Sonos Actions Questioned As Competitors Deliver Superior Speakers

Struggling network sound company, Sonos, who many at CES 2020 believe are facing a grim future as they hang onto a proprietary operating system, are now suing Google in a bizarre move that experts claim could be a grab for settlement money.

The market for networked sound is booming, and at CES, we have seen several new products from brands such as Denon – with their 24bit speakers with Heos built-in, as well as new products from Harman Kardon, which sound significantly superior to what Sonos is delivering today.

Shortly, Australia will see a stylish new speaker from European company Braun, which is not only 24-bit, but looks significantly more appealing than Sonos’ offering.

The problem for Sonos is that brands such as Google and Amazon are selling in a month what Sonos sell in a year, and this is hurting the US-based sound company, who since they first appeared at CES in 2005 with a box called the Digital Music Machine, have struggled to make a profit despite the company having little, if any, competition in the networked speaker market.

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