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RE: Sky Soundbox - Initial review - Zappydev - 15-Nov-2017
Well - mine just arrived this morning. We shall see.
Update:
Installation < 5 minutes
No crackles or white noise so far
RE: Sky Soundbox - Initial review - rchinn - 23-Nov-2017
Guardian have just done a review:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/23/sky-soundbox-review-all-in-one-tv-speaker-volume?CMP=twt_a-technology_b-gdntech
RE: Sky Soundbox - Initial review - IanG-UK - 29-Apr-2018
I've just installed my Sky Soundbox which does not replace another one but can substitute for the speakers built in to my TV unit.
For me, a limitation of these soundboxes is that they generally sit centrally underneath the TV, so the centre of their sound source might be 20 inches below the centre of the TV screen. This is ok for things like sports commentary but is not too good for sitcoms or news where the speaking person is also on the screen. As well as synch issues, the voice just does not appear to come from its visual source.
With that limitation, the sound quality of the Sky Soundbox is ok and a bit more full range than one might get from the TV. Installation is easy; one can still switch between TV speakers and Soundbox speakers; the Soundbox unit is very neat and at a price of £250 or £300 it is defensible. At a "normal" price of £700 is does not stack up.
In their survey of soundboxes in Which? magazine online, the Sky Devialet unit scores a miserable 48% (top is 87% and available at £249) and comes 89th of a sample of 112. So its not up with the quality of the opposition and, in my view, not up with the Expert or the Phantom - but maybe it gets Devialet some brand exposure which it would not otherwise have. Though its exposure through Sky advertising so far seems almost non-existent.
RE: Sky Soundbox - Initial review - IanG-UK - 02-Jul-2018
Sky has certainly been pushing it hard for the last 4 - 6 weeks, at least on Sky Sports, presumably for the World Cup.
RE: Sky Soundbox - Initial review - midi - 25-Jul-2018
Has somebody compared the Sky Soundbox (for me 300 €) with the new Sonos Beam (for me 400 €) ?
RE: Sky Soundbox - Initial review - midi - 28-Sep-2018
No answer here, ok, I answer by myself:
I have both now - the Devialet Soundbox (DS) and the Sonos Beam (SB).
All over I prefer the DS. It has a much deeper bass and the voice reproduction is a litte bit clearer. The special DS/Sky Sound is a very nice add-on, if you are a Sky client. Only if the SB is supplemented with two Sonos One, the "surround" feeling is better with the SB/Sonos One.
The DS is very good deal, if you can get the DS as a Sky client für 299 €.
Sky Soundbox - Initial review - NAS1819 - 26-Aug-2021
(23-Nov-2017, 17:37)rchinn Wrote: Guardian have just done a review:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/23/sky-soundbox-review-all-in-one-tv-speaker-volume?CMP=twt_a-technology_b-gdntech
Nice
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