Move over SONOS ! Sonus faber OMNIA wireless speaker REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- This is my video review for the NEW Sonus faber Omnia All in One Wireless Speaker system that you can play music from Tidal, Spotify or other services using Chrome Cast Airplay Bluetooth and more. Its a very lovely thing and sounds much much bigger and better than I was expecting and it made me question the difference between this and a HiFi system. It filled my room with sound in a similar fashion to how a hiFi system would and it plays very loud with lots of good bass and composure and clarity to its sound. Its a really very surprising unit in terms of the sound it can deliver.
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I make price comparisons to the Omnia in the video to the
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Also the Naim Muso 2 www.naimaudio.com/mu-so
JBL L75MS
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0:00 Intro
2:04 OMNIA
7:57 Sound Quality
14:541 Negatives
15:40 Final Thoughts
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The HiFi System used for this review
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Power IsoTek EVO 3 Titan
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Honestly, one of the best audio equipment reviews I have ever seen. Well done.
Thank you for your candid and critical review. Honesty is hard to come by these days. Stay awesome.
I have the B&o stage and a lot of what you said in this review I can relate to that. I have a relatively decent stereo/ home cinema set up in one of my rooms but also appreciate stuff like this being reviewed by people like you 👍
I have the original Naim Muso which I used as my speaker setup while I built my system (which took 4 years). I was surprised how good this kind of solution is, but the area it fell flat was imaging and soundstage. But for a convenience system in the kitchen or bedroom I think they're fantastic.
Outstanding as always Terry. Having owned a Bose SoundDock 10 for over a decade I am intrigued by the Omnia. Obviously neither would replace a dedicated 2 channel stereo system but for rooms where you don't have or can't put a 2 channel system, these are viable options. My old Bose still sounds great and currently rocks my main bathroom quite well (See AUSSIE's comment below). Keep up the great work.
Poor comparison with 500 Watt omnia with 150
watt sounddock is inappropriate...
Hi Terry, really interesting to get a review of a superb looking, great sounding all-in-one product like this. It's good to know these products exist, and can be an entertaining alternative in any room. From a marketing perspective, which came first, the Sonus Faber Omnia, or the (just-add-speakers) Audiolab Omnia ? Cheers, Paul.
🤗👍THANKS TERRY FOR THIS REVIEW…HELPING US TO APPRECIATE THE ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY
AND POSSIBLY THE PRETTIEST THING TO COME OUT OF ITALY…since a young Sofia Lauren 😁😍😍😍
the best technologies are from the past in audio...rhese are toys
@@markussukram9290 there is nothing "old" that could create a sound like this does. Its not intended to compete with large speakers its designed to stand out in this product category.
How you compare it with naim mu-so 2?
Grabbed one in black. But hey can you put stuff on top? Like headphone amp? Thanks.
How does this compare to the Naim muso-2 as they are priced around the same. I’ve heard the Muso-2 and enjoyed it. Does the Omnia present a more all around soundstage?
How would Omnia compare to sub £5k seperare system possibly consisting of SF lumina speakers and Naim all in one streamer?
I can find myself in the things you say. Greetings from Holland
Hi, how do you change the loudness maximizer? if I try to increase or decrease via the app the line doesn't move... thanks!!
The lower mid range is full ? Most of these speakers seems to have a lack body when you talk about vocals. Like the JBLs for example
Thanks!
Thanks very much very kind of you
I was quite intrigued by the iFi audio Aurora. I ended up buying one I think they run for about 1700 US and it's a great piece in my Bedroom with great sound and great convenience. Oddly enough sometimes I get to where I don't really want to turn on my hifi but I noticed with the aurora it's always playing something
It has great sound. Very natural sounding, especially great for acoustics. Bass can be good given a good source. There’s no extra “oomph” to its rendition, but very clear, crisp and honest.
Very iffy design implementation - usb is mostly useless (did you manage to get the sd card to run consistently?) and the tube, while very cool for its warm sounds, is a possible headache. How will you get that replaced? Where do you take it? Then again, I guess by that time warranty would be expired anyway, so opening and voiding should not be an issue.
Right there are some design considerations to consider and overall for me personally my opinion on build quality is that it's acceptable for the money paid. have I seen better built objects, yes but at the same time I think for the custom design and the look of the thing which was a big thing for me and the space that I was wanting to put it I I'm quite happy with it. to be honest with you I typically use it in a Bluetooth type configuration and I haven't really used a whole lot of its inputs.
In that way that I use it it sounds fantastic and I don't really think about it sound quality aspect as much as I do with my hi-fi just because I suppose I'm not expecting all that much out of it so therefore I don't really think about it. that said though your description would be apt, but I would add that the bass can be a bit bloated to me more of what I call a modern sound to appeal to young people.
as to the tube replacement I don't necessarily see that being an issue per se just because I had actually contacted them about tube replacement as sort of a general question. anyway they told me that it's a preamp tube so it's used very sparingly and very lightly and they also said that furthermore it's running at about 3/4 of its input capacity, so therefore the life out of that thing is ridiculous. I mean we're probably talking over a decade or two
@@Audiorevue really? That’s strange: I really didn’t feel the bass bloated at all! Quite natural and pleasing, actually. If anything, far from what the young want and look for. What music do you listen to? I find it best with Jazz and Classical. Also, what source? Bluetooth is not at all bad on this, though I think WiFi is audibly better. Why don’t you set a server? You know the thing is dlna/UPnP so it’s fairly straightforward. One issue in implementation, again, is limitation to the 2.4 band, but I don’t know whether that’s an issue for you.
Yes, I believe it’s 100,000 hrs for tube life expectancy. That’s a lot of time, as you say, but still, many people use speakers which are even older than that, so it’s still a potential annoyance. I wouldn’t want to end with a brick, but by then the warranty will have expired anyway, so it should be easy to replace.
Excellent review 🙏 thx
"If you are a normal person" 😂 brilliant stuff‼️
It's looks like the 'A&R Cambridge A60' 👍 however much nicer 😊
Maybe if I had a boat 🛥️ would be nice to have.
I always appreciate it when at least one person gets the humour 😀
I sort of like it but that digestive biscuit brown color on the top panel looks horrible . Black with the led lights would be much better imo , great vid mate 👍
They have a graphite finish model too, thanks
@@PursuitPerfectSystem graphite would look great . I think you were genuinely supprised by this product mate , It showed on ya face at the end . 🖖
@@stevengarner8524 i think graphite under a tv would be spot on i think the wood is more furniture like and its obviously quite matchy matchy on top of a hifi rack but i think in a normal home it would look nice
You mentioned the bass. But your room looks highly treated. How does it sound in an untreated room which is more likely usage case for single box speakers such as this?
No-one can tell you exactly how anything will sound in any given room because they are all different and sound hinges so much on speaker placement in the room too which is always different again. However for bass if you place the OMNIA somewhere sensible it puts out a lot of bass and that will be the same as in my room, how tight and controlled that bass is will be room dependent, because of the room not the OMNIA
Thanks, Terry, for the great review of the Omnia. Truth is, I've seen one advertised on Audiogone...I would have bought it, but, as an Israeli resident, I couldn't...the seller won't ship it to my country. There's a distributor of SF in Israel, I do hope they will import it. Just like you can't but admire SF's 'speakers, I'm very impressed with the Omnia!
Im glad they didn't send it.
Terry, I think next time, wipe the coke off the speaker 😎🤣🤣
Con you connect CD player ?
yes
The big question and i hope to receive an answer: Is this speaker good in low volume listening in a small bedroom?
I think Crescendo allows for that as well, plus loudness setting in the Omnia app, keeping the tonal picture accurate for listening at low volumes. Usually, all-in-one systems are much better at that than "separate components hifi systems".
Great video. Audiophiles might still want a lifestyle product for other rooms in the house than a listening room. What I'm interested is how the Omnia or Naim Muso could be improved with expensive power and network cables. I was recently present in a demo by Shunyata showing their diffrent lines of power cables and conditioners with all in one super-integrated Naim Unity Nova. The result were striking. The Nova improved drastically in all aspects with each step in the Shunyata product line. Bigger improvement than any other component I've heard. A single cable drasticaly improves the amplifier section as well as the build in steamer and dac section all at once. Do you have any good power cable around to test with? The Omnia with expensive power cable could be a good solution for an audiophile with cost less of an object than space and lifestyle considerations (read girlfriend approval requirement). What do you think Terry?
This uses a figure 8 cable and I dont have any of them but I was powering it from an Isotek Titan because why not
Naim muso2 vs Sonys omnia
still best in 2023?
Oi! What's them white things poking out your wall, is them some kind of modern art or summat?
Re: sound tests on speakers: hould be using the same music for all speakers.
Did you try it on a speaker stand ?
No becuase it would have needed something large and solid between them like a piece of wood which was no different really to using the hifi rack
It's probably good enough for sound from your phone / tablet etc, but not good enough for full on studio monitor sound quality that you get from a pair of ATC SCM ASL loudspeakers. Then just as the warranty runs out, it will break down.
Its not going to compete with full on high end speakers and amplifier although it might deliver as much bass, maybe even more bass than some of the smaller ATC. But compared to a smaller pair of entry level speakers it will hold its own and when you think about that its pretty crazy
Bedroom or kitchen speaker.
Great for that but its worth more than just that
I’ve wasted less money on more useless things than this. This could be good to have in the family room or the billiard room, heck I could even build a shelf in the toilet to sit it on and be listening to some Jazz favourites while I’m pooping 🔉
looks like a DIY fruit bowl. with a lid
Everyone should only wear headphones if in an apartment.
Someone else's noise is horrible.
95% of reviews for this product is nothing more than regurgitation of the spec sheet and marketing brochure. Why not put a mic to it and let us hear what the speaker sounds like? That would be far more useful.
Check my community page the post called "curse of the sound demo" explains why. If you want to hear it get off your ass and go to a store
@@PursuitPerfectSystem My ass is not near a store that carries it. In fact, in my part of the world, almost all high-end stores are online. While a mic demo may not be 100%, it still gives a better idea of how the speaker may perform vs. reading the spec sheet. Only a few other respected reviewers do this and it certainly gives an idea of how one brand may compare to another. As an example, the guitar industry does this, it seems to work just fine for them.
@@worldwide1376 none of the main respected reviewers on UA-cam do it. I have made about 500 sound demo videos but i explained why I stopped in my community post called curse of the sound demo video. Ask your preferred dealer to do one for you or have a home trial. They are who your business will go to. As far as I can tell your not a patreon to my channel where I would see thos as a reasonable request
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Answer your final question I think 🤔 IMHHO this could help turn many normal 😁people into an audiophile and has a GREAT WAF 👩🦰
what's "WAF"?
@@CheekyFest Wife’s Approval Factor 😁if’s applicable
Yes very much so i agree