I smell trouble....

[manicm]

For both Apple and Sonos. If you're primarily an Apple Music user, you NEED Sonos, and vice versa. It may not be incestuous relationship, but a transactional one most definitely. WiiM have released two highly significant and symbolic (excuse the relationship pun again) products - a small subwoofer, and a smart speaker, which can turn the WiiM Ultra into a satisfactory AV hub.

That immoral relationship between Sonos and Apple is under notice from where I stand, because WiiM are just getting warmed up. There's nothing stopping them from launching a soundbar now, and and and, etc etc etc. The horizon is infinite now. Surely they will dabble in Dolby Atmos too.

A reminder - Sonos does neither Tidal nor Spotify Connect, you're forced to use the Sonos app for the equivalent. And Sonos does not do high res streaming because of its resolution limit.

https://www.whathifi.com/speakers/apple-homepod-2-vs-wiim-sound-whats-the-difference-between-these-two-smart-speakers

 

[James105]

For both Apple and Sonos. If you're primarily an Apple Music user, you NEED Sonos, and vice versa. It may not be incestuous relationship, but a transactional one most definitely. WiiM have released two highly significant and symbolic (excuse the relationship pun again) products - a small subwoofer, and a smart speaker, which can turn the WiiM Ultra into a satisfactory AV hub.

That immoral relationship between Sonos and Apple is under notice from where I stand, because WiiM are just getting warmed up. There's nothing stopping them from launching a soundbar now, and and and, etc etc etc. The horizon is infinite now. Surely they will dabble in Dolby Atmos too.

A reminder - Sonos does neither Tidal nor Spotify Connect, you're forced to use the Sonos app for the equivalent. And Sonos does not do high res streaming because of its resolution limit.

https://www.whathifi.com/speakers/apple-homepod-2-vs-wiim-sound-whats-the-difference-between-these-two-smart-speakers

I've been using airplay for multi room streaming around the house for 17 years and I've never owned a sonos speaker or a HomePod for that matter.

Note I said multi room, I use tidal connect for single room or roon. Roon, Bluesound, or airplay for multi room. Airplay works across multiple brands.

 

[Shrek]

I use Apple but no Sonos. Mainly Apple TV /Music/Mac works seamlessly with my other kit.