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Topic: | Sonos Playbase This thread has 31 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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Post 1 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 07:30 |
mrtristan Select Member |
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All other electronic manufacturers, please hurry up and catch up to Sonos or we will never sell you TV base speaker again.
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Post 2 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 07:59 |
drewski300 Super Member |
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On March 7, 2017 at 07:30, mrtristan said...
All other electronic manufacturers, please hurry up and catch up to Sonos or we will never sell you TV base speaker again.
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"Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!" |
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Post 3 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 08:25 |
3PedalMINI Loyal Member |
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The only TV base I have ever bought was for my fiancée's tv and that was because I couldn't stand the TV sound....
I have never had a client request one or need one.
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The Bitterness of Poor Quality is Remembered Long after the Sweetness of Price is Forgotten! - Benjamin Franklin |
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Post 4 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 08:28 |
Dave in Balto Super Member |
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On March 7, 2017 at 08:25, 3PedalMINI said...
The only TV base I have ever bought was for my fiancée's tv and that was because I couldn't stand the TV sound....
I have never had a client request one or need one. You just wanted to say "my fiancee" in public. Seems kind of real now doesn't it?
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Post 5 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 08:45 |
goldenzrule Loyal Member |
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On March 7, 2017 at 08:28, Dave in Balto said...
You just wanted to say "my fiancee" in public. Seems kind of real now doesn't it? What you talkin' bout Willis? He says that in 8 out of every 10 things he types :-)
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Post 6 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 08:51 |
jrainey Active Member |
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So this would be the new Sonos product that the company did not tell its dealers about even one hour before the general public? Hard to believe right?
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Jack Rainey - Full disclosure...reformed integrator, now mid-Atlantic manufacturers rep for: Integra, Paradigm, Anthem, Parasound, Atlona, LG TV's and Metra Home Theater...among others |
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Post 7 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 09:43 |
osiris Long Time Member |
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They shouldn't tell their dealers about it before general launch. They are not a dealer-driven brand. They haven't been for years. We service a tiny, wealthy sliver of the population, Sonos is selling to everyone that has enough extra cash to afford a speaker system.
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Post 8 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 09:54 |
goldenzrule Loyal Member |
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On March 7, 2017 at 09:43, osiris said...
They shouldn't tell their dealers about it before general launch. They are not a dealer-driven brand. They haven't been for years. We service a tiny, wealthy sliver of the population, Sonos is selling to everyone that has enough extra cash to afford a speaker system. Regardless of who they "cater to". If you have a dealer base, of any size, you should release the info and specs to them well before it is released to the public.
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Post 9 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 10:03 |
Fred Harding Super Member |
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Bet they told Target....
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Post 10 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 10:42 |
buzz Super Member |
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Virtually all of the TV's that we encounter are hung on the wall and this sort of product does not make sense for us.
As of this writing, we have not been notified through any official channel that this product exists. Maybe it is intended for direct sales or sales through the BIG stores.
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Post 11 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 10:49 |
SB Smarthomes Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | July 2007 2,634 |
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It's a little different for me because Sonos is a local company, but Sonos did invite a number of custom integrators for a tour of their R&D facility last year.
We got to see and hear the new Playbase and had the opportunity to offer feedback and suggestions not just on the Playbase, but on products in general.
The Playbase sounds good by itself (similar to Playbar, but with better bass due to the larger woofer), but it's really impressive with the Sonos Sub and Play 1s added for surround sound.
I'm focused on custom work, so not sure it it's something I'll ever sell, but it's one of the better sounding powered speaker systems I've heard and when paired with Sonos Sub and Play Unit surrounds, the experience competes with a mid-level AVR/5.1 Surround Sound installation.
Dealers that did see the Playbase were under NDA not to disclose any information until product launch.
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Post 12 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 11:21 |
tomciara Loyal Member |
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So that works with old flat TV bases.... what about newer sets with legs left and right, presumably outside the width of the speaker? Is it obsolete at launch?
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Post 13 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 11:22 |
jrainey Active Member |
Joined: Posts: | September 2010 632 |
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On March 7, 2017 at 09:43, osiris said...
They shouldn't tell their dealers about it before general launch. They are not a dealer-driven brand. They haven't been for years. We service a tiny, wealthy sliver of the population, Sonos is selling to everyone that has enough extra cash to afford a speaker system. This is not necessarily true. Sonos serves a slightly bigger slice of the population still pretty small. And make no mistake if their dealer business went away tomorrow they would be in deep kimchi...If it wasnt so, they wouldn't pretend to respect us.
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Jack Rainey - Full disclosure...reformed integrator, now mid-Atlantic manufacturers rep for: Integra, Paradigm, Anthem, Parasound, Atlona, LG TV's and Metra Home Theater...among others |
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Post 14 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 11:22 |
Audiophiliac Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2006 3,312 |
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Sweet! I am doing the math now. A nice Salamander AV cabinet is pretty spendy....much more than a wall mount. I guess I better start selling more Salamander and Playbase systems. Much less "work" for me, and the margin on the Salamander products is nice. :)
This is for the people in rentals who call us up and get upset that we will not come in and do a full on retro surround sound system without written consent from their landlord to cut holes all over and install things on or in the wall/ceiling. :)
Definitely not what most of us were hoping for from SONOS, but they know the data. Most TVs are NOT mounted on the wall. So we are a minority. I guess we better start blaming Trump and looting. :)
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Post 15 made on Tuesday March 7, 2017 at 11:34 |
osiris Long Time Member |
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On March 7, 2017 at 09:54, goldenzrule said...
Regardless of who they "cater to". If you have a dealer base, of any size, you should release the info and specs to them well before it is released to the public. To a company like Sonos, doing that would be creating thousands of potential leaks of the product prior to launch, as well as canibalizing sales of the current Playbar while salespeople told their clients to wait for this product. The "dealer base" of integrators isn't their core customer. The mass market of humans that can scratch together a few hundred bucks is...
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