This more forward presentation isn’t suitable for all listeners, or all tracks, all of the time; at very least it can help cut through at a garden party, though. It's also perfect for people who want to designate two speakers as rear channel speakers in a Sonos home theater setup.

It allows you to mount your Roam on a wall or string, and you can purchase one on Etsy in a variety of colors. It comes with a short power cable so you don't have to worry about hiding the longer cable that normally comes with your speaker. but you aren’t going to get anything approaching the sound or features of a dedicated soundbar such as the Beam or Arc.

Connecting via Bluetooth is as simple as holding down the Roam’s power button and waiting for the Sonos to pop up in your available devices. The speaker is water resistant and can be submerged in up to 1m of water for 30 minutes, so it is durable enough to survive most outdoor settings. Here is everything we think you need to know to get the best out of Sonos’s latest release – and make it worth that long, long wait. During her eight years in the hi-fi industry, she has been fortunate enough to travel the world to report on the biggest and most exciting brands in hi-fi and consumer tech (and has had the jetlag and hangovers to remember them by). The company commits to a minimum of five years of software support for feature updates after it stops selling a product, but has a track record of much longer including bug and security fixes for its legacy products.

As with any Sonos product, you can tweak the EQ of the Roam, but this is naturally quite a bass and mid-heavy presentation. dnburgess said:There was no comment on the review of the striking similarity in form factor with the KEF Muo, released in 2016. e battery-powered) speakers are designed to be taken out and about with you, to help soundtrack picnics and trips to the beach. This premium Khanka Hard Travel Case comes with a protective silicone shell that surrounds the speaker from all sides (except the speaker grille) without interfering with sound quality during use. Sonos's two portable speakers – the Sonos Roam and Move– are no different, so if you own one or both of those, why not treat them?We’ve been pretty careful while testing ours, as we are with most things, but the Roam has fared well on its travels so far.