WOOT!
OK, my .02.
I originally planned to use these for TTS, and now. Not so much.
I find them to sound a bit more like my Play:3 than a Play:1, and while they don't have as large a dynamic range as a 3 or 5, they sound quite excellent, with a noticibly better bass punch than the 1's.
I have a fairly open plan family room, with a Play:5 and two Symfonisks all along one wall spaced 8+ feet apart. There are two distinct "seating" areas in the room, so now, wherever you sit, two speakers are to the left and right of your sitting space. Grouped together and playing the same track, they sound fantastic when set to the same volume level.
Are they Play:5 or Amp quality? No. I'd say they are a little muddier than a Play:5 and Amp or Connect are very dependent on the music source and your speakers, so that's impossible to rate.
For my purpose (relaxing music while I read or do home automation stuff) they're perfect. And the WAF is stratospheric.
The Play:1 is getting relgated to TTS duties, and at $99 each, I expect a few Play:1's might be getting retired, or relegated to the adult children that periodically darken my doorstep....
No regrets on this purchase.
S.
