Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin vs Sonos Five

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Zeppelin compared with Five

	Bowers & WilkinsZeppelin	SonosFive
Overview
Released
Released	October 2021	June 2020
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	–	Stereo lying flat; mono upright
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	Two 25 mm double-dome tweeters, two 90 mm FST midrange drivers and a 150 mm subwoofer	Three tweeters (one centre, two angled) and three midwoofers, in a sealed cabinet
Amplifiers
Amplifiers	240 W in total	Six class-D digital amplifiers
Frequency response
Frequency response	35 Hz – 24 kHz	–
Room tuning
Room tuning	Digital signal processing with Dynamic EQ	Trueplay (iOS device required); bass, treble and loudness adjustable in the Sonos app
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Yes	No
AirPlay
AirPlay	Yes	Yes
HDMI eARC
HDMI eARC	No	–
Voice assistants
Voice assistants	Alexa	None
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	–	802.11a/b/g/n, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0; aptX Adaptive, AAC and SBC	–
Ports
Ports	USB-C for service only	3.5 mm line-in; 10/100 Ethernet
Streaming
Streaming	AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect; Deezer, Qobuz and TIDAL through the Bowers & Wilkins Music app	Apple AirPlay 2; direct control from apps such as Spotify and TIDAL; Sonos Radio
Multi-room
Multi-room	–	Groups with other Sonos products over Wi-Fi; two make a stereo pair, upright or lying flat
App
App	Bowers & Wilkins Music app	Sonos app (iOS and Android)
Design
Weight
Weight	6.5 kg	6.3 kg (better)
Controls
Controls	–	Capacitive touch controls (play, pause, skip, replay, volume) that adapt to orientation
Microphones
Microphones	–	None
Mounting
Mounting	Pedestal stand with dimmable ambient light; optional wall bracket	–
Size
Size	650 × 210 × 194 mm (W × H × D)	203 × 364 × 154 mm (H × W × D)
Colours
Colours	Midnight Grey, Pearl Grey	Black, White
In the box
In the box	–	Five, power cable (2 m), documentation