![]() Aside from a few annoyances that you eventually get used to, the app is otherwise cleanly designed and easy to navigate. This is particularly useful for creating playlists of tracks that span multiple streaming services or network locations. There’s also an independent Sonos playlist system, which lets you save your queue for later use, or create a playlist for another day. Once you get used to the system, however, this isn’t a problem and the queuing system means it’s easy to build a playlist on the fly. It means starting an album midway is needlessly fiddly. To queue your albums, rather than simply selecting a track from the album and it continuing on to the next track as you would expect, you need to specifically add the album. I personally find that Sonos uses an awkward and slightly unwieldy queueing system for playing music and creating playlists. Sonos supports Spotify, Deezer, Google Play Music, Apple Music and Tidal, as well as a broad selection of internet radio services, including TuneIn and Rdio. ![]() These are delivered via the Sonos Controller app (availably for iOS, Android, Windows and OS X), and there’s an impressive list available. ![]() Streaming Services and Sonos ControllerĪs with Sonos’ other multiroom speakers, however, the Play:5’s real strength lies in how well supported Sonos’ speakers are when it comes to internet streaming services. The larger centre tweeter takes over the main bulk of the work, as with traditional stereo speakers. When the Play:5 is stood on end, the volume of the tweeter at the top is reduced so sound isn’t directed up towards the ceiling. Rotating the Play:5 will obviously also have an effect on how the speaker produces sound, and Sonos has taken this into account as well. That’s why there aren’t the traditional “-” and “+” volume markings. Along the top are touch-based controls that respond to swipes to adjust volume, while a gyroscope inside the Play:5 detects its orientation so that the volume up button is always at the top when the speaker is on end. It’s impeccably put together, with 60,000 “precision-drilled” holes in the metal front grille, and has a nicely solid and weighty feel. Aside from these changes, the design is typical Sonos fare.
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