#SONANCE VS SONOS UPGRADE#

We tested Trueplay, and whilst the set up was interesting - if not theatrical - it did amount to a noticeable difference in sound when toggled on and off, which begs the next and most important question… HOW DO THEY SOUND? Truplay will then adjust the speakers so that they will produce the best possible sound in the environment they have been placed in. Whilst there isn’t much technical detail about what exactly this entails, Sonos claims that their new Trueplay technology uses an iPhone mic to listen to frequencies the speakers send out and communicates with the Amp to calculate the room size and furniture locations. Sonos built these speakers ‘from the ground up’ with Sonance, and focused on making them the perfect accompaniment to their new Amp (which you can read about here). Based on this you would be forgiven for assuming this is just a Sonos logo on a Sonance speaker, but it is what is going on behind the scenes that makes these architectural speakers unique.

#SONANCE VS SONOS UPGRADE#

The speakers don’t look much different from Sonance’s independent range, featuring a 1 inch tweeter and a slightly angled 6 inch bass driver, which has received an upgrade in the form of new kevlar material (plus the Sonance logo has also been swapped out for the Sonos one). Whilst their range of amplifiers have long been a go-to for installed audio solutions, their new in-ceiling and in-wall speakers represent their first dive into the architectural speaker world, created in partnership with 35 year old speaker manufacturers Sonance. Since Sonos erupted onto the scene in 2002 they have released a whole host of products, from the stand alone ONE to a TV Soundbar in the form of the Beam. Sonos’ In-Ceiling and In-Wall Speakers are an interesting development in the home audio industry.

Sonance vs sonos