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Product review of Sonos Roam 2
Sentiment: Mixed
The Sonos Roam 2 is a capable and stylish portable speaker with solid audio performance that integrates well within the Sonos ecosystem, though its premium price and app quirks make it best suited for existing Sonos users.
...Capable portable speaker with premium price... Next quote
A Closer Look at the Sonos Roam 2: Portable Sound with Premium Features
8:48
17 Jul 2024
🎵 Good audio quality across genres
...the audio outputs generally quite good across a whole range of genres and music... Watch in video
🚿 IP67 rating for water and dust
...Still, IP 67 is good enough for a speaker of this type... Watch in video
🎨 Multiple color options
...The Rome 2 comes in four color choices, black, white, sunset, which is basically red, wave, which is basically blue, or olive... Watch in video
🔊 Supports Sonos and Bluetooth connectivity
...you could just use it as a basic Bluetooth speaker and never go near Sonos's apps and services at all... Watch in video
🔋 Decent battery life
...it can mostly manage that, though that's only at moderate volumes... Watch in video
🔌 Wireless charging capability
...it is capable of charging up to 15 watts from a compliant charger or rather nicely via Chi if you place it vertically... Watch in video
🎤 Voice control support
...You also get support for voice control, either via Sonos' own inbuilt voice assistant or Amazon Alexa... Watch in video
🤔 🔋 Battery life could be improved at high volumes
...If you absolutely blast audio at high volumes, you'll get less battery life... Watch quote in video
🤔 🔌 No charger included
...Sonos doesn't provide a charger in the box, just a USBC cable... Watch quote in video
🤔 🎛️ Hard-to-see buttons on the black model
...We're in proper disaster area sunship territory here, unless you're looking directly at it in bright sunlight... Watch quote in video
🤔 📲 Clunky Sonos app experience
...I still do wish that the Sonos app experience was a little more streamlined, a little bit more stable... Watch quote in video
🤔 📢 Audio output not massive
...You're never going to get impressively massive output... Watch quote in video
🤔 💵 Expensive for its category
...It's not inexpensive at $299 Australian at the time of recording this... Watch quote in video
🤔 📦 Lack of a dedicated charging base
...Because it lacks a dedicated charging base, unless you leave it plugged into a wall socket or in use, it'll power itself down when not in use by default... Watch quote in video
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