Product Comparison: Sonos PLAY:1 vs Monitor Audio Airstream S200

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Sonos PLAY:1 Compact Wireless Smart Speaker

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Monitor Audio Airstream S200 Wireless Speaker

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General Specifications

Brand

Sonos

Monitor Audio

Model

PLAY:1

Airstream S200

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 new Airstream S200 Wi-Fi speaker concentrates state-of-the-art functionality, advanced digital processing and powerful amplification within a diminutive speaker design, smaller than the average one-box system but endowed with the latest tech to generate a deceptively big stereo sound from every conceivable audio source. With a footprint barely bigger than a DVD, the curvaceous S200 proves that genuinely engaging audio quality and lifestyle design are, in fact, beautifully compatible. Connect with extraordinary entertainment, wire-free and so living-friendly.

Key Specs

Connection Type

Simple setup, multi-room music

Airstream Direct – stream music directly to S200 without the need for a Wi-Fi router, advanced DSP, firmware upgrades over internet via Wi-Fi, DLNA enabled device

Dynamic Configuration

One band 2.4 GHz

Power output

65 W

Connection Type

Size & Weight

Color

Black

White

Height

6.36 in.

10.8 in.

Width

4.69 in.

4.75 in.

Depth

4.69 in.

5.375 in.

Weight

4.08 lbs.

5.4 lbs.

Sonos PLAY:1

Monitor Audio Airstream S200

Features

Controls

Buttons

Material

Plastic/Metal

Plastic

Display Type

Battery Type

October 14, 2013

27 Oct. 2014

Supported Systems

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

iOS, Android, Windows, Mac

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

The gold dome tweeter is formed from a ceramic-coated aluminium/magnesium alloy

Interfaces

Ethernet Port

Yes

AUX In

Yes

USB

Yes

Ethernet Port
AUX In

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Certifications

CE, cULus

ETL, CE, FCC, CB, ErP

Other Information

Manufacturer

Manual

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

http://ca2.monitoraudiocdn.com/downloads/manual/S200-Manual-rev3.pdf?mtime=20151123163113

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

AAC, ALAC, MP3, FLAC, MPS

Bestbuy

4.8

Wall/Stand Mounting

Yes

Amazon

4.5

4.4

Bluetooth version (if specified by manufacturer)

4.0