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Sonos One Gen 2/One SL
Sonos Five
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Bluetooth
No
Wi-Fi
Yes
Speakerphone
No
Voice Assistant
Yes
Battery Powered
No
Bluetooth
No
Wi-Fi
Yes
Speakerphone
No
Voice Assistant
No
Battery Powered
No
Our Verdict
Sonos One Gen 2/One SL
Sonos Five
The Sonos Five is a better speaker than the Sonos One Gen 2/One SL. The Five offers a bright sound profile that can produce the deep thump and rumble in low bass that's typically present in bass-heavy music like EDM. It can get louder, and you can place the speaker horizontally to listen to stereo content and vertically for mono. However, the One Gen 2 offers great built-in voice assistant support with Alexa and Google Assistant. It has less compression present at max volume, resulting in cleaner audio at louder volumes. If you own a compatible Sonos soundbar, you can even add it to your setup as a surround speaker.
Variants
- One Gen 2 (Black)
- One SL (Black)
- Five (Black)
- Five (White)
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Main Differences for
Music
Music
Threshold
Music
6.6
7.5
Frequency Response Accuracy
7.2
8.2
Soundstage
5.9
7.5
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Design
Style
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RGB Lights
No
No
Portability
5.3
3.6
Dimensions Photo
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Volume
140 in³ (2,302 cm³)
671 in³ (10,996 cm³)
Weight
4.0 lbs (1.8 kg)
13.9 lbs (6.3 kg)
Power Source
AC Only
AC Only
One-Hand Carry
Yes
No
Build Quality
6.7
6.4
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Material Quality
Great
Good
Water Resistance
No
No
Dust Resistance
Unspecified
Unspecified
Impact Resistance
Unspecified
No
Floats In Water
No
No
Controls
8.0
7.0
Controls Photo
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Controls Photo 2
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Ease Of Use
Great
Great
Feedback
Great
Great
Music Play/Pause
Yes (Tactile)
Yes (Tactile)
Call Answer/End
No
No
Volume Up/Down
Yes (Tactile)
Yes (Tactile)
Track Next/Previous
Yes (Tactile)
Yes (Tactile)
Microphone On/Off
Yes (Tactile)
No
Additional Controls
Yes
Yes
In The Box
In The Box Photo
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Sound
Frequency Response Accuracy
7.2
8.2
Frequency Response Graph
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Slope
-0.22
1.16
Std. Err.
2.96 dB
3.96 dB
Low-Frequency Extension
52.6 Hz
23.4 Hz
High-Frequency Extension
19.1 kHz
18.8 kHz
Raw Frequency Response
Raw Frequency Response Graph
Preview Graph
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Binaural Recording @ 1m
Binaural Recording @ 2m
Soundstage
5.9
7.5
Directivity Graph
Preview Graph
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Directivity Index
3.97 dB
4.17 dB
Stereo
No (mono)
Yes (when horizontal)
Dynamics
5.3
5.0
Dynamic Range Compression
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SPL @ Max Volume
86.5 dB SPL
94.0 dB SPL
DRC @ Max Volume
4.89 dB
7.30 dB
Active Features
Battery
0.0
0.0
Battery Life
N/A
N/A
Charge Time
N/A
N/A
Power Saving
No
No
Charging Port
No Battery
No Battery
Battery Powered
No
No
Voice Assistant
8.0
0.0
Alexa
Built-in (Wi-Fi Only)
No
Google Assistant
Built-in (Wi-Fi Only)
No
Speakerphone
No
No
Siri
No
No
Voice Assistant
Yes
No
Voice Activation
Yes
No
Microphone Mute
Yes
No Microphone
Far-Field Performance
Excellent
No Microphone
Ambient Noise Performance
Bad
No Microphone
App
9.3
9.3
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App Name
Sonos S2
Sonos S2
iOS
Yes
Yes
Android
Yes
Yes
EQ
Bass/Treble
Bass/Treble
Stereo Pair Mode
Yes
Yes
Party Mode
Yes
Yes
Multi-Room
Yes
Yes
Connectivity
Wired
Aux Input
No
Yes
USB Audio
No
No
Other Ports
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
0.0
0.0
Bluetooth
No
No
Bluetooth Version
No Bluetooth
No Bluetooth
Bluetooth iOS Latency
N/A
N/A
Bluetooth Android Latency
N/A
N/A
Bluetooth Range
N/A
N/A
Multi-Device Pairing
No
No
Wi-Fi
7.5
7.6
Wi-Fi Version
Wi-Fi 3
Wi-Fi 3
Wi-Fi Frequency Band
2.4GHz
2.4GHz
Wi-Fi
Yes
Yes
Apple AirPlay
Yes
Yes
AirPlay Latency
28 ms
15 ms
Google Chromecast
No
No
Chromecast Latency
N/A
N/A
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One Gen 2
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Five
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One SL
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Five
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One Gen 2
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One SL
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Shadow Edition
One SL
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