You should go to www.sonos.com and simply read about the Sonos music system. Richard mentioned the Sonos Roam because he has recently become a "Sonos convert" and I think very much enjoys the experience just as pretty much everybody who has a Sonos system does. The short answer is that Sonos is a lot more than a speaker, the Roam is just their latest or at least almost latest edition to their line-up of high quality multi-room speakers. Sonos speakers use WiFi because they are part of a music system of speakers who talk to each other and while all the new speakers released in the last few years are Airplay 2 capable, it used to be the case that you really only used your iPhone and the Sonos app as a remote to control your system. Sonos connects to a huge list of paid and free music services including all the popular ones like Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube Music, Tune In, iHeart Radio and so on and also can connect to Audible and AudioBooks.com. If you are at home you then simply select the room where you want to play music and what music you want to play and it will play. If you want to play music in 2 or 3 rooms or all over your house it's no problem, as long as you have a Sonos speaker or speakers in a room you can group any rooms or the entire house. The first portable speaker Sonos released was the Move about 2 or maybe almost 3 years ago, but it was rather large and still quite expensive and while it's a great speaker for the deck or in the backyard, it's probably not a speaker you want to throw in your backpack wwhen you go somewhere and this is where the Roam comes in, it's more the size of a Bose Soundlink, but since it is a Sonos speaker it still is part of the Sonos system when you are at home and connected to WiFi and only if you are out of range of your WiFi it will automatically switch to Bluetooth and act just like any other Bluetooth speaker. By now Sonos has a very large and complete selection of speakers for all rooms and uses from the two portable speakers to the Sonos SL which is basically the size of a Sonos Move but not portable (all of these speakers can also be set up as a stereo pair if you have two of the same), then you have the Sonos One which is like the Sonos SL but it has microphones and you can set it up either with Alexa or the Google Assistant. Then you have the Sonos Five which is a much larger speaker, more like a traditional boombox and you can use a single Five in horizontal orientation or, if you have two of them, place them upright to work as a stereo pair. Next is the TV surround setup for the living room which consists of either the smaller Beam soundbar or the much larger Arc soundbar, both are capable of Dolby Atmos sound and you get the best result if you add a set of Sonos SL as rear speakers and the Sonos wireless Sub as a subwover. The Beam and Arc of course would be placed underneath your TV, the rear speakers would be behind you and can be wall mounted and the Sonos Sub is about the size of a desktop tower, but it weighs a little over 35 pounds and despite I ts compact size it's an absolutely amazing sub. You can even add a second Sub to the setup for maximum base. Of course this is not a cheap system, an Arc soundbar, two Sonos SL rear speakers and a wireless Sub sold as a surround package here in Canada is I think somewhere around $23,50, in USD I think around $1,600 or $1,700. Sonos also has a partnership with Ikea and they have just released a digital picture frame which also acts as a Sonos speaker, not sure if it has the digital assistant capability and I along with many other Sonos fans who have had their system for a long time (I bought my first Sonos gear in 2009) are all holding our breath for a headset which may really be coming in the next year or so, finally. It's expected that this would be a full-size over the ear design in the $500 or so price range, but again also capable of being a "zone" in a Sonos system. This means I can play any music or audio book directly on it or, if my wife is watching TV and I want to listen but do something in the kitchen I can group it with the living room and listen in to the same thing.
Best regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Duane Steele Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2021 9:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Bluetooth Speaker question Which brings up another question. What's the advantage of a speaker being able to connect with WiFi, and also be able to pair via bluetooth? If your device is already using WiFi, why should the speaker also have to use WiFi? Not sure I understand how this works. > > On Jul 18, 2021, at 12:01 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Keep in mind that while the Sonos Roam can work as a Bluetooth speaker it is > meant to work on WiFi when you are at home and if you want to play something > that is playing on your iPhone you would use Airplay to send it to the > speaker. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2021 11:15 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: A Bluetooth Speaker question > > Well, the Sonos Roam, which is both Wi-Fi and Buetooth, has aprox. 10 hours > of battery life on a full charge, has tone settings if you go through the > Sonos app. You can turn on or off the Loudness feature that boosts the base > for everything; which I find will cause it to clip at anything but a very low > volume. > > But, it actually has settings to adjust the base and treble on a slider that > works. > We have other Sonos speakers, so it made sense to get this one. > $169. > > And has been pointed out, there are some very basic settings in the music app > on the iPhone. And quite a few pre-set settings for different styles of > music in there as well. > > The Roam gives plenty of volume and has great sound. > > > > Richard > Software means never having to say you're finished > > Web site: www.turner42.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Duane > Steele > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2021 10:47 AM > To: IPhone List <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: A Bluetooth Speaker question > > Hello iPhone Listers, > > I have a Bluetooth question. I own several speakers including a couple of > Bose ones. Unfortunately, none of my speakers offers the option to control > the amount of bass and treble being put out. Sometimes, I think the Bose > units put out too much bass. Does anyone have any idea what kind of speakers > offers tone options? Thanks in advance. > > > Peace & Blessings, > Pastor Duane L. 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