Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsAmazing sound from small, portable speakers
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2020
I ordered these because I'm working from home all the time now (like many people) and my favorite work area was one of the few in the house with no decent audio. Our Sonos Play 5 has been extremely frustrating with its wifi dropout issues; evidently they're well known for poor performance with anything other than strong wifi, which I wish I had known before I bought them. Anyhow, I wanted the C10 but couldn't find one in stock anywhere, and thus took a chance on the "lesser" C5. If I had paid attention to the measurements and realized how small it is I wouldn't have ordered it, and that would have been a huge mistake! The sound is amazing and the features are excellent, including built-in Bluetooth. It has EQ features which I've played with a bit but ended up leaving at defaults because that sounds great; at first I thought it was a little boomy and needed less bass but I've changed my mind. Our wifi is worse on the first floor than I realized, and the C5 will drop occasionally, but unlike the Play 5 it doesn't lose its mind and refuse to ever play anything again -- it just picks up again when it can, usually in a few seconds. However, when I do carry it down to the first floor I use Bluetooth instead of wifi, thanks to the dropout, and it's flawless. I'm pretty sure there's a C10 in my future, perhaps replacing the Sonos. I know there are features on the C5 I haven't even explored (presets, Spotify connectivity, inputs I don't need, ...). I'm well and truly sold on Audio Pro.
