Product Comparison: Sonos PLAY:1 vs Bose SoundTouch 10

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Sonos PLAY:1 Compact Wireless Smart Speaker

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Bose SoundTouch 10 Wireless Speaker

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General Specifications

Brand

Sonos

Bose

Model

PLAY:1

SoundTouch 10

Origin

China

About the product

The most compact Sonos speaker. A perfect fit for bookshelves, counters, and other snug places. PLAY:1 lets you enjoy great-sounding music wherever you want to listen. Surprisingly Powerful: PLAY:1 sounds a lot bigger than it looks, thanks to two Class-D amplifiers and custom-built drivers, all meticulously tuned to the speaker’s unique acoustic architecture. Trueplay Speaker Tuning: This exclusive Sonos feature fine-tunes your PLAY:1 to make sure you get the very best sound in any room, no matter where you place it. Humidity Resistant: Enjoy your favorite songs in music-starved places like bathrooms and outdoor patios. Stereo Pair With Another PLAY:1: Turn each speaker into separate left and right channels for wider, bigger and deeper stereo sound. Home Theater Rears: Add a pair or PLAY:1 speakers to PLAYBAR and SUB for an epic surround sound experience.

The Bose SoundTouch 10 Wireless Music System in black is a compact, Bluetooth-enabled speaker that allows you to wirelessly stream music from your smartphone, tablet, or computer with the touch of a button.

Key Specs

Connection Type

Simple setup, multi-room music

Bluetooth 2.1

Dynamic Configuration

One band 2.4 GHz

1 driver

Power output

30 W

Range

33 ft.

Connection Type

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Bose SoundTouch 10 Wireless Speaker

Awesome sound and good Bluetooth range.
Gets quite loud and sounds reasonably good. Good range of this.
Good connectivity via Bluetooth. Good range.
The speaker still won't connect to WiFi and Bluetooth.
With bluetooth this won't work!

Size & Weight

Color

Black

White

Height

6.36 in.

8.34 in.

Width

4.69 in.

5.55 in.

Depth

4.69 in.

3.42 in.

Weight

4.08 lbs.

4.12 lbs.

Sonos PLAY:1

Bose SoundTouch 10

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Bose SoundTouch 10 Wireless Speaker

The small size, booming sound and ease of use.
Powerful for its nice size.
Good size for small/medium rooms.
Decent sound for the price and compact size.
Use in my bedroom. Like the size and sound.

Features

Controls

Buttons

Material

Plastic/Metal

Plastic / Metal

Display Type

Battery Type

October 14, 2013

Supported Systems

Windows® XP SP3 and higher, Macintosh OS X 10.6 or later

Smartphones / Tablets, PC

Protection

Yes

Extras

Stream from your WiFi network (not your phone), so there's never any of the dropouts, delays or interruptions associated with Bluetooth

Discover New Music with SoundTouch, Powerful App, Customized Presets, Grow Your System, Works with Alexa

Hand Strap

Accessories Included

Power cord, Remote control

Hand Strap

What customers say about "Features"

Bose SoundTouch 10 Wireless Speaker

For this to work, you do have to download the Bose SoundTouch App. Good app, comfortable.
I have tried 3 ways (phone, remote, and on the speaker). I paused the music on the remote, and started it again on the phone.
The on-device interface and remote control are simple: power, source presets and volume buttons.
The setup was very easy. I love the control of the entire system right from my phone.
SoundTouch app can't control the speakers!

Interfaces

Ethernet Port

Yes

AUX In

Yes

Micro USB

USB

Lightning Port

NFC

Card Slot

What customers say about "Interfaces"

Bose SoundTouch 10 Wireless Speaker

I tried connecting it to my smartphone via the AUX input. Works well.
Bose has done pretty well with these speakers. Good connectivity via AUX.
Durable AUX port. Bluetooth works fine. I like it.
If no audio input for 20 mins, it turns off.
Auxiliary input started making a horrible static noise.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Certifications

CE, cULus

CE, FCC

Other Information

Manufacturer

Link

Manual

Download

MSRP

199 $

Closed

Site of manufacturer

4.7

Newegg

Music services supported

Apple Music™, Deezer, Google Play Music, Pandora, Spotify and Radio by TuneIn, as well as downloads from any service offering DRM-free tracks

Product manuals

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91IMXg6V8kL.pdf

Ebay

4.9

Number of speakers

Reviews

Walmart

Woofer(s)

Audio formats supported

Compressed MP3, AAC (without DRM), WMA without DRM (including purchased Windows Media downloads), AAC (MPEG4), AAC+, Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, Flac (lossless), uncompressed WAV and AIFF

Bestbuy

4.8

Wall/Stand Mounting

Yes

Amazon

4.5

Bluetooth version (if specified by manufacturer)