Are there any good European alternatives to the American Sonos speakers? I currently have a Sonos soundbar and two speakers, that I have setup as a surround system.

Is this something an alternative is able to do? Preferably it would be nice if you could play music from the phone to the speakers as well.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Genelec is a Finnish company that manufactures high quality loudspeakers that are used by music studios, radio stations, orchestras, etc. around the world. Their home speakers are active (no need for a separate amplifier), quite compact and the subwoofers support 5.1 audio. Genelec's speakers aren't exactly cheap, but they're definitely a good alternative.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Triangle is french and is quite good 😊

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

Thanks, but I think my wife would kill me, if I placed such big speakers in the living room 😅

[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago

Check out Teufel from Berlin, 🇩🇪

e.g. https://teufel.de/cinebar-lux-surround-50-set-107000910

[–] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Sennheiser might be something to Check out (from Germany). I have only used headphones from Sennheiser so far but all headphones I ever had sounded really really good (for me). So I'm guessing their soundbar System is a really dezent one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

Ruark makes incredible stuff.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

I think I've heard of people using their existing Sonos devices with Home Assistant. I'm usually wrong, but if I'm not this time, it could be a good route.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Nubert makes good speakers both active and passiv.