Denon Home 150 Wireless Smart Speaker – Compact Design, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth, HEOS Built-in, Alexa Built-in, Siri & AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect, Multi-Room Support, Black

cjarUnited States

Great Sound!

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.

T. BubernakUnited States

Great Sound Quality but a little clunky

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

Mario C.Mexico

Denon, una marca extraordinaria

No podía tomar mejor decisión. Esperé unos meses antes de dejar una reseña para que fuera lo más real y sincera posible. Mi equipo de sonido está formado por una Denon 350 y tres Denon 150. Estética sobria y elegante. Sonido envolvente, claro y con unos graves imponente (sobretodo la Denon 350). No conocía la marca Denon, y ahora no podría cambiarla por ninguna otra. Se puede armar un equipo con una Denon 350 y tres Denon 150, o simplemente tener unas cuatro Denon 150. Depende del espacio que uno tiene o del gusto musical. Si te gustan mucho los graves, sugiero tener por lo menos una Denon 350 y agregar las Denon 150, según el caso. Se descarga la App de Heos que te guía en la instalación de cada una de las bocinas. Proceso muy sencillo y rápido (unos 10/15 minutos para las cuatro bocinas). Desde la App se controla el volumen principal, los agudos y los graves de cada bocina. La misma App te notifica cuando hay actualizaciones disponibles. Se pueden conectar con cable (aux) o de manera inalámbrica (bluetooth), según el gusto o la necesidad. Funcionan perfectamente también con tocadiscos (aux o bluetooth). En mi opinión dos bocinas son suficientes para un ambiente pequeño (de 15/20 M2) y cuatro bocinas para un ambiente más amplio. Satisfecho 100%, altamente recomendable.

J. KritzmanUnited States

Multi-room music for a much better value than Sonos

We listen to a lot of music. The problem is our record player, TV, and the rest of our home theater was in the main living room but we spend a lot of time in the kitchen as well. Our Echo Dot was no longer cutting it, and you really couldn't sync music between rooms. Denon boasted that their HEOS system would work flawlessly across devices so we decided to try out the Home 150. I can honestly say, I'm blown away with the quality, sound, and ease of use. Since we already had our AVR setup on WiFi, and already had the HEOS app, all we had to do was have our phones locate the speaker and sync with the system. The main feature that I didn't think would work well, was putting on a record in one room, and being able to listen to it in multiple rooms at the same time. This speaker does just that with barely any noticeable syncing issues or lag. The built in Alexa also made the update from the Echo seamless as we use Alexa's features quite often. Normally I'm someone too that has to sit and tinker with a speaker or setup to get it to sound right and honestly, no adjustments needed as long as you follow the instructions during first time use. I highly reccomend this to anyone that is already in the Denon ecosystem and doesn't want to pay the inflated prices for Sonos.