sound buy it. If not keep your college receiver and cerwin vega towers your wife hates [emoji4]

Proudly on display in my shop, mx helmet on one side Schlitz pitcher on the other side!!!

 

[Ouderkirk]

Anybody have either set up Bose soundtouch 300 with sub or Sonos playbar with sub. Both sound pretty good in the store. Bose has bluetooth and wifi connect and the Sonos only wifi. Reviews are all over the board on both. Cool to hear any reviews from the board. Im sure it will be all over the place also. Thanks Zach

I have the Sonos system and I love it. Totally wireless and I have my music library on a NAS (Network Attached Storage) and I can access it via my laptop, iPhone or other device. Have the sound bar, sub, four satellites for surround sound and a bunch of other speakers in other parts of the house. They can play together (for a party type of situation) or each can play independently from the NAS or a service if you choose.

It's a little spendy overall, but well worth it IMHO for all of the options that it does do.

 

[TCHB]

We have a full Sonos system which includes sound bar, bass unit and about 5 other speakers. It does sound great and easy to control off your IPhone or computer.

 

[beaverretriever]

The old saying is, "no highs no lows, Bose". I think there is a lot of other stuff out there for the same or less money that is much better.

 

[spectra bash]

Thanks. I think I’m going to keep doing my research. Don’t want a huge system with wires everywhere. The Sonos seems cool. Maybe a receiver and some good speakers. The definitive technologies looks cool too I don’t know. I’ll keep listening to your replies and checking stuff out.

 

[Spudsbud]

Klipsch !