Customer Reviews for Sonos - Refurbished Excellent - Move Smart Portable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Speaker with Alexa and Google Assistant - Black
Customer Rating
5
I liked our first Move speaker so much I bought another
on September 9, 2020
Posted by: Daisy
from Guelph, ON
Years ago I bought an Amp to connect our stereo system and a Five speaker as an Anniversary gift to us. Since then the stereo has been reconfigured to a sound system for our TV and we have expanded our speaker set with several Ones and until recently would unplug a speaker to take it out to the patio. When the Move speakers were announced I was excited but needed a special occasion to justify the cost. Happy Anniversary to us (again)! We loved the sound and portability so much that my husband got one for his birthday too. Once again we have stereo sound because we have paired the two Move speakers. They sit in our lounge when we don't take them outside, so now that room has become the music room. So, find a special occasion and treat yourself or maybe your spouse.
Pros: Different Music, Different Rooms, Easy to Set Up, Streams All My Music, and More, Superior Sound, Wireless
I've been a user of Sonos for many years and am now up to 17 speakers throughout my home (and building). Aside from the brand new models, I have pretty much listened to every make and model. The Move has been an amazing asset to their portfolio due to it's connection flexibility and weather proofing. The sound, as expected, is great. My only criticism of Sonos in general has been the communication signal. BUT, I believe that I've finally resolved this through a combination of placement and having at least one hardwired. The opportunity now lies in some latency issues within the controller application. When you're adding 10+ speakers to a group, it takes some time (10s of seconds, not minutes) for them all to come online. This and the occasional stop/start of streaming content which I believe is directly attributable to the source (SiriusXM streaming). Lastly, with three kids and some friends who are Sonos fans as well, it would be ideal to have the ability to control who can control which speakers. For instance, I'd prefer that my teenage daughter not have the ability to control the Beam in the master bedroom - or, for that matter, her younger sister's speaker (pranks). They should only be able to control their speakers and maybe a few others in the common areas of the home. Sonos is evolving from appealing to a very specialized audiophile market to a upper-end mainstream product. I believe their capabilities also need to evolve since they are capitalizing on the many-to-many inputs-to-outputs vs. one-to-many.
Pros: Different Music, Different Rooms, Easy to Set Up, Expandable, Streams All My Music, and More, Superior Sound, Wireless
Move doesn't allow voice control of other Sonos speakers
on September 8, 2020
Posted by: HTownLeon
from Spring, Texas
Sonos is really advertised as a whole house, multi- room system. Without Sonos app, this simply isn't true as Move voice control doesn't allow control of other Sonos speakers on the same WIFI network. This issue needs to be addressed with a software upgrade and without an app version change. If Sonos goes away or the app goes away, speakers basically become 'bricks'.
This product is great on it's own, but it has limitations on network connectivity. I have it in an network with a sonos one. We have a wifi range extender and anytime I relocate the Move, it connects to the range extender and that puts it on a different network than the Sonos One. I ordered a Sonos Boost to help with the issue, but the Move is NOT compatible with the Boost.