Features:

  • Small yet powerful speaker for streaming music and more. Get rich, room-filling sound with Play:1, and control it with the Sonos app.
  • The compact design fits just about any space. Put it on your kitchen countertop or tuck it away on your office bookshelf.
  • Go from unboxing to listening in minutes with just one cord and step-by-step guidance in the Sonos app.
  • Pair two Play:1s in the same room for stereo separation and more detailed sound.
  • Easily connect Sonos speakers in different rooms over WiFi to create a home sound system that brings every room and everyone together.
Wow!!!

I have to admit, I am a picky person when it comes to speakers. I've had brands at home and in my vehicles, such as the following: JBL, Bose, Definitive Technology, Klipsch, Harman Kardon, Infinity and Polk. In relation to a portable Bluetooth speaker, I've had Bose, Bowers and Wilkins, and JBL. Earlier this year, I purchased a Bose Soundlink Revolve. I decided to order three of the Sonos PLAY:1 speakers. My home is pretty open concept and small, so I put one in my dining room, office and master bedroom. Setting them up and tuning them is very simple. Eager to hit play, I had already somewhat made up my mind that these wouldn't pass my pickiness. I was VERY wrong. I am honestly speechless on how awesome the three of these sound. Truthfully, they're the best wireless speakers that I've ever owned. From the packaging, superb sound quality, to the setup process; Sonos definitely put copious amounts of time and effort to make such a stellar product. When I first started looking at multi room speakers, and decided on Sonos, I knew that eventually I would need to get the Sonos sub woofer. After owning these speakers for less than 24 hours, I placed the order for the sub last night. I'm super excited to hear what it sounds like. Buy their products, you won't be disappointed!!

Do. Your. Research.

I wanted to chime in here because I can see that this little speaker is getting an undue bad rep for basically being misunderstood... Here's the thing... If you are looking for a great little speaker that sounds amazing and solves all of your tiny speaker needs all by itself, you are looking in the wrong place. Don't get me wrong, the play1 sounds pretty good and it is a well made, solid little speaker, but wholistically speaking Sonos' thing is not to provide you with a little standalone bluetooth speaker. Sonos is meant to be a whole-home HIFI sound system. I would consider the play1 to be more of a component intended to work with a larger system. The play1 is not going to blow you away in a room all by itself, but if paired with another play1 and a Sonos sub and playbar for surround sound, it will sound amazing. The Sonos software, the extra components (boost, connect amp...etc.) and the necessity to have a suuuuper strong wifi signal to use all of it are only going to be worth your time if you are taking advantage of a full system. Anyone who owns just 1 or 2 play1s and is frustrated with the app and all the software updates is absolutely right, its not worth it. When, however, you are using the app to group multiple rooms and taking advantage of updates that allow you to play different media in different rooms using Alexa (just examples) the updates suddenly become less burdensome. I also touched on this a little bit a second ago, but it is important to understand that these are not intended to be replacements for bluetooth speakers. You HAVE to use the sonos app to play almost everything (spotify connect lets you play music from the Spotify app with a paid Spotify subscription.) This, again, is because the intended use is to be able to connect multiple rooms in your home to the system and play music throughout. It makes sense that Sonos would not be able to ensure that there would be no sync delays or lag between rooms/speakers unless the sonos system is controlling all output. An added benefit to this is that you can compile Sonos playlists that pull songs from multiple sources - have an album saved on Spotify, but can only find that live version of your favorite song on Google play? You can build a Sonos playlist that combines it all into 1 killer tracklist. Additionally, these are not computer speakers. < Notice the period at the end of that sentence. Just about any review, you find on Amazon from someone saying that they were hoping to use them as really nice sounding computer speakers will be a 1-star review. I think that says more about folks' lack of research than it does about the quality of the play1. Lastly, It should be understood that within the past year or 2 Sonos has added Alexa integration to their service. Yes, it is true that because of this update their privacy policy has changed. It amazes me to see so many reviews by people who are so worked up about "Sonos invading privacy." I mean if you have truly been living off the grid... like 0% technology in your life, then I could see how there would be some concerns that your new Hifi system is spying on you for the government. Most people, however, have a smartphone with them at all times that knows where they go, what they buy, whom they talk to and what kind of media they enjoy. These folks almost certainly had no problem agreeing to what is most likely the same type of agreement just so that they can use those devices to ask siri, alexa or google assistant about the weather every day. I'm just saying, the only difference between Sonos and Apple or Google, is that Sonos makes sure that you know exactly what you are agreeing to by making it impossible to use their product without agreeing, instead of hiding the ugly parts of the policy in a 55 page update doc that they know no one is going to read. Just trying to keep things in perspective here... Anyway... If you spent any time recently standing on a ladder running speaker wire across drop ceiling, or poking holes in walls or buying area rugs to hide your wired system's shame... or worse yet, just have bundles and strands of cords and wires all over your home, and you are finally ready to shell out for that HIFI system to end the misery and sound amazing, no-brainer... Sonos is the way to go. If you are sitting at your computer fooling around online and your favorite song just doesn't sound quite as crisp as you would like it to, or if you have a $200 budget to fill 1 room in your house with sound, keep looking, your speaker is out there somewhere ;-) I hope this helps, Cheers!

Please Don't Listen To The Bad Reviews!!!

Currently I have 15 Ones and Play 1's scattered throughout my house and it is a wonderful experience and I never have the problems that some are expressing and frankly it ticks me off a bit for anyone to be trash talking Sonos. The first question is how many mbps from your internet are you getting throughout your homes. If you aren't paying up a little bit for faster internet speeds that could be your problem. I pay around $72./month with Spectrum for 118 megabits per second. Sometimes people just don't ever have anything nice to say about anything, ever, and I think that is the problem with the naysayers personally. Try picking up the phone and calling Sonos very excellent and knowledgeable customer service department so they can help you pinpoint the problem if there really is a problem. The reason I'm even here responding to the whiners is because I logged on to buy 4 more Play 1's. For all of you that are new to Sonos all I can say is to just try one speaker and it will change your music world forever. They sound so beautiful and it still blows me away everytime I hear them, which is all day, everyday. If you don't like them just return them and you are out nothing. Decide for yourself. I'm 99% certain that you will not return them but that you will want to add more to your collection. Oh, did you know that you will have free access to thousands of playlists and stations and genres of music plus you can stream from Pandora, Amazon Music, Spotify, Slacker, Google Music and even from your personal collection of music from your PC's or laptops. You will never regret trying Sonos wifi speakers. Happy listening to the richest sounding music you could possibly imagine.

Put my sound system back in the game

As music migrated to digital and I migrated into multi-room living quarters, my overall sound scenario had degraded badly. Sonos to the rescue! Incredibly easy to set up (takes just minutes from my iPhone or iPad) and easy to use (adjust sound room by room at a touch), expandable, fabulous fidelity ... couldn't be better. I'm back to loving music! Perhaps my only complaint is that the system is capable of playing so loudly, that it's more difficult than I'd like it to be to make small volume adjustments at the lower end of the scale.

Best Sonos speaker option for most peopl

The Sonos wireless speaker system is phenomenal in its ease of use and in the quality of the sound you get from all the speakers including the smallest model. These active speakers connect to your source of music (Spotify, Apple, Google, Tidal - you name it, Sonos connects to more sources than anything else) and maintains its connection to through wifi without depending on your phone, tablet, or computer to keep it going. I bought this speaker to make a stereo pair but i have used Play 1s in a solo capacity and they are great then too. Sound is full, powerful, and authoritative. Also, these plug into wall power only and don't necessitate speaker cable being laid throughout your home (tedious!). I've recommended Sonos to friends and family and they've all thanked me - if you're wavering, you need not be.

This is the best speaker under $300 and this only costs $200

This is the best speaker under $300 and this only costs $200! This is much better than all of the popular Bluetooth speakers that sell around $200-$300. This does not have bluetooth or an aux input so keep that in mind if portability is paramount to you. I included a photo of this next to an IPhone 6S for size reference.

Such a great system, if you know what you are getting

Reviewing a Sonos is a complex task. Not in the basic sense, mind you. As a wireless speaker system, it is phenomenal. Each Sonos system has its own underlying network, so streaming is clean and crisp. The quality of sound is great for us, though true audiophiles will tell you it is mid-range and help you look elsewhere. The ability to move rooms, especially with the smaller Play 1's, and ease of setup makes impromptu dance parties or ambience for game nights a snap. You can play different songs/playlists on different speakers, or you can group them all together and have Adele blaring while you clean the whole house. You can stream just about every music service known to Western Civilization (I mean that literally; I don't know how this correlates to, say, China's services). It's such a great system. It just has a ton of fine print that makes reviewing difficult. I can't say "GET THIS!" and walk away comfortably. You really need some streaming service or know your way around a home media server to make this worth it. That isn't a huge problem in this day and age... unless you're my parents. You really need Ethernet going into at least one device, by design and strongly encouraged by Sonos. Plan accordingly. You need a Play 5 if you want a line in. If you want to use your Sonos system if Sonos the company ever goes belly up and stops supporting its app, or if you want to use a record player or other similar device on your system, you need at a minimum a Play 5. You might need signal boosters, depending on your house construction. We have a basement+2 story house, and we are fine. Signals are all dependent on location, though. And, perhaps most importantly, you need to know that the 1-3-5 is there for a reason. It's good, better, best sound quality, with cheap, mid, expensive prices. It is true, on both counts. Don't think you are getting a Play 1 and you will suddenly change the way you think about music. We love, LOVE our Sonos system. We would recommend it to anyone who is under 45, and to most who are over. Just read the fine print....

Perfect for hearing your stuff all over your place

So excited that the price has gone down on the Play:1 after they launched the new Alexa-enabled speakers. In my opinion, SONOS is still the most ideal music system for the home. We have a number of Play:1's as well as the one that runs through legacy speakers. The software is fine - originally, I disliked it but it grows on you. The fact that it's platform independent is nice so all the major music sources work as well as your own MP3 collection. Set-up is easy and almost anti-climatic. I prefer the 'classic' Play:1 to the new One-series speaker for two reasons: (1) The actual physical controls (IMHO) work better than touch sensitive ones. A few of our Play:1's are in hard-to-reach areas where I'm often finding myself reaching up to turn up/down or pause/skip. Very easy with actual buttons to find by touch. (2) I have an Echo Dot, but I don't think the Alexa integration is up to speed with SONOS on either the Play:1 or ONE. So, to me, integration with Alexa is by no means a priority and seems a bit half-baked at this point.

Super Easy Set Up and Great Sound

We sell luxury homes and discovered this through one of our listings. I loved how easy it was to use from my phone and that there wasn't any crazy installment. Also, the fact that it's not connected/bolted to the house means (in real estate terms) that the sound system comes with us if we sell. I don't know why others are saying you can't use it from my laptop. I use it just fine from my phone, laptop, desktop, etc. Yes, you need the app but we're in an app world and the app is very user friendly. I use my Spotify and Pandora accounts. It's great for what I wanted which is background music streaming throughout the house. It took me 5 minutes to set up each speaker and was one of the easiest things I've ever set up. I have two now and will be purchasing more for the rest of the house.

Wow!

I don't know how I went so long without this. I bought an echo dot and streamed music on it all the time every day. That was it's primary purpose. I guess I bought the echo alone because I wasn't sure if I'd like it, but I used it all the time. I decided it was time to buy a nice speaker for it. I didn't realize how badly I needed one until this arrived and I got it set up. It's night and day, the sound out of this is fantastic! It's much smaller than I anticipated (about 6.5" tall, 4.75" wide), but it carries a powerful punch. I haven't had to turn it up even half way yet, as it's plenty loud, the bass is quite pounding, and the high end sounds clean and crisp. I love this speaker! On the bonus, plus side, you can stream music through it from your other music accounts (Google, Apple, Audible, Bandcamp, to name a few and not to mention whatever device you're using as a controller), and I didn't know this before buying it--that was a very pleasant surprise! It's almost made my echo dot obsolete. You can control everything through Alexa on whatever device you have, but you can also use your smart phone as a controller for the Sonos, which is how I primarily use it. All in all, this is fantastic. I really like it and highly recommend it. This is one of my favorite purchases of 2018. I can't say enough good things about it and I don't have anything negative to say. It's time for you to get one too!

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