Shop Sonos Move UK - www.smarthomesounds.co.uk/sonos-move Shop Sonos Move US & Canada - bit.ly/2ZAcDGY 00:58 Where does the Move fit in the Sonos line-up 01:36 Sonos Move design 03:28 Charging the Sonos Move 04:30 Battery test 07:16 Weatherproof test 07:58 Durability test 08:41 Sound test 10:37 Wireless extender test 11:34 Auto trueplay test 13:32 Bluetooth test 14:38 Voice control test 15:36 Common FAQs 16:55 Is it worth £399?
Interesting to here you did not find a noticeable difference in Move battery life between Bluetooth and WiFi. I returned my first Move when I was initially testing Move battery on WiFI giving approx 6hrs at 50%. The same thing happened on my second move. But then I thought, I wonder if it’s different on Bluetooth. So I tried that and then I got a good 10hrs. The best advice I got from Sonos was that WiFi does consume more power than Bluetooth. Given that my first and second Move performed in more or less the same way I just kept the second Move. Perhaps different WiFi routers/environments and shorter distance between WiFi router and Move would give my Move better battery performance. Regardless, from a sound point of view I think the Move is very good. Much better handling bass and volume than the “One” speaker and has very impressive portable sound out in the garden. Personally I would have preferred Sonos to let people use the Move in the same way as any other “fixed” speaker. With a sub and in any config they wished. Let the customer be responsible for how they want to use their own speaker. They could have easily auto shut off a paired sub when the speaker is removed from the charging ring. If there was greater flexibility I would use multiple Moves instead of multiple Ones in some rooms.
did someone know why i can’t connect to my library on youtube it keep telling me access denied. suddenly it was working perfect and suddenly stop working. i can’t connect any music from my youtube library
Thanks , I wasn’t going to buy it for £400, I got it from Sonos direct for £320 . I have a play one in conservatory , Alexa play in kitchen and take the move into the garden , a large garden . All playing as a group is incredible , different sound levels . But the move on its own is without doubt worth even the £400 , the features of Alexa and Bluetooth, battery lasts forever , the base and sound quality is just immense . Heard all the Bose , this destroys it and all your ultimate ears , can’t tell you how pleased I am
I purchased 2 Moves about 4 weeks back and I absolutely love them. In the past I would use two of my play ones and everyone probably understands what I had to do each time I put them outside. I use one on my deck and one in my garage. So easy now. Just pick up and go, I love them. Don't have play 5's yet but 2 of them are in my future. I have been a sonos user for over 5 years and I own 9 speakers so far. I have play 1's and play 3's and now the moves. I also use a boost for greater range. One or two in every room, almost! 💟 sonos
Brilliant professional review. Well done! Surprised that you forgot to mention another feature of this brilliant little speaker. Let me explain......I have been a Sonos user for over 5 years now. Prior to me purchasing the Sonos move I already had 2 x Play1’s 2 x Play 5’s 1 x Play Base PlayBase and the play1’s are used for a complete surround sound system for the TV And the two play 5’s are in an (undercover) outdoor entertainment area. Here in Australia the summers can be hot and sweaty!,so I do tend to spend a fair bit of time down the back of the house where the 2 x Play5’s are located. Whilst I have never had and complaints about the sound quality of any of these speakers it was (until recently) frustrating that I couldn’t play any audio via my IPad (IE from RU-vid, Podcasts etc) to the Play5’s unless the audio stream was recognised and compatible with the Sonos App. But that’s not a problem anymore since purchasing the Sonos MOVE! Because the new Sonos Move has built in Airplay2 ability, I can now stream ANY audio source on the iPad via Airplay2 to the Move and THEN...I just group my older style Play5’s (which Don’t have Airplay2 ability) to the MOVE. Thus giving the ability to stream audio form RU-vid to any other grouped Sonos speaker and it doesn’t matter if some of your older don’t have Airplay2 ability. One thing I did have problems with initially was that I kept loosing the group connection between the Move and the older Play5’s. After researching a bit I found out that I needed to upgrade my old Sonos Bridge to the new Sonos Boost which now has ...well boosted....the connection between all speakers. Sonos here in Australia gave me a 30% discount off the price of a new Boost as I was a previously registered owner of the Sonos bridge Discount code was emailed to me automatically once Sonos knew that I had added a MOVE to my system. Total cost of new BOOST, direct from Sonos Australia $104.30 AU with free postage. So in summary, if you want to be able to stream Any Audio! From an Apple device (that is capable of Airplay2) to any and all of your older non Airplay2 compatible Sonos Speakers. Get the new Sonos Move! But be prepared that you may also need to upgrade an old Sonos Bridge device to the new Sonos Boost. Thanks for reading my rave ...I have always been happy with Sonos and now I’m VERY happy!
Sean B - Thank you! This will be super helpful, as I have the following speakers: 4 Play 1’s , 1 Sound bar and just picked up the Move a few months ago 👍🏼😀
Hi, seems like you have been in the Sonos system for a while now, I just purchased my first set of Sonos One Gen 2 about 6 months ago. I went back and forth with support trying to get Alexa to work on them but no luck at all, I gave up communicating with them which I shouldn't have but I truly felt they did have the solution. I CAN NOT GET ALEXA TO WORK WITH THE SPEAKERS . I am able to have Alexa respond through it like asking for the time, but it is un able to play any music, turn on any smart devices or anything. I could in the otherhand connect google assistant to it and that works perfectly. Have you connected alexa to a Sonos one device before and got it working perfectly?
@@kevinesparza3020 I had an issue with connecting alexa for months!! Took me hours of time and trying to reset the speaker, searching online ect. Then I finally worked out what was wrong with my speaker. I was logged into different spotify accounts through the alexa app and my sonos app and then suddenly everything worked! That even fixed the radio somehow. Let me know if this helps!
Sean B ... wow ! That’s utterly brilliant. Your description of the airplay-Sonos functionality is spot on. Thanks for posting. You put it much more clearly than I could have. Ps I live in the Algarve and have a similar (outdoor) set up.
I bought a Sonos move a couple of weeks ago mainly to take away in my caravan as the fitted audio is so unbelievably bad and I wanted something that would work with Bluetooth. I've got several other Sonos products so it will complement them whilst at home. It's a great product and in my view lives up to everything it claims. Sound quality is brilliant. However be warned. I bought it just before we went away for a couple of weeks and intentionally didn't take the dock as it could be charged with a usb charger. I managed to get a couple of days out of it but now I can't use it as it won't charge. Sonos say you need at least a 36 watt charger. I was trying to charge it with an Anker 24 watt 12 volt car charger and it won't charge. So either make sure you always use the dock or have a powerful enough usb charger.
@@makeupbykatherine21 yes it will charge on its own dock or if you have a usb charger that is powerful enough but it won't charge with a low power usb charger.
@@michaelmurphy5444 yes it was an Anker USB charger but the current capacity wasn't enough. It's odd as you would expect a lower current to just take longer to charge but in this case it wouldn't charge at all. If it was a 3 amp USB it would've been ok. Cheers
A good video. I just got my Move and I think Sonos has nailed it. They could have gone 2 ways on portable as you implied at the end of the video - either a smaller lighter speaker more suitable for travelling but that would have involved some compromises on sound quality or what they actually delivered with the Move. To me the clue is in the name, the Move is not designed to be a particularly portable speaker to throw in a backpack when travelling, it’s a moveable speaker that can be moved (carried) to somewhere else in the house, very probably the garden or patio, and give really good sound quality instead of having to put up with some tinny little bluetooth speaker with no real bass. That’s exactly the use case I bought mine for and the Sonos Move really delivers; I would have begrudged any compromises on the sound quality had Sonos gone smaller and lighter. I definitely think the Move is worth the money.
Another Apple sucker but what more could I expect but to praise Apple for all of their ingenious (sarcasm) yet deplorable product design tactics LOL praise be lord Apple please take our money and spit in our faces while laughing at our mass stupidity. One, brand loyalty is a joke and only strengthens companies BS money grubbing tactics and Two, every single decision made by Sonos (Apple) and I mean EVERY revolves around ways to take and even better yet, continually (subscriptions) take your money! Because it's not enough to charge overpriced amounts for very over-rated and limiting products. Unfortunately it doesn't end at paying a premium amount for a product oh no you then have to keep paying to actually be able to use your premium device you plebs 🤣🤌 literally can not use without subscription services mind you that is just the tip of the iceberg and people will praise them for it 🥳 bravo Sonos or should I say Apple and a bigger Bravo for also acquiring/ruining Bose 👏👏 (how is that not anti competitive behaviour or conflict of interest)
I work in a gatehouse so I'm listening to music or a podcast all the time. This thing is perfect for me it fills the outside and the gate house I love it!
like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, ru-vid.comUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-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....
Jonathan! Utterly brilliant. (Why do the Americans fill up you tube with verbose crap ? ) What we want is precise and concise content like this. Just perfect. Thanks
Thank you very much for your outstanding and in depth review. My move is arriving next week and this review has been so helpful and informative. Have a lovely weekend.
Thank you. That was the most thorough review of the Move that I have seen. I regret to say that I won’t be getting it if it can’t work in either a 5.1 or 2.1 setup. You had a very good point about the 5 GHz May support HiRes Audio. I also think the new WIFI 6 standard may enable routers that will support HIRes Audio upto 24 Bit 192KHz along with Atmos. I think that Sonos definitely needs to support Atmos by Next year.
I have some questions: 1) can the usb-c port be used to play music sources from it? Or is it exclusively for charging? 2) How does it sound in stereo? Is it reasonably as good as (although less potent than) a five or even a pair of stereo fives? 3) You mentioned the Move can't be made the surround part of a system nor paired to the sub; however, can it be paired to the soundbar as a complementary front speaker? Moreover, as it CAN connect to a pair of ones - and the ones can connect both to the soundbar and the sub - can it be part of this whole group through the ones? Great review, thanks a lot. I'm looking to upgrade my soundgear and looking very interestedly into Sonos.
I received a Move for a Christmas gift a couple years ago. I leave this on the charger base in my workout area. In the summer it is taken out to the patio on the deck often. The volume level and sound quality is very good. Love the Alexa feature, not needing anything else to play my music but a request to Alexa. I take it around the yard while working on outdoor projects in my 1/2 acre property.
I was happy to see that you addressed the question whether this can pair with Bluetooth turntables. I have the same turntable as in the video, but my Sonos Move speaker will not pair with it. Very disappointed as this is the reason I got the speaker in the first place.
A very useful and well presented review, thank you. The points you covered really helped me understand features & benefits and the justification of the price. :)
I dont have any Sonos products to integrate with the move, would it still be beneficial to me? I mostly listen to music from either my computer or my iPhone via iTunes. I have about 300 gigs of music on both my iphone and computer in mp3 form. I dont enjoy any streaming services.
I like more the Move than the One but I don't know if it's better buy two Move or one Play 5 in terms of sound quality. I haven't understood after what it means that you cannot pair with a sub.. i mean, if i have a beam a sub and two one for tv and after i decide to play music on these by phone but also to two move in different room, I cannot?
Thank you, very informative video! Wondering if you leave the speaker plugged into a battery source/docked will the speaker just use that power source versus using the battery?
I own a SONOS BEAM under the TV and 2x SONOS PLAY 1 behind the sofa. I am thinking on getting the Sonos Move. Do you think is worthy? Could it be a plus for my living room? Can I connect it to the system I have now and improve the sound?? Or it is just a portable speaker??
U can not use any Type-C charging cable with low wattage adapter like what u using usually from your mobile.. , there is a specific watts u should use, 45 watts - 65 watts power adapter.
I find Sonos to be overpriced at MSRP. However, it can be a pretty affordable secondhand. All of my Sonos equipment utilizes the S1 app, and I get a little nervous when it comes to investing a lot of money in audio equipment that requires proprietary software that is not supported indefinitely. I am currently running two connects and a bridge, and a Move would fit nicely in my mix.
Exactly. This is not how you A/B speakers. How does a speaker guy not know this? Then again, the actual sound of the review is mostly pointless done of the internet with who knows what mic he's using.
Great review! Just what I was looking for as I own multiple Sono's speakers in 2 homes. This is very helpful. Bottom line, unless one needs the portability we should stick to the Play 5. Better overall sound for $100 extra.
I own two play3 speakers and find it very strange sonos cancelled those. For my living room the play5 was too much and the play1 was too weak. The sonos move is pricey and doesn't really appeal to me in any way. A JBL charge, UE boom, or even a JBL boombox seem like the better choices. Great video by the way!
No need to delay and talk when switching over to the next speaker while sound testing. This would render sound difference more immediately and noticeably.
Looks really good, a bit of a worry the comment about the battery maybe needing replacing after 3 years. I guess that depends how much you use it though
Hi, I’m currently considering buying B&O beolit 17. I’ve seen some videos where people say that Sonos Move is better. What is your opinion please? Have you experiwnced beolit 17 yet? thanks:)
Tried to charge the move with my MacBook usb-c charger and it didn’t work…. Also can i connect the move using my iPhone personal hotspot if i dont have wifi? Cant stereo Bluetooth pair on the one :(
Hi thanks for a great review, but I still have 1 question: I can't seem to connect to my Sonos move with my Android via Bluetooth. Right now I can only use the Move in the Sonos app, which is limiting the usage. Can you help me out?
I own many play 5 and I was hoping to add the Move to be able to play the sound from my tablet ( like say youtube) to all my Sonos devices but when comnected to the Move via Bluetooth you lose connectivity to all other Sonos decice which are on Wifi... So its useless for me :-(
Say your battery is shot, kaput, will not hold or take a charge, needs replacing; will the speaker work off AC or must you replace the battery? I like this sort of speaker, but I have no interest in it being battery powered or portable for that matter. I just want an Alexa outdoor speaker.
I used to be an absolute Sonos fan. Sadly, when I decided to upgrade my system made of an Arc and a play:5 gen 2 by buying a Sonos Five. This way I could pair the 2 Fives as stereo and also use them as surround speaker for my arc. Guess what, they're not compatible! Although, they're almost identical and cost the same price, they wouldn't simply pair up! I am moving on to a brand that's not making a 3 year old product of $500 obsolete.
I have 2 Sonos play ones and also a sonos move. The 2 sonos play ones sound better when compared to the single sonos move. That’s probably due to the fact you have stereo sound from the play ones.
@@bosshogster6715 I ended up getting a echo studio which sounds great when it wants to but when it doesn’t want to is fraught with all types of problems
