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I'm not too familiar with Sonos, but was under the impression that they are just high-end wifi speakers with some proprietary system. And that Ikea's version i
by lkois 4y ago
I'm not too familiar with Sonos, but was under the impression that they are just high-end wifi speakers with some proprietary system.
And that Ikea's version is again the same idea, but at a lower cost (and less proprietary?)
So what is the actual benefit here? Is it upgrading the speakers of the Ikea model? Or is it adding an amp and wifi to unpowered speakers?
Or more specifically, creating a ceiling wifi speaker for cheap?
Because step way down from the Ikea speakers, and you could grab a few Echo Dots for (alarmingly) close to free, and line-out into any powered (or amped) speaker, which would seem to be about the same result? And at least with Spotify, multi-room works quite well.
This of course ignores privacy concerns, which keeps costs down.
- JohnJamesRambo 4y agoI have the same question. Looking at the original post, the impetus seems to be "save hundreds on Sonos". I'm not that impressed with Sonos so this is like saying save hundreds on Bose. "This laid all the technical groundwork to prove that the Symfonisk speaker should work as a general purpose mono speaker amp." Then he goes on a crazy mod and solder run that almost no one could or should ever do. He wanted to power some ceiling speakers. I'd rather just buy a TPA 3116 amp with bluetooth and go from there or use echo dots like you say. I've got the DAMGOO in my greenhouse and it sounds damn fine. $25. https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Amplifier-DAMGOO-Technique-Password/dp/B07XG33WPN https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Amplifier-DAMGOO-Technique-...
- kalleboo 4y agoIt's for people who are all-in on the Sonos ecosystem, which supports stuff like multi-room audio (listen to your podcasts as you walk around the house), integration with music services etc. If you just want a single pair of speakers in one room and are fine just casting off your phone, of course Bluetooth is fine.
- lkois 4y agoEcho + Spotify does the whole multiroom thing, and would be unbeatable on price. Adding to an existing Sonos setup makes sense though
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago> Echo + Spotify does the whole multiroom thing, and would be unbeatable on price. Price is not cost. Echo costs money _and_ privacy.
- jordemort 4y agoI haven't used Sonos and I am also wondering what is so great about it that one would go to all this trouble to get it on the cheap.
- danw1979 4y agoI’ve got one of their small Play:1 stand-alone speakers from several years ago and it’s almost magical how room filling the sound is from a single little can.