Denon HEOS 5 HS2 vs Sony SRS-XB31

Instead of simply taking any audio through the 3.5mm port, you need to specifically select the aux input in the Heos app and play local music through that app, since there are no source buttons on the unit itself. Thanks to the speakers' direct integration into many popular music apps, it made a wired connection less useful than a Wi-Fi connection. A Bluetooth option would have been a much better alternative

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My highest recommendation. The HEOSV1 (Version 1) had WiFi glitches. The V2 doesn't.

Sony's SRS XB-31: The only speaker you need more than three of because it is just that good. I have been looking at Bluetooth speakers for at least 4 years, comparing sound quality, looking for the BEST sounding speakers out there and I finally found the one that beats them ALL. Including the ever popular UE Mega Boom, Pill, JBL, and Bose (among many, many others). When I think I find the winner, I go back and compare it to all of the runners up, and listen again and again, over a period of months, until I am convinced I am not imagining things or making a decision on a whim

Do it later, connect it's easy and the sound is out of this world. You'Ll love it it's the heõs 5 by Denon, and if you like, music at all you'll love ...

So let me start by saying this thing does sound great. I was given the xb21 (the smaller version of this speaker) and was impressed by the fullness of sound it generated but wanted something a little bit louder but nothing ridiculously large so I settled on this speaker. And for it's size it does pump out quality decibels.

The HEOS 5 speaker has surprising bass and is sonically pleasing. That said, The Heos application is problimatical. I cannot play my music on an SD card in my Fire Tablet. I fear that this may be intentionally done by Demon to steer users to online subscriptions

So you get some pretty cool disco light effects that shine around the area the speaker is set up in. There are even additional lights and saw the fron...

The app is not horrible but I'm sure could (and will) get better. I could see the frustration with the pairing process, it took me several attempts before pairing was successful.

Barely used, probably only had it for a little bit over a month. But the battery life doesn’t last long, only charges up to 50 percentage. Not worth it.

HEOS should have option to set only connect to 5GHz network and not 2.4 GHz, which I believe should technically fixed the issue.

But this is well 60 bucks. You will not find a Bluetooth speaker that sounds anywhere near as good looks anywhere near as good as the battery life has...

I am a whole home Heos user and could not be more pleased with the Heos 5. The speaker had an excellent flow and design which is very important to me. Secondly, the sound output is outstanding. I researched wireless whole home systems and am very pleased I chose Heos rather than that other "###os"

It's a titanium silver on the outside. The front, sides and bottom light up different colors along the outline. The speaker itself is angled and designed to give you a three dimensional listening experience, along with the DSP technology. Has Live Sound Mode, Party Booster so you can tap and express your sound and lighting, with the party booster you can make different sounds just by tapping it, Has Wireless Party Chain (up to 100), the USB port to connect the speaker to your smartphone, the speaker charges with most USB power sources