Denon Home HEOS Built-in 150 Wireless Speaker Model, Black

This little speaker, the Denon Home 150, has great sound overall. I do use the EQ to fine tune the sound. The placement setting is useful as well. I compared it to the current Amazon Echo Studio. The Studio had decent bass but the midrange was terrible. Returned it. Then I compared it to the WiiM Sound. The Denon sounded better, more refined. Wiim software is great though. Returned the WiiM. Tested against the new Bluesound Pulse Flex. The Flex was quite good, but the Denon was still better sounding. Returned the Bluesound. The Denon also sounds better than the Sonos equivalents and also the Denon is compatible with higher-resolution audio. The next thing ( in a few months) will be to compare it to the new Denon Home 200 and keep that one if it is better sounding. The HEOS software has its issues. Although recent software and firmware updates have improved its usability. I think I had to install the speaker using 2.5G Wifi and then once everything was set up, switch to 5G Wifi. I do have a Denon receiver in my main listening system, so I can play source music from the main system and stream through the HEOS setup and listen on the Home 150 in another room upstairs. The one downside for me was that it is not compatible with AIFF files. The workaround is file transcoding to WAV. My music server transcodes to WAV and the Bubble UPnP app works with the setting on the server. I use the UAPP (USB Audio Player Pro) app to stream FLAC, WAV or DSD from my server or phone. I only use the HEOS app when I want to stream from Amazon HD or in the scenario described above.

I liked the speaker so much, I bought another one to make a stereo pair. We use it with our Apple TV and with AirPlay and the Heos app. The fact that it has an Aux input was important, the USB input is a bonus. Very versatile! The shipping is unbelievably SLOW! With the first one I thought it was just the holiday season slowing it down. The second one was no quicker. One star taken away due to snail like shipping! It is otherwise a 5 star product. UPDATE: We have purchased a subwoofer to go with to the speaker’s and it REALLY improved the sound. We were happy with the stereo pairing but it lacked some low end bass. The subwoofer changed everything and the two speakers sound much bigger now. We have since added another Denon Home 150 as well as a Denon Home 250 for other rooms in the house. The Denon Home 250 sounds fantastic on its own and really suits a medium sized room. It has made for a great whole home system and doesn’t have some of the drawbacks that it’s competitors have ie: Most Sonos speakers don’t support: Bluetooth, USB or Line In and charge a subscription to use streaming services through the Sonos app. Shipping is much faster now too!

First, I don't think they're worth the $249 list price, but the price for new units often drops anywhere from $169 to $189 on Amazon which are the two prices I bought my 4 units for. Setup is easy, although each time I immediately had to run a firmware update which takes quite a long time and always failed the first time which was a little annoying. After that, they worked great and I really do think the sound quality for the size is very good. I love the multi-device sharing feature which is easy to do (and un-do). We often have 2 or 3 of our 4 speakers linked together so you have seamless music as you walk from one room to another. There is also the ability to link 2 units as a, "stereo pair", which I've done but I'm not sure if I like them better that way, or not paired. My only gripe is that is that some features are only accessible via the HEOS app and not through the specific music app you're using. For instance, I can launch music on the speakers directly from Spotify (w/o opening the HEOS app) and it plays in the combination of rooms I have previously combined, but if I try to stream music from my Apple Music app, it doesn't recognize the room combinations, unless I first open the HEOS app and launch it that way. Navigating through the HEOS app is also a bit unintuitive but eventually you figure out how to get to everything. Overall, we are very happy with the Home 150 Speakers

Just received my second Denon home 150 speaker and paired it with the old one. I spent some time thinking between the option with two 150’s vs single 250 or 350 and decided to order the smaller speakers. They work very well in pair and sound phenomenal for this form factor and price. The bass is deep and speaker body resonates well. The good quality music source on selected platforms will make these speakers even better. Overall I am happy with my purchase except the price paid for the second unit. It seems that Denon decided to push the 250 and 350 models and no special discount on the 150 version.

Esta bocina la compre para susituir una Sonos ONE que no cumplió con mis expectativas, sobre todo porque la Sonos no tiene bluetooth y esta sí. Yo estaba buscando una bocina para poder conectarla a mi espacio de trabajo ya que yo disfruto mucho de la música mientras laboro así como ver videos de youtube, poder tener el audio de las reuniones virtuales, música de youtube music y spotify, entre otros .La instalación fue muy sencilla, el sonido es increible (mejor que la sonos desde mi punto de vista) y ahora si tengo un equipo en el cuál puedo disfrutar todo lo que yo necesito (cosa que con la Sonos no se podía desde la laptop). Estoy super contento de tenerla y sin pensarlo compraría otra más. La configuración de Alexa también fue muy rápido. Si bien es cierto costó mas cara y tardo una semana en llegar, sin pensarlo compraría otra (espero hacerlo en un futuro no muy lejano.