Price
Expand to view more details.This is the total price (in $AUD) of all five speakers we bought. Each system consists of:
1 x small speaker;
1 x medium speaker;
1 x large speaker;
1 x soundbar;
1 x subwoofer, purchased separately where not included with the soundbar.
Individual pricing can be viewed for each speaker under the heading 'item price'.
enter value/s in increments of 1 between 2856 and 3547
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System sound quality score
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Ease of use score - Google Android
Multi-room speakers are designed to be controlled from the app on a smartphone. Our tester evaluates how easy it is to: (1) add speakers to a multi-room network; (2) play music to a single speaker over Wi-Fi; (C) play music to all of the speakers on the network; (D) create two separate zones and have each of them play a different song. This process is carried out – from set up to playback – on an Apple iPhone 7 Plus and an LG Nexus 5X. Each app has a weighting of 12.5% attributed to the overall score.
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Ease of use score - Apple iOS
Multi-room speakers are designed to be controlled from the app on a smartphone. Our tester evaluates how easy it is to: (1) add speakers to a multi-room network; (2) play music to a single speaker over Wi-Fi; (C) play music to all of the speakers on the network; (D) create two separate zones and have each of them play a different song. This process is carried out – from set up to playback – on an Apple iPhone 7 Plus and an LG Nexus 5X. Each app has a weighting of 12.5% attributed to the overall score.
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Ease of use score - speakers
This score is an average of how easy it is to use each individual speaker contributing to the network. We assess the included controls, how clearly they've been labelled and their size. Its weighting to the overall test is 5% as these systems are designed to be primarily controlled from a smartphone or tablet.
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Bluetooth
Connects directly to a single speaker.
Dual band Wi-Fi
Whether the ecosystem (and its speakers) supports the secondary and less-congested 5GHz frequency of a dual-band modem-router.
*The Sony SRS-ZR7 is the only speaker in Sony's ecosystem to not support dual-band Wi-Fi.
**The Bose SoundTouch 10 tested by CHOICE does not support dual-band Wi-Fi, although the series III speakers tested do.
Wi-Fi direct
Wi-Fi direct is a lot like Bluetooth in that it creates a connection between a phone and a device. This connection is established over a Wi-Fi network created by, in this case, a speaker. More data can be transferred and so the playback of music is said to be of higher audio quality.
*The Yamaha ISX-80 does not support Wi-Fi direct.
Airplay
The proprietary connectivity standard developed by Apple for music to be shared with iPhones, iPads and Mac computers.
The SRS-X99 is the only speaker of the Sony's speakers tested to support Apple AirPlay.
Network extending speakers
The speakers in the multiroom system will act as a network extender by amplifying a Wi-Fi signal.
Can segregate network
Can split a network into sub-networks to boost performance and improve security.
Included in this review
- Recommended
- Overall score
- System sound quality score
- Ease of use score - Google Android
- Ease of use score - Apple iOS
- Ease of use score - speakers
- Annual standby energy score
- Annual standby energy cost
- Good points
- Bad points
- Price
- Brand
- Ecosystem
- Dual-band Wi-Fi
- WiFi direct
- AirPlay
- Bluetooth
- Spotify
- Google Play Music
- Pandora
- Network extending speakers
- Can segregate network
- Individual speakers
- Individual speaker price
- Speaker sound quality score
- Number of drivers
- Speaker channels
- Ethernet
- Country of origin
- Warranty
- Contact