Sonos Roam Review: Portable wireless speaker скачать в хорошем качестве

Sonos Roam Review: Portable wireless speaker

Get one: USA: https://amzn.to/2RdjBl6 Get one, Canada: https://amzn.to/34y2cXf Read more: http://www.TechGadgetsCanada.com Follow me on Facebook:   / techgadgetscanada   Sonos has been on a tear over the last few years, busy updating speakers, and adding lots of new products. The most recent is Sonos Roam. Sonos Roam is a small, wireless, portable speaker option that Sonos wants you to take with you in the yard, camping, RVing and on the go. It can be used either horizontally or vertically and Roam can be controlled with the Sonos app or using the subtle but easy to locate buttons on the top. If you’re familiar with the Sonos Move, think of the Roam as a more compact and more properly portable version. If you’re not familiar with Sonos already, the Roam is meant to be a higher fidelity Bluetooth and Wi-Fi speaker that’s designed for bringing with you on adventures—something the Move is really not meant to do, that’s meant to stay more in your yard or close to its charging base. The Roam has been designed to be smaller than a water bottle and weighs less than a pound, making it ideal for chucking in a bag and bringing with you. Though it actually looks pretty sleek and chic, Sonos says it’s also rugged. Existing Sonos users will know most of the company’s current speaker lineup are a lot more delicate and designed for indoor use. Roam is IP67 waterproof rated meaning Roam can adapt to almost any outdoor situation, from a hike to a pool party. I naturally decided to test it… I doused the Roam in my sink multiple times and by the way this speaker does not float, so consider that if you’re wanting to take it on a boat or to the lake. But it never stopped playing and when I fished it out of the drink, it spit the water out and kept right on rocking. Naturally, the first thing we’re concerned about when it comes to a Bluetooth speaker is the sound and Sonos Roam more than delivers on quality. Roam is super small but definitely has power. It sounds a lot bigger than it is. Sitting next to it, 50% volume was more than enough. In a bigger open space, it is also surprisingly able to fill the space, even at that same 50% volume level. The quality is quite good… the speaker is well tuned and it’s possible to hear a lot of intricacies in the music. There’s a lot of warmth to the sound, and the vocals sound great. The music sounds very well balanced, which is no surprise. Sonos invests a lot in its speakers, so I’m not at all surprised that I like the sound of this one. Outdoors you’ll obviously need more volume the further you are away from it, but it seems like it’s able to dial up the right amount of power… here I’ve got it on 50% volume, so I do have lots of room to crank it up louder if I want to. Sonos’s sound systems are known for their more reliable Wi-Fi connectivity, which lets you connect a vast network of speakers around your home and easily control the whole system via your mobile device. Being a portable speaker Wi-Fi isn’t always an option so the Roam has both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 connectivity. Sonos Roam adds some new features to this new portable design, and they make it better for sharing music if you’re gathered with friends. There’s Group + Swap, and Automatic Switching. This I was able to try this by starting my music on Wi-Fi then walking away from the house and down the street… True to its word Sonos stayed connected and kept right on playing… Did I notice a difference? It’s hard to say, since it happens automatically, I couldn’t see how to shut it off to check how it sounds without Trueplay. Roam also works with voice control and digital assistants, meaning voice control it an option. Roam has three built-in microphones so Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant can hear you and respond. To get them set up, you’ll follow the specific instructions for whichever assistant you have; in my case I used Amazon Alexa. It’s a bit of a process that’s probably best for another video if you guys want that, but you have to link things in the Sonos app and then enable the Sonos Skill in the Alexa app, and finally ask Alexa to discover devices. Important to note that if you want to use your speaker as a digital assistant and to play music with your voice, you also need to set up your default music preferences in both the Sonos and Alexa apps. Roam has 10 hours of battery life from one charge but in my tests I got just under 10 hours, playing the music at a barely audible level Ten hours isn’t a lot for a portable wireless speaker, particularly when other portable models can give you 20 hours or more, so this is a pretty big downside Sonos claims it has smart power-saving features that mean it will stay in standby mode for up to 10 days. I wasn’t really seeing that. If I forgot to power it down, it died on me in about 2 days. Searching online for a solution I saw others are having this issue too.