Sonos Play: (2013) vs V-MODA Remix (2017)

The Sonos Play:1 (2013) has managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and objective sources that conduct their own testing, namely Expert Reviews and nextpit.com. It did great in their roundups - it earned the "Ranked 2 out of 8" title from Expert Reviews, and "Ranked 3 out of 4" from nextpit.com, which marks it as a product that's worth considering.

As for the V-MODA Remix (2017), it was really well-received by reviewers at Tom's Guide, a reliable source that's known for conducting its own, high-quality, in-depth testing. It performed great in its "The best Bluetooth speakers in 2021" roundup and was named its "The best Bluetooth speaker for bass heads", which, on its own, makes it a product that warrants a closer look.

To get a better idea of how they fare when compared directly to each other, we analyzed review scores of sources that tested both. Pocket-lint, What Hi-Fi?, Head-fi, TechHive, and PCmag, for example, preferred the Sonos Play:1 (2013), while Digitaltrends rated both of them the same.

We also took a look at which sources had the best things to say about them. We learned that the Sonos Play:1 (2013) got reviewed the highest by Pocket-lint - it gave it a rating of 10, while the V-MODA Remix (2017) most impressed reviewers at Head-fi, which gave it a score of 9.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review ratings and observed that the Sonos Play:1 (2013), with its 8.8 average, performed considerably better than most Portable Bluetooth Speakers - the mean score for the product category being 7.6 out of 10 - while the V-MODA Remix (2017) managed an average of 7.2.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct Sonos Play:1 (2013) vs. V-MODA Remix (2017) review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.