Rubbish you turn the volume control up on your phone.As for sonos multi room I packed my sonos 5 up and sold it.Big black Ugly plastic thing that's too boomy.Bought this and prefer it.Simple loud but controlled on top end and treble.Sonos are like bose overpriced paying for a badge plus monitor audio are experts in this field no gimmicks just quality.
brettreading
11 Dec 16#12
Can you run a chrome cast off the speakers USB socket? That would certainly make it more appealing to me than having to have a separate power input for the chrome cast.
conor147
11 Dec 16#11
nice find, bought one. cheers.
basergorkobal
11 Dec 16#10
Is this anything more than just a bluetooth speaker and an active speaker with 3.5mm aux in?
That's a lot of money for a single ugly speaker. Even one made by MA.
I'm failing to understand the heat here. I guess in comparison to products made by Sonos this must appear as a bargain to a lot of potential Sonos buyers. And I guess it is exactly that.
Oggie
11 Dec 161#9
Great design , very compact, superb sound . As others have said it's not a multi room speaker but as a standalone neat Bluetooth/Airplay unit it is superb. I love mine.
Review : http://www.whathifi.com/monitor-audio/airstream-s150/review
BrianSewell
11 Dec 16#8
use chromecast audio as mentioned above
joedredd
11 Dec 161#7
Indeed, comparing these to Sonos or iTunes systems is like comparing Apples with Bananas. They've abused the "Music streaming" phrase IMHO.
It's a decent bluetooth speaker, nothing more.
Britneyfan
11 Dec 16#5
£119.02 on amazon, might be worth a flubit on this one. Payed £130 months ago via flubit and delivered by superfi. Great speaker, more than loud enough and lovely and clear. Great bass and tone.
BarmyBulldog
11 Dec 16#4
fairytooth
11 Dec 161#3
The sound quality from these is phenomenal. Sadly I had to send mine back when I updated my wifi router and found compatibility issues. Actually I was gutted as it was so nice to listen to and had promised to bridge the multi sound source conundrum we face these days.
Buying one now I would probably just add a Chromecast Audio to the 3.5mm input
And price matched on Amazon (Prime)
rev6
11 Dec 165#2
Gentle_Giant
11 Dec 163#1
You forgot to mention they have a proper audio heritage, and are not an Apple wannabe like Sonos.
(Although in audio circles, Sonos might be described as a Bang&Olufsen wannabe)
Minstadave to Gentle_Giant
11 Dec 161#6
They also don't have any of the multi room functionality of a Sonos or app based control either.
Reviews seem to agree they sound great but a few mention they're a bit clunky and you need to physically turn volume up and down on the device.
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Review from WhatHifi can be found here: http://www.whathifi.com/monitor-audio/airstream-s150/review
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That's a lot of money for a single ugly speaker. Even one made by MA.
I'm failing to understand the heat here. I guess in comparison to products made by Sonos this must appear as a bargain to a lot of potential Sonos buyers. And I guess it is exactly that.
Review : http://www.whathifi.com/monitor-audio/airstream-s150/review
It's a decent bluetooth speaker, nothing more.
Buying one now I would probably just add a Chromecast Audio to the 3.5mm input
And price matched on Amazon (Prime)
(Although in audio circles, Sonos might be described as a Bang&Olufsen wannabe)
Reviews seem to agree they sound great but a few mention they're a bit clunky and you need to physically turn volume up and down on the device.