Sonos Move vs Bose Portable Home Speaker
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2019
- Bose and Sonos, both well-known speaker manufacturers, recently came out with new AirPlay 2-enabled speakers that are designed to work with Apple's latest AirPlay protocol and offer an alternative to products like the HomePod.
In our latest TH-cam video, we went hands-on with the Bose Portable Home Speaker and the Sonos Move to see what the speakers have to offer and how they compare to one another.
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NOTE*** There is a way to change the EQ in the Sonos app. My mistake. I did miss it. This changes things quite a bit.
You need to add a text overlay to the video to explain this. Most people never read the comments, and being able to adjust the bass and treble is a hugely important feature for many users, myself included. The inability to adjust the bass and treble on the HomePod completely takes it out of consideration for me.
Probably warrants redoing the entire video to be honest as that is a huge miss and makes for a biased video :/.
Hey dang man, it happens! Hope I could help :)
Hey guy.i think a redo is necessary. The EQ in the Move makes all the difference in the world! It has a fantastic sound and should be told.
Auto Trueplay is another big difference that needs to be considered. Try playing either speaker in a small "boomy" room such as a bathroom to see how big of a difference it can make
I got the Bose. Love Sonos overall, but as I tested several of them side by side at Best Buy, the Bose sounded the most crisp. Love the deep bass on it. Very happy with my choice.
Hi!! guys, maybe you can help me with your opinions to decide between the following speakers, Sonos Move, Bose portable smart Speaker and B&o beolit 20, I'm going to use it to listen to music from my mobile, connect it to TV and occasionally take it with me on a trip, I have not have heard none of the three, I appreciate your comments, greetings from Mexico
Is there an option to chain these speakers? I’m wondering if you could make the big purchase and then have smaller Sonos/bose speakers that are more cost effective in other areas/rooms of your home.
How to connect Bose portable to mobile hotspot? I do not have wifi.
I need comparison this to bose S1 pro and UE megaboom
Which one has better audio quality?
Hello! I have the home speaker but his battery is very bad, and mine had a problem, The concert is getting very expensive, I don't know if it will be worth doing! I'm looking to purchase another model, I'm between Sonos move 2 or Bang Olufsen beolit 20. who do you think? I like bass sound, good height, and using it outside the house! Is there anything else you would tell me about? Thanks
I now own both and they are fun to have. With the bose I have both PHS white and Black and for now only one Sonos Move (black). The biggest gripe I see people argue about is Bass. Both sides say their product has more bass or "better" bass. Honestly, both lose bass as higher levels. You can see this with other comments who aren't stuck screaming their toy is better. Regardless if Bose or Sonos, while the bass is "good" its not earth shattering like some say. When I play the two Bose PHS in paired mode in the garage, I was hoping for that bump...it's...okay. I was expecting better but at higher levels both the Sonos and Bose just dip out on the bass. Which is fine, not all music is hip-hop that does nothing but 808's. And some not hip-hop songs have more bass than you would expect.
I remember one review saying that you wouldn't want play the Bose at more than 50% because the bass and sound is too much for say, an apartment...total BS, even at high levels none of my neighbors batted an eye. The person with a dedicated sub and true sound system is what people cared about. When a car with a bass system that can be felt from the parking lot. No one cares about tin cans barely rumbling a desk.
I like both systems but god, I feel they are both way over-hyped. I get it, these things were expensive, especially the sonos. But for as good as they are, they are still not replacing serious sound equipment, no matter how much people scream.
I have 2 Sonos Moves. My son has the Bose PHS. I like the sound of the Bose and was thinking about also purchasing the Bose when I want something a little lighter to carry outside to the park, or a hotel stay out of town. If I do decide to purchase the Bose. I will get 2 of them eventually. But 1 at first as they’re not cheap. Anyway, thanks for your comment.
I just listened to the sonos move, quite good speaker but whats disapointing is the bass once you reach slight over 50% volume, its more punching then really giving bass in my opinion.
Is it possible to make a Google Home speaker group with a Bose and a Sonos speaker? I already have a few Sonos and I am in deep with Google Home ecosystem. I think I prefer the Bose for the size, but I want a portable speaker that I can use in my Google Home speaker groups. Would love the answer to this question!
You can adjust the EQ in Sonos! Going to follow up in Twitter
Never mind I checked comments and everyone has filled ya in!
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been looking into both of these to buy. Does the Sonos really lack in bass vs the Bose?! I’m shook
It has alotta bass, but not at high volumes.
@@KAYBE_CO But neither does the Bose.
It has a more natural honest sound than the Bose
The reviewer is wrong. You can adjust EQ on the Move and he never mentions Trueplay. Terrible review.
Are you using a HomePod as a bookend?
Bose portable home speaker, and I already own the Bose revolve two. Regarding the revolve, two, it sounds good anywhere in the apartment, I also discovered that between the high definition TVs and the wall, sound quality is improved considerably, and it makes it sound like a bigger speaker, with much improve base.
This guy probably forgot the Sonos App has an EQ for the Move and that’s why he says the Bose has better low ends.
Sorry to be annoying, but to correct you, Bose have been doing multiple speakers playing at once for ages, except this was with their soundtouch app which I really miss.
I’ve already invested in my Sonos system and I love it, and I’ve just ordered the portable for the garden since the Coronavirus is gonna have us all on lockdown for sometime to come!!
I hope it performs well as I’m happy with the rest of the speakers 🔊 around the house. Although I know that the sound issue you mentioned can usually be adjusted via the Sonos app, so I’m thinking that the portable one must operate the same way.
Yes it does, this is a useless tech review!!
Tested both speakers today any tend to like the sound of Bose better. Personal choice... Could just be how we hear things differently that one would prefer one over the other.
The sonos does have that trueplay feature too.
I tested them both out in our home. Both are great but the Bose Portable Home Speaker only weighs a bit over 2 lbs whereas the Sonos Move is very heavy at over 6 lbs...and not so portable for air travel. I bought the Bose.
6 lbs is not heavy though! Which one sounds better?!
@@patrickanthony3632 The Bose !...and when you are carrying it on a plane 6 lbs is a lot heavier than 2 lbs.
Correct
how is there not a sound test - good review other wise
like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, th-cam.com/users/postUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-dKeb4aB Bose speaker)... but all switches and outlets (5), thermostat, tankless water heater. Unfortunately all I can do is turn on/off Bose. It doesn't support volume or changing channels, but I believe that is due to the particular speaker I have.... Worth getting if you already have other devices to use it with... I don't sit around and ask Alexa questions much so that doesn't really matter to me....
I haven't heard the Sonos Move but this new Bose is fabulous, much better sound than the Revolve + but also not so portable. It looks small next to the Sonos but it certainly isn't!
Rumour has it that you will actually let the speakers “speak” for themselves in your next video by playing various genres to let your public hear what it is you are “selling”.
If you were plugging ( advertising / selling / marketing...) a camera lens for example , surely the images taken with the lens & stats would say much more..?
Food for thought!
With respect.
I have several Bose Blu tooth speakers and I like them all. I like the way Bose speakers sound bigger than they look. I just recently purchased the Sonos 5. I gotta get wifi but I hear the sound is super great.
Sonos 5 is a fabulous speaker
Do they make floor stands for the Sonos move?
Nope !
@@_Chingchingu_I found out they do, but only available atm in AUS from flexson.
Yes, they do. Right here! www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/flexson-move-stand.html
@@mrmario11 Thanks already purchased those a few months ago
I just got the bose portable home speaker yesterday and I have to say it's literally the best bluetooth speaker you can get when it comes to size to sound ratio and I've had the jbl xtreme 1 and 2 the pulse 3 and 4 and the boombox the bose literally sounds like the jbl xtreme 2 but WAY smaller and lighter 350 dollars WELL spent in my opinion
I am looking for a speaker that you can talk to keep you company, and do things for you. Any recomandations?
Lord Tyrannus ever heard of kindness and respect? You should try it.
That's wrong, you can change the EQ on the Sonos app. I have both and the Sonos sounds way better. The bose is very hollow sounding.
I tested both out before purchasing and wasn't overly impressed with the Bose sound, as it sounded a little lack luster compared to Sonos.
These are great for outside but for indoors Svs or Kef will blow these away !
Hey there, I own the Move as well.
A few tips for a walkthrough around the Sonos app:
There is an EQ in the settings app. It’s under settings, system, Move, EQ.
If you don’t have it near a wall or corner - disable Trueplay. The low ends come into play and sound really great set on a table to resonate into.
Set the bass from 3-6 in the EQ depending on your tastes. Treble 1-2.
One last thing - This thing truly shines in a corner or even on the floor by a wall. I know this sounds crazy, but the acoustics on a floor, or in a corner next to the wall sound really boomy and the low ends sound dramatic! I initially was ready to take my Move back until you mentioned you didn’t see an EQ on the app.
Let me know what you think, very curious to hear your thoughts!
Hi buddy I'd like to know if sonos is possible to charge it while playing song.
Suppose if u got low battery while playing u just plug it and continue playing.
@@Mr.AveMoi Yes it works fine! :) Just make sure if it's a portable charger, it's high output and power delivery (45w USB C PD or above like 60w ) if they're available.
can you add 2 move toghther andyou get a stereo effect ?
Even after adding in the dock it’s still cheaper than the Sonos, that’s crazy
In a lot of countries in Europe the Google Assistant is not available.
Great presentation. Made me decide which is which to buy between Sonos Five & Move. Decided both because, Move got Bluetooth in case I want to take outside with me Five is awesome for Music etc at home. Thanks. Love love Sonos ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍😝👏🇨🇦
Glad to hear that you liked the sound of the Sonos 5. I purchased the Sonos 5. But I got to get wifi installed to listen to it.
@@williamsmith9194 I bought (2nd hand pioneer tuner) tuner to connect to my Sonos 5 for FM to avoid relying to my iPhone & iPad. Sounds great I sold my Sonos move to a friend who’s more outdoorsy 😝 However, sometimes use Bluetooth or wifi. & installed google etc command. It’s worth spending my $ 699 + tax Canadian Amazing sound. 👍🤞❤️🇨🇦
The last bose portable I bought has all the speakers blown. Definitely a Sonos fan now.
I had the same problem with mini soundlink. Seriously, never again we switched all sound system to Sonos the best decision ever!
You can adjust the bass and treble with the Sonos app....
I have both and the move is FAR superior...except for the size
One thing you missed is..... Sonos does not support BT sterk pairing but Bose does. So that’s is a deal breaker for me.
This Christmas is going to be expensive. First airpods pro and now the Sonos move.
I'm fully invested in Sonos (5 speakers + soundbar) but I'm not blown away by the sound. It doesn't feel "warm" enough to me, and too clinical. If you turn the bass up in the EQ it sounds muddy. I have one Bose revolve which is a smaller speaker than all my Sonos speakers and it sounds much warmer to my ear. This review seems to back up my thoughts. So I'm thinking of swapping out my whole Sonos system for Bose.
Um just flip the Bose handle down. Btw its handle sure comes in handy when you're going to a pool or beach and carrying a bunch of other stuff
Get to know your Product before you do a review of it...
This guy sounds like “Randall” the honey badger 🦡 voice over
Thank you for your review. I listened to both speakers, and in my opinion the Sonos Move has a better and more powerful sound. At the Sonos app you can adjust bass and treble...
Does the Bose have the "usb-c" port?
@@JimHassey It does, the Sonos too
Does any of those come with an additional mini-jack input in case you want to connect something like an electronic piano or an old TV or stuff like that? Sorry if that kind of connection is just for dinosaurs 🦖. Thank u for all the great content you always create!!!!
I feel like Sonos is for a indor around the house speaker and Bose is for out in the world kind of speaker
I bought Bose and hung it in my basement !!! In the middle of the room and it sounds amazing !!!
I listened to both myself and the Sonos got significant stronger bass response and is much louder too, the price difference of just 20$ (if you factor in the missing charging cradle of the Bose) is negligible.
do you think the sonos move is the better choice? and is sonos move capable of playing music from spotify free version?
@@koala8768The Bose gets plenty loud and is thus fully sufficient for my needs whereas the Move is rather heavy and awkward for constantly carrying around the house. However, if you want a big loud speaker for pool parties and bigger outdoor gatherings the Move is the better choice no doubt. The Spotify question has sure been answered somewhere already, you google it yourself.
I agree the songs bass is amazing and the volume is crazy louder!
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The handle is the best part of the bose speaker.
I prefer the sound signature of bose. I have 2 bose Revolve and I'm impressed how the instrument separation works well with this speaker! It's truly immersive
Sonos is twice it's size and bose still stands up to it
A review of anything must include little things like system control features. Actually listening to speakers probably would be a good idea. Then to be sure you have made the best decision for you.
Great comparason
Recently got Bose Portable Home Speaker and having 2-3 seconds of sound delay connected to macbook pro either with Airplay or Bluetooth. Thinking of returning it and switching to Sonos...
I just bought the bose portable home speaker today, after watching like 100 reviews. After unboxing and listening to it for about 10 minutes i've decided to box it back up and return it tomorrow. Theres literally no bass. Yeah it sounds super clear, it'd probably be an awesome speaker for listening to podcasts or something, but i was hoping to have an awesome speaker for music. I guess the ridiculous price tag is for you to be able to say you have a bose. I always avoided bose because their pricing never seemed to be correct for what they were delivering. Well now I can confirm that with my first, and last, very own experience. JBL here i come.
I highly recommend against JBL, having had nothing but bad experiences with the several products I’ve had. I’m leaning Sonos at this point, since the audio seems better than Bose (and far better than JBL!). Best of luck to both of us.
Facts!!!!!
Hyperboom.
JBL 😂😂😂
1:25 the Bose also has a charging base..
Why no sound comparison?
Why do speakers need updates. It sopose to just play Music. Its like having to update your toaster.
I totally agree with you. I hate to update things. Thank God toasters don’t need to be updated 😅😅😅😅
@@esaugalvez Not yet, but wait a few years for a toaster with wifi capabilities and a camera so you can monitor your toast. People are gonna be lining up to buy them.
Oh dear... the review makes no sense since you couldn't find the EQ setting. I own the Move and initially couldn't find the setting either. When I did, however, the sound went from good to outstanding!!! I would imagine with this in mind that the Sonos would sound far superior to the Bose.
It’s not far superior but it does help bridge the gap. Bose has always been known for incredible sound quality so it’s not like we’re comparing it to something that can’t compete
MacRumors well said thank you
Steve b my thoughts exactly.. the EQ settings adjustment in the sonos app makes such a difference. Might as well redo the video
Steve b can I ask what eq settings you used? Thanks. Just bought one.
@@macrumors Bose was not always known for incredible sound quality. Unless you are talking incredibly terrible sound quality. There's a reason why the audiophile community thinks Bose stands for Buy Other Sound Equipment and say no highs, no lows, must be Bose. That being said, Bose has improved significantly in recent years.
IMHO the PHS has too much bass, but could play lower. I am nitpicking though, because it does sound pretty good, especially considering the size.
I once listened to a speaker demonstration, where two models of a mostly mid range speaker manufacturer were compared. One was an active bookshelf speaker, which laid on quite a lot of bass. It was pretty impressive. And then they switched to their top of the line passive speaker, a 70 kg monster with 8 speakers per channel, including two 285 mm ultra-longthrow-woofers... basically, imagine having two BIG subwoofers on the left and two more on the right. The price shot up from around 1.500 Euro to 11.200 Euro, and that's before amplifiers, which drove the price up to 17.000 Euro. When they made the switch I wondered where all the bass had gone. There wasn't any left. Until my ears adjusted and I noticed how my body was being massaged. It was an intense experience, the violence with which the (now barely audible) bass hit me.
Most speaker manufacturers amp up low (but not that low) frequencies in order to give you the illusion of strong bass, which they can't really reach. The lower the speaker actually gets, the less they tend to fake it. I'd say Sonos gets low enough with the Move (almost down to 40 Hz), so they don't have to put on any make up. The Soundlink Mini II gets to about 60 Hz, and I'd guess the Portable Home Speaker is somewhere in between.
360, more portable, lighter, cheaper and signature better. I will go for the bose!!
After listening to both the Bose and the Sonos Move. The Move sounds better to me because I think the music is more accurate! The separation is impeccable. The vocals, mids and lows are spot on. I don’t hear the same separation with the Bose. It’s clean and the bass is great, but I’m just not hearing the same accuracy if this makes sense!! I’m gonna stick with my 2 Moves for now.
Wow! 2 moves. At 800 dollars I could have gotten one awesome Bluetooth speaker
What's with this review? The Sonos are far superior. They are in a different class really. Did you actually listen to them side by side with the same music? I have and in my opinion there was not even a comparison. The Sonos was much louder, clearer and in the right positioning, sounds enormous compared to the Bose.
Chilled dude his opinion, as we all hear different, had both kept the bose, just for me , it sound better...you like sonos cool good for you
Lmao Bose is so superior
The bose is far more portable and if u want a portable speaker probably the best choice and considering the size difference I'm surprised sonos its not any better then bose can't really c u tacking the sonos on ur travels with u or on holiday probably be over the baggage weight limit 😂 I have a bose soundlink had it 8 years now still good play it almost flat out every day at work, I also have a sonos sound bar and sub and love it
Excellent
No highs, no lows, must be Bose.
That was bose of old, sorry but not true anymore..move on dude
@@michaelwal2600 There is no Bose of the old but if there was, it would be better than newer Bose. Everyone knows that Bose went downhill when Amar Bose died and gave the company up to MIT. Pretty much all of their products sold in the US are now made with incredibly low standards in Mexico. Bose is just a name used to sell cheap speakers to people who don't know any better.
RS7JR
what the heck dude! he didnt even do sound comparisson at all? You are a clear hater and a loser! GTFOH!
@JBL King 2 No, they're not terrible but they are way overated and overpriced.
I'm getting the bose asap I got a revolve plus best bluetooth speaker I've ever had hopefully this bose is worth the upgrade
Is it worth the upgrade, I also have the revolved was wondering how much better is the new Bose speaker is?
🔥 on
You people don’t talk about the latency when watching videos.
I prefer Bose. Thanks for the review!
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NEED... LIKE RIGHT NOWWWWWWWWWWWW
you still need it?
Funny that you should say the bass is not as great as the Bose ....every other review i have read stresses the strong bass on the Sonos ...is Bose paying you??
Maybe he just needs his ears to get checked.
my neighbors are going to kill me but I need music to help me get thru is ****ing Covid 19. I want music in every room and this video was great! the way he compared, his camera wasn't jiggling (THANK GOD) his background is a calm color, the white chair, . just overall a great, get-to-the-point, informative video. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. but no sound comparison?
I prefer the Heos1 😀
why not compare white with white :D
no sound comparison yet but a lot of bose haters already? wtf?!
The sonos is much heavier than the bose. I thinks Sonos should tell you up front that you do need wifi first in order for the Sonos move to activate. They tout their first Bluetooth speaker as so why do you need wifi first. Bose is a wifi speaker also but it will activate on Bluetooth without wifi first. So in this case I give bose the edge
Sonos are tinny I’ll stick to B&O, plus they dropped iOS and now talking about their app not supporting the o
Dear Sonos speakers.
Sonos all day!!! 👍
Neither
Before doing reviews between those products you must know those features. You just doing this only for having more viewers. 😏 FAR.. sonos Move is better.
Neither sound good, but both are expensive to help pay those marketing bills.
Bose best all around
Bose always boss 👍
rubbish review. couldn't get any info
Blah blah blah blah! We can google the comparison but not the actual sound...less talk next time
Sonos 569. dollars and Bose 399. dollars, there that was easy.
Sonos is heavy because it has an aluminum frame, where the Bose is plastic. Sonos will last, and integration into an existing Sonos system makes it a no brainer. Bose is a name… it’s not junk, but it’s not better than sonos.
To me I like the bose better then the sonos. That my own opinion.
Sonos all the way
Bose all the way
@@mareknowakowski1692 naaaa
I own both. And must say Sonos is much better !
@Michał Kłosowski no ja mam bose homespeaker 500 i szok jak to gra! Bose portable tez mam, super to wszystko sie laczy ze soba,lubie po prostu ta firme, mam sluchawki i starego soundlinka ale jakos dzwoeku i equalizer w aplikacji do kazdego sprzetu z osobna robi swoje.
Bose wins by 10 folds
It didn't last a minute to know he is a Sonos fan
main difference between both... SIZE, SPEAKER SIZE, LARGER, BIGGER... makes no sense this comparision
I agree. Shouldn’t the Sonos Move sound a little fuller and and bit more bassy?
@ufhero no, U never look at the price in this category , it's just company and design preference.I got Bose hone speaker 500, portable home speaker and nc 700 , just for design and simple ecosystem in music app.
I'm a quality type of person and i go with bose. Some people with bad taste in music only want loud muddy noise.
I recently bought a Bose Soundlink Revolve Plus and are enjoying it. I was considering the HomePod. If Apple had a portable speaker I may well have bought it.
Luke Brinsmead I couldn’t be happier selling of my trashy Homepod. There are so many things wrong or missing on the HomePod that I wouldnt put it next to any of these devices. Unfortunately the only apple product that has disappointed so badly.
Revole plus?U should buy portable, not some old discounted hardware.
Marek Nowakowski the speaker meet all my requirements. Old? The model is just a couple of years old.
Elvst almost all of Apple’s portable devices are popular. I would have thought a portable HomePod would also be popular.
@@lukebrinsmead exactly, couple of years..thats a lot in speaker lifetime. Annyway, I truly recommend homespeaker 500, amazing sound!
Only Sonos!
Bose is like twice smaller the Sono size, and It's still comparable. Imagine if they were the same size? You'd probably need a bigger SONO... BOSE IS FAR SUPERIOR! That why you ALL THE REVIEWS compare it with something twice the size of bose. BOSE WINS!
No sound no like
I’m buying the Bose rn. You convinced me.
Amazon studio will kills both of these for half the price. Amazon studio isn't even it but I heard it on a best but display, game over.
TheBkdot The Amazon Studio is not a comparison because it’s not Portable.
If you think the Amazon studio sounds good, you'll be blown away when you actually hear the Sonos. Even reviewers of the studio say it's not for audiophiles. It's just another cheap Amazon ripoff. It will be the best Amazon speaker to date, but that doesn't make it good.
Bose
I bought a Bose because you mentioned Sonos lacks bass...
To much speak mate!