I received the second Omni S2 speaker by Polk Audio this morning and set about connecting the speaker to my Wi-fi network and then pairing it with the original Omni S2 speaker I bought a couple of weeks ago. Pairing was simple enough after the second speaker was connected to the network, just a patter of selecting setting from the main screen of the Play-Fi app and then Stereo Pairing. Each connected speaker is listed and there are checkboxes to allow the selection of which channels you wish the speaker to be allocated, left or right. After pairing has been completed you’re given the chance to name your paired group “Outdoor” for example. Its at this point that I made a note of something I’d not considered up until this point. I’d assumed that all Omni S2 speakers had a built-in rechargeable battery, this is not the case. There are indoor and outdoor Omni S2 speakers and you can tell the difference between the two models if you know what you’re looking for. The Outdoor model has covers over the sockets on the back and comes fitted with a default wire mesh grill whilst the indoor model comes fitted by default with a cloth grill and doesn’t have rubber covers over the sockets so be aware of this when buying your Polk Audio Omni S2 speakers. If you’re going to stay indoors and use these speakers - and given the sound of them I think they’re an option worth considering - then the indoor units may do just fine. So before I do any further testing I really need to get another outdoor unit to match the original. As far as I can tell - and there’s no reason why I should be wrong - both Indoor and outdoor units sound exactly the same, they certainly did when I listened to both. So how do they sound paired? Twice as good! <smile>, what a difference a stereo speaker pair makes given you can totally customise the separation of the speakers. Only problem is of course that I can enjoy only mono outside.
********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
