[Abstract] Sonos has made many improvements on Playbase. In terms of design, Playbase continues Sonos's classic design style, and it is quite space-saving. The improvement of TV sound quality is also very obvious.
Tencent Digital (Play) This Playbase is the first new product launched by Sonos in 2017, and its main purpose is to replace the built-in speakers of the TV, to provide users with better sound quality. However, due to the limitation of the volume, an ordinary sound bar is often difficult to achieve much in terms of sound quality. In 2013 Sonos launched the Playbar soundbar, which is basically a similar product.
Although the sound bar is not a new product, Sonos decided to do something else this time. Because not all users like to hang the TV on the wall, for those who like to put the TV on the TV cabinet, this Playbase that appears as a TV dock may be more suitable for them.
The Sonos Playbase will be officially launched on April 4. The price is $699 (about RMB 4822). Let's take a look at our first impression of this base speaker.
Design and Features
In fact, the essence of the base speaker is a bar-shaped speaker, but the design is more flat and can carry the weight of the TV. The Playbase has a thickness of 5.8 cm and a depth of 35.5 cm. It can withstand TVs weighing up to 35 kg.
Sonos's product has always been known for its smart and simple design, and from Playbase's design point of view, the black version of Playbase looks like a piece of granite, but in fact it uses polycarbonate plastic covering the glass panel. It is available in black and white colors.
Inside Playbase, there are six midrange speakers, three tweeters and a subwoofer, and there is also a 10 Class D digital amplifier. In terms of connectivity, Playbase provides an Ethernet interface and an optical input interface. Since Sonos always has a simple location, it does not provide an HDMI interface. The main function of Playbase is to enhance the sound quality of the TV, so you only need to connect Playbase to your Sky Q or even Nintendo Switch, and you need a separate cable to connect to Playbase.
I really like Playbase's appearance, simple and elegant and very atmospheric, but also very low-key, can adapt to any decoration style, and easily into the living room after being ignored.
Functionally, since it was from Sonos's hands, it was not as simple as a simple speaker. Playbase can support a large number of music services, including Spotify Connect and so on, so not only is it simple to improve the sound quality of a TV, but it is also a music player. In addition, in the subsequent update, support for Amazon Alexa will also be added, so users can use Echo or Echo Dot to control Playbase later.
Another feature of Playbase is multi-region audio support. In this function, Sonos is definitely the best on the market. We can connect Sonos speakers in different aspects through App to realize a multi-room sound system. Including Sonos Play: 1 speakers, etc. can be combined with Playbase to form a surround sound effect.
effect
The value of the face is high enough. How is the sound effect? Before the experience, it should be pointed out that Sonos Playbase does not support music synchronization calibration, so it cannot be optimized for the room size at this time.
From the feeling of experience, Playbase's volume is large enough, and the width and height of the vocal range are large enough to make people mistakenly think that there are other speakers playing in the room.
Not only is the volume, but Playbase is also good at handling sound details. The balance is good, and the gradation is clear when the treble and bass are mixed, and the bass effect is also satisfactory.
Sonos said that Playbase and Playbar sound performance is similar, but I personally heard the difference, Playbar's bass is more solid, and Playbase's bass is wider and deeper.
Playbase is used at home and may have a little impact on neighbors, especially for the entire area. If you use it with Sonos Play:1, you can achieve more directions in larger areas and directions.
In the video clips I was presenting, the switching of the left and right channels is quite obvious, so it can be said that whether it is a game or a movie, it can be well combined with the content in the process of using Playbase. There is absolutely no need to worry about this.
First impression
I spent a bit of time playing with Playbase, but obviously Sonos made a lot of improvements on Playbase. In terms of design, Playbase continues Sonos's classic design style, and it is quite space-saving. The improvement of TV sound quality is also very obvious.
However, since I didn't experience the Sonos application, I didn't have a seamless connection experience with other Sonos products. However, from the point of view of Playbase itself, it is an interesting base speaker.
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