SONOS Play:5 2nd Gen vs Aiwa Exos-9 Sound-Comparison

Please Listen With Headphones!
This video is for those of you who want to know how a Sonos Play5 (2nd Generation) sounds compared to an Aiwa Exos-9 :)
Settings:
Both speakers playing at half volume!
Aiwa Exos-9 EQ-Settings (To make it more comparable):
1. Band (lowest Band): +2
2. Band: -1
3. Band: -1
4. Band: +1
5. Band (highest Band): +2
Sonos Play:5 is playing with Default Settings, cause with TruePlay it might sound too flat for this comparison.

[@changkimchhay]

Aiwa more natural more I prefer. Aiwa the winner!!!

[@rottweiler369]

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[@sonydavid2]

Can you compare Sonos play 5 vs Marshall Woburn?

[@docelecktronc568]

The Sonos has deeper sounding bass at lower volumes. But I'm not sure if the Aiwa has EQ on. The soundstage on the Aiwa sounds much better. Its closer to natural sounding and has superior balance IMO. I noticed that as the volume is increased the difference in the bass becomes less noticeable and the Aiwa shines more.

[@techkistenet]

The aiwa EQ is on, Settings --> Video-Decsription ;)

[@Pupenhausen]

I have 2x exos 9's running in stereo. The eq settings used in this demo don't seem ideal in my experience.

[@misterpuncherd1321]

I waited this test since 3 years lol

[@techkistenet]

I wonder why there isn‘t much content showing the Sonos Play5 on KZbin...

[@misterpuncherd1321]

techkiste.net which one is louder or bassier ?

[@techkistenet]

The Sonos Play5 has real deep bass and is louder, too. But the Play5 is not portable. For what it is the Aiwa Exos-9 is a great speaker. For indoor-use-only I would choose the Play5, but it is much more expansive than the Exos-9...

[@misterpuncherd1321]

techkiste.net oh ok, i would choose the Aiwa for its portability

[@cruzs.9040]

@@techkistenet I came from a Bose Soundtouch 30 and did not like that ot kind of distorts and high volume, I went to Best Buy to try Sonos and JBL Boombox and since Aiwa is not available to demo at store I took my chances and order it (they have hassle free return) and I can tell you that if you play with Aiwa eq is louder than Sonos Play 5 and also have more bass, if you play a bass heavy song and put the eq (low freq) to set 5 or 6 you can even feel some in your chest, I mean definetely not like a 10 or 12 inch sub but the bass is there and really strong for a bluetooth battery powered speaker

[@Awrouse12]

Tuned to their preferred settings, out of these two speakers, which is your favorite?

[@yoshiyakusamura7405]

It's very close. I prefer the sonos. The Aiwa's sound seems little bit compressed in high frequency. The low end the Sonos is better as well, but not so much.

[@derwinsadikin9234]

Which one better between sonos play 5 vs marshall woburn 2 ??

[@Tanoforfucksake]

What were the settings on the AIWA? Seems like you left them flat. AIWA sounds amazing if you actually adjust the settings properly. Turn the mids & highs up.

[@techkistenet]

Thanks for your comment 🙂 Settings are in the video description below the video

[@josephjohnson4481]

True that that's why I own 2 !

[@johnnelson3665]

What is your exact setting?

[@hutopdehei]

If you tune it right the aiwa sounds much better

[@RajSingh-ls8kd]

I own exos 9 amazing sounds. But sonos has better low. Bass is more deep.

[@stevenroberts5191]

Can you post a little play list!

[@arefalvandy5832]

what is the name of the first song. I search for the name Electro but cannot find it name of the artist and the song would help.

[@lucress9319]

Hey what's the name of the first song?

[@astralink080]

I wonder how Sonos would play with that flat tuning... This way it sounds really V shaped, with mid bass and mid high frequencies boosted. Aiwa seems more neutral and more natural as far as I can hear thru my HD600. Nice comparison btw!

[@techkistenet]

A comparison with TruePlay is hard to realize, cause the software tunes the sound. Every little movement makes a new TruePlay-Tuning necassary while the Exos-9 would (more or less) sound the same. Thats why I decided to compare those speakers the way I did 🙂

[@trei2unu]

What do you like and dislike (if anything) about the sound of the Sonos?

[@techkistenet]

The Sonos Play:5 is a good sounding speaker, but if you want „real“ stereo, than you need two of them and that is not really cheap. If you want to make a real 2.1 system and buy the Sonos Sub than you have to pay about 1800€ in europe. For this money you can buy a real Hifi-Stereo-System...

[@mikelaw777]

name of the song please

[@Marco.V.R.]

Sonos para mi el ganador, tiene sonido ultranitido y aparte no hay distorsion

[@marci8582]

Wie heißt der 3. SONG?

[@techkistenet]

Foreign by Vic Sage ist von der Plattform Artlist

[@marci8582]

@@techkistenet Dankeschön 👍

[@Spencer_Knight]

SONOS sounds better with base then the EXOS-9, I’m using (Bose QC 35 II) headphones.