Sonos Roam - Lunar White

Sonos Roam - Lunar White

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• Stream music and more over WiFi, and enjoy easy control with the Sonos app, Apple AirPlay 2, Amazon Alexa, and Google Assistant.
• Use Bluetooth when you take this waterproof, lightweight, and durable speaker on the go.
• Experience astonishingly clear and perfectly balanced sound with automatic Trueplay tuning.
• Get up to 10 hours of continuous play time, and recharge with the included USB-C cable and any 7.5W (5V / 1.5A or 2.1A) or higher USB power adapter, or any Qi wireless charger.
• Create a multiroom sound system with other Sonos speakers and enjoy music, TV, and more all around your home.

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Brand : Sonos
Category : Electronics,Portable Audio & Video,Portable Speakers & Docks,Portable Bluetooth Speakers
Rating : 4.2
ListPrice : US $174.99
Price : US $174.99
Review Count : 1669
SalesRank : 0

Sonos Roam - Lunar White

• I am an owner of two Sonos home speakers: the One and the One SL. These are amazing sounding speakers that are easy to use. While I love these speakers, they are not portable as they must stay plugged into an outlet in order to work. I looked at the Sonos Move but was turned off by the size of the speaker and the high price. Needless to say, when Sonos introduced the Roam, I was intrigued. I got it as a father\'s day gift and what follows are my thoughts on the new Sonos Roam.SoundMy main concern with the Roam was that I noticed it was rather small and how that would effect the sound quality and loudness of the speaker. I was foolish for thinking this however. Sonos is known for having excellent sounding speakers and they would not jeopardize that reputation by putting out a new product that didn\'t adhere to their high audio standards. This speaker sounds amazing! Music sounds rich and full of depth. The clarity of the highs is excellent and the bass is surprisingly rich and full. Further to the point, the Sonos app allows you to tailor the sound to your liking, adding more of less treble and/or bass. I cannot overstate how pleased I am with the audio quality of this diminutive speaker.As a secondary point under sound, I was also concerned about how loud the speaker could get. Indoors, this little gem can get plenty loud and fill a large space with amazing sound. Outdoors, the Roam does a better than adequate job of projecting great music. I have taken it in my backyard while doing some yard work and it gets loud enough to hear and enjoy the music. However, I don\'t think Sonos designed this speaker to pump out the tunes at the pool party or at the beach like the EU Boom 3 or other larger bluetooth speakers. It can function adequately in that role but excels in smaller spaces and in overall sound quality.FunctionalityThe speaker works seamlessly with my other two Sonos speakers via WiFi using the Sonos app. The ability to move the speaker all over the house is a major plus. I can configure the Roam to play alone or with either one or both of my other speakers. I love that versatility. The buttons have some straight forward uses and also are multi-functional, which can take some getting used to. For example, I have issues sometimes with the power button and how long to push it. Five seconds to turn it off, a quick push to put it in sleep mode to save power. Same with the play/pause button: once to pause music, twice to advance to the next song, three times to go back to previous song, press and hold for a second to put the speaker in bluetooth pairing mode, and press and hold and listen for a sound in order to be able to swap your music from the Roam to the closest Sonos speaker or vice versa. It has taken some getting used to initially but I\'m getting the hang of it.The battery life is good but I wish it were better. I get about 8 hours of play time per charge. Charging is another small issue. Sonos includes a USB-C (plugs into speaker) to USB-A (plugs into charger) charging cable with the speaker, but they do not include a charging adapter to plug into the wall. Luckily, I have an Apple iPad USB-C to USB-C cable with a large 20w charging adapter that charges the Roam very quickly. I highly recommend the larger charging adapter to greatly reduce charging time. As a side note, the speaker can function fully while being charged.Airplay and bluetooth connectivity are straightforward and work well. I have not had any issues connecting the speaker via bluetooth to my phone, laptop and various other devices around my home.FormThe speaker works in either a horizontal or vertical position with some claiming there is a difference in the sound. That is a matter of preference as I like both positions for different reasons. Horizontally, the speaker is designed to project the sound up and it seems to use the surface the speaker is sitting on to amplify the sound. Vertically it sounds great and it is much easier to access the control buttons on top. Ultimately, I love the design of the Roam because it is small, clean and elegant looking.In my opinion, the Sonos Roam is an excellent speaker because of its portability, convenience of use within my existing Sonos system, and its superb audio performance.
• The Roam is a small speaker, for which you\'re going to have to expect lower audio quality. This thing definitely does not have the somewhat richer sound of a One. Being able to pop the plug and take it with me is great and the battery life is excellent but the Roam has some pretty significant flaws that would make me not recommend it.It has very fine-grained volume controls yet everything below about 25% is almost completely inaudible. With other Sonos products you can comfortably set the volume to 10% and have an enjoyable listening experience. With the Roam you\'re going to literally wonder if it\'s on at all until you turn it up to about 28. It doesn\'t matter what source you use -- a test signal at full signal won\'t even be audible in the lower 20% of the volume band.This leads to the second problem: if you set the volume to a point where you can actually hear music, the Alexa voice is EAR SHATTERINGLY LOUD. If you set the volume to the point where Alexa isn\'t trying to make you have a heart attack, your music is inaudible.The software\'s a bit buggy as well. It can\'t be paired with any of your other speakers but it can be grouped with them. If you group the Roam with another speaker that\'s playing you have about a 50/50 shot of it just not doing anything at all. It\'ll be connected, the controls will respond, it\'ll be visible in the app as grouped, you just won\'t get any audio. After a little fooling around with it, you can sometimes work around the problem by starting the playback on the Roam and grouping something else to it. Adding the Roam to a group doesn\'t work reliably at all.Some other software bugs make this thing a bit less fun. While it remembers if it was last used in Bluetooth or in Sonos mode and will return to the selected mode when turned on again, it\'s not very reliable to switch between modes. This isn\'t something you normally have to do often unless you take your Roam out of the house a lot; just leaving it in the Sonos network is viable wherever your WiFi reaches. Take it on a trip, though, and you\'re going to spend the first 4 or 5 minutes trying to get it to actually switch into Bluetooth mode.Re-pairing the Bluetooth is similarly annoying. It doesn\'t pair with more than a single device so it\'s extra steps for switching who\'s DJing. This isn\'t a problem while the Roam is at home and participating in your Sonos setup, of course.My real complaint, though, and something that was exceedingly poorly documented when the product was released is that it DOES NOT PAIR WITH ANYTHING except another Roam.Battery life, as I said, is great. This comes at something of a cost, though: this sucker is way heavier than it looks. Personally, I\'d have preferred half the (excellent!) battery life if it meant more room in there for better actual speakers. The audio is, really, barely passable at best and outright embarrassing for something Sonos branded.It is not tunable with TruePlay. It claims to have some kind of automatic TruePlay learning mode but I have not in any way noticed an improvement in the disappointing sound quality with it running.The Roam is definitely better than a no-name Bluetooth speaker you\'d buy at Target. That faint praise is the strongest endorsement I can give it. If you want to pay nearly two Franklins for something that sounds pretty close to a $16 thing you bought when you went to pick up motor oil, the Roam is it.
• They are smaller than the full size UE Boom so the base isn\'t as good but still good sound for the size
• The sound is good. The buttons on it are ridiculous because they are so hard to see. There is no battery level unless you sign into the app. Connecting from a Sonos app to a Pandora app is a pain if you can figure it out. Trying to connect to another Sonos speaker for stereo is again a mystery adventure. Not user friendly and definitely would not buy again.
• after a couple try\'s on othe blue tooth speakers, this one sounds great. for the size , it can really belt out some music and not get muddy base as others have. The wifi connnection works great, but didn\'t like that i was limited to each streaming service thru the sonos platform. It was easy to just turn off wifi and just pair it to Bluetooth to run music selections the way i am familiar with.Even the unboxing of speaker, you tell that there was a lot of thought how a customer will enjoy get this speaker.
• I have tried so many speakers but noting will be compared to Sonos Roam ! The sound quality is very excellent and the battery stays longer.. I really do recommend it.. You won\'t regret ! I love it !

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