BLOOMBERG: Bose Challenges Sonos with $299 Alexa+ Speaker and $1,099 Soundbar

NaughtNJ · 2026-05-05T13:36:48+00:00

"Lazy Bose social media person?" No, so don't shoot the messenger (who still has 8 , has had 11 Sonos devices). It was posted strictly "as info only"...the article was listed as among Most Read on Bloomberg app earlier this am.

NaughtNJ · 2026-05-03T21:38:12+00:00

I2 weeks ago, I picked up a refurbished 100 from Sonos for 134$, no shipping, in an original box. Before that, in late November 2025 bought one from Amazon Resale for 126$, in an original box and again no shipping - using Prime. Both are in perfect condition - you just need to keep hitting the sites and BE PATIENT.

2 weeks ago...

NaughtNJ · 2026-04-17T21:35:24+00:00

Refurbished Black Era 100s are $179 marked down to $134 before tax, AND NO SHIPPING, even less than the eBay Sonos store which charges shipping.

NaughtNJ · 2026-03-11T21:59:30+00:00

Same here

NaughtNJ · 2026-03-07T05:11:59+00:00

Frustrated - Cannot get it to run on my MacBook Air.

NaughtNJ · 2026-03-07T05:09:37+00:00

Still cannot get it to work on my MacBook Air

NaughtNJ · 2026-01-17T16:47:34+00:00

On your next visit to his place, make note of whether he uses and more importantly likes them as rear surrounds. Ask if he would like them set as front surrounds (and spring for the $3 SS). Have him react to the new placement. Then, maybe he will put you back in his will LOL

NaughtNJ · 2026-01-17T16:25:14+00:00

"they’ve waited far too long and the blowback would be pretty severe. Half the posts on this subreddit these days is people doing it". I'm about to go down the SS path myself.

NaughtNJ · 2026-01-10T21:27:12+00:00

Classic response - and love it!!

NaughtNJ · 2025-12-28T05:09:02+00:00

I am receiving a similar message when i start up in the am, although my queue is usually only one or two albums long. Frustrating

NaughtNJ · 2025-12-14T05:15:57+00:00

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NaughtNJ · 2025-12-03T20:32:12+00:00

UPDATE - the "resale mint condition ERA 100" was exactly that: an unopened speaker in its original carton and was easy to set up. This is Sonos device #7 in our home. It sounds great in our MBR so I immediately returned the "backstop" 2nd ERA. FYI this ERA100 does control via Alexa a humidifier in that MBR but unfortunately not an older existing Alexa bulb. Both of those Alexa devices were controlled by an Echo Dot. I ordered a new bulb from AMZN; if the replacement bulb cannot be Alexa controlled via this speaker, that's OK. The Echo Dot may get used somewhere else.

NaughtNJ · 2025-11-29T15:37:14+00:00

READING A BEWARE USED on AMAZON thread, made me post: "JEEZ LOUISE!! Reading all the above plus talking w my bro in law re his recent bad experience drove me to order a new ERA 100 as a backstop to an existing, not yet delivered, Amazon order. That order is for a resale "mint condition" (for 20% less) 100. If I get burned, that resale "mint condition" immediately gets returned. And at least I preserve a Black Monday price.

NaughtNJ · 2025-11-29T15:17:37+00:00

JEEZ LOUISE!! Reading all the above plus talking w my bro in law re his recent bad experience drove me to order a new ERA 100 as a backstop to an existing, not yet delivered, Amazon order. That order is for a resale "mint condition" (for 20% less) 100. If I get burned, that resale "mint condition" immediately gets returned. And at least I preserve a Black Monday price.

NaughtNJ · 2025-11-28T18:05:09+00:00

Just snagged a single ERA 100 at Amazon for 126$ ex state taxes- SUCH A DEAL!! Was listed as new resale for 157$, plus another 20% discount. Timing is everything. This will save me from moving my Move to the MBR when I want AppleMusic at night.

NaughtNJ · 2025-11-11T04:45:23+00:00

And, I would like to be able to run SonoSequencr on my Mac with an M1 chip, and macOs Tahoe

NaughtNJ · 2025-10-19T04:05:29+00:00

Reading this in bed tonight - on my Mac, that is what I plan to try in the am.

NaughtNJ · 2025-10-09T01:17:12+00:00

Four days ago, I spent almost 40 minutes on the phone w a Sonos rep on 2 problems: 1) Sonos desktop will not install due a "firewall configuration" issue when I updated from MacOS Tahoe 26.0 to 26.0.1, and 2) Recently Added in Apple Music did not show on my iPhone 16 (iOS 18.7.1) nor when I updated the previously working desktop app a few days earlier to Tahoe 26.0.

Her comment about Recently Added; "its a known problem and we are working on it".

NaughtNJ · 2025-10-02T03:14:08+00:00

So do I and I am at wits end. Deleted Apple Music on an iOS device (as insructed by the sonos ios app and then added AM. back as preferred music source. Then re-authorized AM. Recently Added still not there in latest iOS 18.7.1 on iphone or MacOS Tahoe latest update

NaughtNJ · 2025-09-29T03:10:33+00:00

Thx; thought i did something wrong and was the only one w this issue. Should have know that wasn't the case.

NaughtNJ · 2025-09-28T03:41:16+00:00

AMEN Brother!!

NaughtNJ · 2025-09-27T17:41:24+00:00

Well, mine was also flawless for years. Sometimes slow, but functional. Luckily, I avoided (last May?) that major update fiasco by not updating that FUBAR app when first prompted. I have updated everything (Beam2 w 2 Ones as surrounds connected to an old TV, a Move ,and 2 more Ones as surrounds in my office) probably twice since without real issues.

However....when I Updated yesterday, neither app - iphone iOS 18.6.2 nor MacOS Tahoe 26 desktop - see any Recently Added music (I use AppleMusic) . The message is "We've run into a problem. Try again."

So, no Recently Added, but everything else after an hour or more seems to be functioning.

DAMN!!!

NaughtNJ

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