I started my Sonos setup with a Move and today it is still my favorite part of the setup. In addition, it’s always been the crispiest, loudest, and prettiest of the available portable speakers at that price range. Of course most of these things are subjective, but for me it wins because it does not demand attention and always gives an excellent listening experience.
I have several Sonos Ones, and love them. I appreciate the Roam, but for me, it’s very easy to move one of the Ones outdoors for a get together. I’d like a Move some day, and recognize the audio quality should be better, but two Ones in stereo for the same price is hard to beat, just a different product compared to the One. Thanks for the review! Always love your content.
I have my semi-audiophile set up in my living room for purity of sound but it’s extremely directional. While you can hear it in other rooms, the sound is significantly degraded. I was skeptical of the Sonos move since I’ve never bought a powered smart speaker. However, this speaker is simply excellent. The clarity and sonic balance is great and the clear deep low end is quite a surprise. The only real negative I can offer is that the sound is undeniably mono. A pair of these would be outstanding, but unless you find a rare great deal or open box special, $800 for a pair is pretty difficult to justify. This speaker definitely exceeded my expectations. If you can find one under retail, I wouldn’t hesitate and even at full retail I could justify the purchase. Color me pleasantly surprised!
I love the move have two set up as a stereo pair…. But Sonos have really let them selves down by not including the software in the new mini sub to pair with the move , absolutely ridiculous 😡
They did this for a reason if you think about it ;) If that would have been possible it would not unpair from the sub when you carry it arround and the move whould have no bass and the sub in the other room would do all thw bass while the move is somewhere else.
The Move is as immense as the Roam is flawed… my Move sounds amazing and has been 100% trouble free… My roam sounds good but has been bricked and resurrected several times… it’s bricked again and I’m not motivated to jump through the hoops to resurrect it again.
I just purchased two move….it seems that i cannot use both speakers for my samsung tv What am i doing wrong Im confused with Bluetooth vs wifi I need help
My 2 biggest gripes that will probably cause me to return it. 1 you can’t group it with non Sonos speakers. 2. When I try and change the volume from my phone with the side buttons, it’s only registering 1 out of every 5 clicks or so. Sound is great though.
@@oskar4276 I found the base actually lacking at lower volume which is how I traditionally listen. The base didn't start kicking in equally with the bose portable until about 70% volume.
anyone else running into issues with the move where airplay doesn’t want to work and will not connect . Also speaker showing powered off but microphone is still on? Looked on forums and could not find anything that explains these bugs
My issue is, that when the battery is depleted, why make it not work on the charger alone. Its built to stop working. That makes me feel like its an apple company that wants us to spend money for their products. This is making rethink my choice to invest in this company's speakers. I'm deep in it now. But upset that my battery is having this issue.
Nice speaker but has one big flaw , it’s not able to play flac files above 24 bit ,48 hz So from my point of view pretty useless to me. So have to look at other high-quality portable speakers that can do this.
I have my semi-audiophile set up in my living room for purity of sound but it’s extremely directional. While you can hear it in other rooms, the sound is significantly degraded. I was extremely skeptical of the Sonos move since I’ve never bought a powered smart speaker. However, this speaker is simply excellent. The clarity and sonic balance is great and the clear deep low end is quite a surprise. The only real negative I can offer is that the sound is undeniably mono. A pair of these would be outstanding, but unless you find a rare great deal or open box special, $800 for a pair is pretty difficult to justify. This speaker definitely exceeded my expectations. If you can find one under retail, I wouldn’t hesitate and even at full retail I could justify the purchase. I vehemently disagree with your “rubbish” comment … in fact it’s pure rubbish.
DONT BUY- The speakers sound good but will stop working since the app is terrible. I ended trashing over $1k in speakers and customer support finally contacted me a year later.
@@dominica2392 I've got sonos throughout my house ..3 soundbars w/subs, 9 stand alone speakers, 3 outdoor speakers. They are all shit and don't stay connected for longer than a month at a time. I stopped using the 2 speakers at my second residence because I'm tired of having to delete the app and start over every time I go there. Garbage.
@@scoobie69d Apple, Amazon, Google and Bose offer speakers that can work together wirelessly as a multi-room system, as do less mainstream brands like Audio Pro and Bluesound. The amount of time I've spent just trying to get my sonos speakers to work is embarrassing. I started w/a single stand alone sonos speaker years ago and now have over a dozen. They worked great for about 2 years. Now they are just expensive paper weights.
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I started my Sonos setup with a Move and today it is still my favorite part of the setup.
In addition, it’s always been the crispiest, loudest, and prettiest of the available portable speakers at that price range.
Of course most of these things are subjective, but for me it wins because it does not demand attention and always gives an excellent listening experience.
I rarely comment but just had to say this is a phenomenal review. One of the best I’ve ever seen. This video deserves more likes.
I have several Sonos Ones, and love them. I appreciate the Roam, but for me, it’s very easy to move one of the Ones outdoors for a get together. I’d like a Move some day, and recognize the audio quality should be better, but two Ones in stereo for the same price is hard to beat, just a different product compared to the One. Thanks for the review! Always love your content.
You’re welcome and that’s a great point! Two Sonos Ones sounds great together stereo paired.
Wow Mr Esposito is the voice of Sonos?!
I have my semi-audiophile set up in my living room for purity of sound but it’s extremely directional. While you can hear it in other rooms, the sound is significantly degraded. I was skeptical of the Sonos move since I’ve never bought a powered smart speaker. However, this speaker is simply excellent. The clarity and sonic balance is great and the clear deep low end is quite a surprise. The only real negative I can offer is that the sound is undeniably mono. A pair of these would be outstanding, but unless you find a rare great deal or open box special, $800 for a pair is pretty difficult to justify. This speaker definitely exceeded my expectations. If you can find one under retail, I wouldn’t hesitate and even at full retail I could justify the purchase. Color me pleasantly surprised!
Great review. Definitely think this is our next addition to Sonos collection. Thank you
2:38 lmao is that Gus fring's voice as the Sonos assistant
Any negatives to leaving the Sonos Move "On" while on the charging base so you can play at anytime while in the house?
I was wondering this too. I don’t want to ruin the battery by leaving it on and on the charger all day
Another great video. Good scripting and quality information.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the move have two set up as a stereo pair…. But Sonos have really let them selves down by not including the software in the new mini sub to pair with the move , absolutely ridiculous 😡
They did this for a reason if you think about it ;) If that would have been possible it would not unpair from the sub when you carry it arround and the move whould have no bass and the sub in the other room would do all thw bass while the move is somewhere else.
Can you only stereo pair in wifi mode?
Wont work using Bluetooth or with my tv :(
Giancarlo Esposito does the voiceover???
Yes!
The Move is as immense as the Roam is flawed… my Move sounds amazing and has been 100% trouble free…
My roam sounds good but has been bricked and resurrected several times… it’s bricked again and I’m not motivated to jump through the hoops to resurrect it again.
"One downward firing tweeter"? On to next review stat!
I just got one on sale for $299 which is what it’s worth. Paying $399 for it is just silly.
are we able to disable google , amazon , and just use wifi or bluetooth to link music apps
Yes, you can just play music to it through music apps or the Sonos app
You may want to mute the "hey sonos" part of your videos, my speakers are now grouped...
Whoops! We’ll make sure we do that in future videos.
@@Josh-Tederwe’ll? We? You’re one person on TH-cam calm down
Can I set up sonos move as tv speaker? Other option is homepod as tv speaker can that audio be shared to sonos move?
I just purchased two move….it seems that i cannot use both speakers for my samsung tv
What am i doing wrong
Im confused with Bluetooth vs wifi
I need help
You have to make sure they’re stereo paired together in the Sonos app first. Then it should work.
My 2 biggest gripes that will probably cause me to return it. 1 you can’t group it with non Sonos speakers. 2. When I try and change the volume from my phone with the side buttons, it’s only registering 1 out of every 5 clicks or so. Sound is great though.
Is the bass good?
@@oskar4276 I found the base actually lacking at lower volume which is how I traditionally listen. The base didn't start kicking in equally with the bose portable until about 70% volume.
UPGRADE ON THE WAY....Sonos Move2 coming later this month, Sept 2023...$50 USD more than current model, but one upgrade is stereo vs mono.
Do these sound better than the HomePod?
Will be testing that out once we have the new one in hand next week.
hell yeah, i own homepod mini and its crap, not loud no bass but siri is helpfull. dont know about the big homepod
So a pair of these in stereo would sound great but also expensive?
Exactly
The replaceable battery has sold me, wow!
anyone else running into issues with the move where airplay doesn’t want to work and will not connect . Also speaker showing powered off but microphone is still on? Looked on forums and could not find anything that explains these bugs
2:38 wait is that Gus Fring from los pollos Hermanos 😂
2:25 no battery indication when it turns on? thats weird
how does this compare to the echo studio
My issue is, that when the battery is depleted, why make it not work on the charger alone. Its built to stop working. That makes me feel like its an apple company that wants us to spend money for their products. This is making rethink my choice to invest in this company's speakers. I'm deep in it now. But upset that my battery is having this issue.
Replaceable batter is a Plus
It is stupid that you can't use Move for rear surround
Wonder how many times he couldn’t get it to turn on.
Also, it's durable af
I dropped it off a car onto concrete, nothing, not a scratch
Sonos sounded like NIlay Patel
Sono can't make good software
Used locally…sure it is
If I was playing a drinking game every time you say “move”, I’d need a rehab by the end of it.😂😅
What charger ru using
Doesn’t work with MacBook Pro charger 👎😡
I'm using the charger that comes with the Move.
I had hope to see some objective review not adv :(
apple apple apple apple apple.....smh
just scored a big one for nothing, it’s perfect for the yacht.. sounds shit hot..
Nice speaker but has one big flaw , it’s not able to play flac files above 24 bit ,48 hz
So from my point of view pretty useless to me.
So have to look at other high-quality portable speakers that can do this.
All Sonos speakers are rubbish, over rated sound and the software is appalling.....
Then make a better suggestion
I have my semi-audiophile set up in my living room for purity of sound but it’s extremely directional. While you can hear it in other rooms, the sound is significantly degraded. I was extremely skeptical of the Sonos move since I’ve never bought a powered smart speaker. However, this speaker is simply excellent. The clarity and sonic balance is great and the clear deep low end is quite a surprise. The only real negative I can offer is that the sound is undeniably mono. A pair of these would be outstanding, but unless you find a rare great deal or open box special, $800 for a pair is pretty difficult to justify. This speaker definitely exceeded my expectations. If you can find one under retail, I wouldn’t hesitate and even at full retail I could justify the purchase. I vehemently disagree with your “rubbish” comment … in fact it’s pure rubbish.
Wrong
You've not heard the Era 300s then
DONT BUY- The speakers sound good but will stop working since the app is terrible. I ended trashing over $1k in speakers and customer support finally contacted me a year later.
I also heard that eventually it will stop working due to updates, so it will force you to buy another one?
Sonos is garbage..don’t waste ur money
Then make a better suggestion
because you can’t afford it!
@@dominica2392 that is not a better suggestion.
@@dominica2392 I've got sonos throughout my house ..3 soundbars w/subs, 9 stand alone speakers, 3 outdoor speakers. They are all shit and don't stay connected for longer than a month at a time. I stopped using the 2 speakers at my second residence because I'm tired of having to delete the app and start over every time I go there. Garbage.
@@scoobie69d Apple, Amazon, Google and Bose offer speakers that can work together wirelessly as a multi-room system, as do less mainstream brands like Audio Pro and Bluesound. The amount of time I've spent just trying to get my sonos speakers to work is embarrassing. I started w/a single stand alone sonos speaker years ago and now have over a dozen. They worked great for about 2 years. Now they are just expensive paper weights.
Errmm by the way how does it sound ???? Bass and trebile also clarity of sound 😅
I have 3 in my house within 30 feet of each other and a roam in the bathroom and the sound is awesome!!
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