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I'll return mine and wait. Wifi + BT simultaneously is super convenient.
Anyway, the move really didn't sound that much better than the boomboxes. If the move was a 10 out of 10 in sound quality, the boombox is probably a 9.
A couple issues I had with the move were: one day I thought I had turned it off (I pushed the button and it went silent) but the battery died by that evening from a full charge. I then tried to use the rear usb connection plugged into a wall outlet that has usb ports and it wouldn't charge. Turns out you have to supply it with way more watts than just about any usb power source except something like a laptop charger. That's too bad and sort of negates the usb charging capability (portable charging). You might as well just carry the charging ring or buy a second one since you're going to have to buy a high wattage usb power supply anyway.
I also don't get the point of wifi capability. I suppose it should sound better, but I couldn't hear and improvement and it only adds to the complexity. I also like the simplicity of a Bluetooth speaker that doesn't require an app. I don't mind an app that is used to update the playback software and control settings, but listening to music through an app adds needless complexity. I already listen to music directly from the music apps on my phone. Why do I want to have to route then through a second app?
The lack of an "aux jack" is disappointing as well. Reminds me of apple doing away with the headphone jack. How brave! Lol. I sometimes mess around with audio video gear that requires an analog audio connection and I'll use the aux in port on the boomboxes for a quick and easy audio test.
Anyway, the move really didn't sound that much better than the boomboxes. If the move was a 10 out of 10 in sound quality, the boombox is probably a 9.
A couple issues I had with the move were: one day I thought I had turned it off (I pushed the button and it went silent) but the battery died by that evening from a full charge. I then tried to use the rear usb connection plugged into a wall outlet that has usb ports and it wouldn't charge. Turns out you have to supply it with way more watts than just about any usb power source except something like a laptop charger. That's too bad and sort of negates the usb charging capability (portable charging). You might as well just carry the charging ring or buy a second one since you're going to have to buy a high wattage usb power supply anyway.
I also don't get the point of wifi capability. I suppose it should sound better, but I couldn't hear and improvement and it only adds to the complexity. I also like the simplicity of a Bluetooth speaker that doesn't require an app. I don't mind an app that is used to update the playback software and control settings, but listening to music through an app adds needless complexity. I already listen to music directly from the music apps on my phone. Why do I want to have to route then through a second app?
The lack of an "aux jack" is disappointing as well. Reminds me of apple doing away with the headphone jack. How brave! Lol. I sometimes mess around with audio video gear that requires an analog audio connection and I'll use the aux in port on the boomboxes for a quick and easy audio test.
2. I haven't used the MOVE. But I assume it is like other Sonos speakers where you can choose your output directly from the music app. I never open the Sonos app and play my music directly from Spotify app. I'm only playing one speaker at a time and don't have a need to control anything from Sonos app.
$299 for a speaker like this is absurd. And $399 at normal retail is insane. Any "weatherproof" speaker like this or small bluetooth speakers are going to have crappy sound due to the all the laying of material in front of the actual speakers that muffles the sound.
2. I haven't used the MOVE. But I assume it is like other Sonos speakers where you can choose your output directly from the music app. I never open the Sonos app and play my music directly from Spotify app. I'm only playing one speaker at a time and don't have a need to control anything from Sonos app.
$299 for a speaker like this is absurd. And $399 at normal retail is insane. Any "weatherproof" speaker like this or small bluetooth speakers are going to have crappy sound due to the all the laying of material in front of the actual speakers that muffles the sound.
other sonos devices, but I'd prefer it to be seamless and invisible. I could see a scenario where my phone is connected to one sonos via Bluetooth and that speaker connects to all the other sonos speakers with wifi. I don't understand why I need to use wifi instead of Bluetooth if I'm just listening from my phone using their app. I only had it a few days but I think you must use wifi if you choose to use their app, even if to just make settings changes. I could
be wrong. You can press a button to switch to Bluetooth and listen directly from your music apps, but I think there may be some loss of capabilities like the audio correction feature.
Anyway, the move really didn't sound that much better than the boomboxes. If the move was a 10 out of 10 in sound quality, the boombox is probably a 9.
A couple issues I had with the move were: one day I thought I had turned it off (I pushed the button and it went silent) but the battery died by that evening from a full charge. I then tried to use the rear usb connection plugged into a wall outlet that has usb ports and it wouldn't charge. Turns out you have to supply it with way more watts than just about any usb power source except something like a laptop charger. That's too bad and sort of negates the usb charging capability (portable charging). You might as well just carry the charging ring or buy a second one since you're going to have to buy a high wattage usb power supply anyway.
I also don't get the point of wifi capability. I suppose it should sound better, but I couldn't hear and improvement and it only adds to the complexity. I also like the simplicity of a Bluetooth speaker that doesn't require an app. I don't mind an app that is used to update the playback software and control settings, but listening to music through an app adds needless complexity. I already listen to music directly from the music apps on my phone. Why do I want to have to route then through a second app?
The lack of an "aux jack" is disappointing as well. Reminds me of apple doing away with the headphone jack. How brave! Lol. I sometimes mess around with audio video gear that requires an analog audio connection and I'll use the aux in port on the boomboxes for a quick and easy audio test.
other sonos devices, but I'd prefer it to be seamless and invisible. I could see a scenario where my phone is connected to one sonos via Bluetooth and that speaker connects to all the other sonos speakers with wifi. I don't understand why I need to use wifi instead of Bluetooth if I'm just listening from my phone using their app. I only had it a few days but I think you must use wifi if you choose to use their app, even if to just make settings changes. I could
be wrong. You can press a button to switch to Bluetooth and listen directly from your music apps, but I think there may be some loss of capabilities like the audio correction feature.
What would Bluetooth buy you if you're in an area where the speaker is already on the wifi network and able to talk to the other speakers?
I simply open Spotify, click on the speaker I want to run (within the Spotify app) and use the volume control on the side of my phone to change volume. I never open the Sonos app unless I need to add a speaker to the network which doesn't happen. Granted I'm only always running one speaker at a time so no need to mess with volume in other zones.
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What would Bluetooth buy you if you're in an area where the speaker is already on the wifi network and able to talk to the other speakers?
I simply open Spotify, click on the speaker I want to run (within the Spotify app) and use the volume control on the side of my phone to change volume. I never open the Sonos app unless I need to add a speaker to the network which doesn't happen. Granted I'm only always running one speaker at a time so no need to mess with volume in other zones.
If you are listening to the speaker from your phone via Bluetooth and want to make any setting changes on the speaker, like EQ, or use the voice services, I'm pretty sure you have to use the app, which requires you to press the wifi-or-Bluetooth button on the speaker to connect the device with wifi.
By seamless I mean that I understand that the sonos devices need to communicate with each other and wifi is probably the best way to do that. I don't see the need for your phone to use wifi to communicate with the sonos speaker. In other words, there shouldn't be any wifi-or-Bluetooth button on the speaker at all. They should both be active all the time. Bluetooth for phone to speaker connectivity and wifi for speaker to speaker connectivity. That's what I mean by invisible and seamless.
Have you tried charging via the usb port?
If there is a dongle that allows you to use the usb port as an analog aux-in, for the price, it should come in the box.
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