
Something isn’t optimized correctly for outdoor use because Bose sounds underpowered and lacking even at 50% volume.
SONOS ROAM V MOVE PORTABLE
Bose Portable Home can get louder than Sonos Move, but it performs best at low-to-middle volumes.The lack of bass and deeper sounds stick out. When played side-by-side with Sonos Move, Bose sounds underpowered and hollow.I found Bose’s “360° sound” to sound the same regardless of your position relative to the speaker, while indoors.If you don’t know the price or what other speakers in this market sound like, you’ll be happy. It doesn’t have much bass, but no one will complain about the sound and 70% volume can fill a room nicely. While indoors and under 70% volume, Bose provides crisp vocals and a pleasant overall sound.Bose Portable makes sense at $199, but the $349 price is confusing given the sound quality from the competition. The quality gets worse as the volume increases, and it’s brutal outside. Summary: It sounds fine under 70% volume while indoors, but it lacks bass.
SONOS ROAM V MOVE BLUETOOTH

Five has three tweeters and three woofers compared to Move’s one woofer and one tweeter. Five’s sound is crisper with a better punch from the bass, and it sounds better as you add more volume.
SONOS ROAM V MOVE FOR ANDROID
I won’t miss that process, and the new Auto Trueplay works for Android users too. Auto Trueplay is a huge step forward from the original Trueplay, which had to be manually configured each time you moved your speaker by waving your phone around the room as laser sounds blast in your ears. Trueplay is subtle, but you can hear the difference in the sound after 45 seconds if you decide to carry the Move to a new location.

The vocals are crisp, and the bass is there when the songs need it but never takes over. Summary: Sonos Move sounds like its Sonos siblings by keeping the sound well-balanced.

Want to learn how I reached this conclusion? Read on to see the detailed breakdown of sound quality, user-friendliness, and design that informed my overall impression. Bose Portable Home is a solid speaker, but it’s overpriced for what you get. After three weeks of testing, I determined Sonos Move is the better-sounding speaker and has superior software.
