Denon Home 250 Wireless Smart Speaker, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, AirPlay 2, Google Assistant, Siri, Alexa Built-In, HEOS Multiroom - Black

At the time of purchase the Denon 250 was retailing at £449 from Denon and Currys.Not sure I'd pay that for it but having got it new from Amazon for £349 I'm more than happy with the price and it's performance.Overall a nice sound. Set up was easy.I have it wired direct to my router, so that may have helped make set up a breeze.The Heos app takes a bit of getting used to.

As a purchaser of Denon products in the past, I wasn't at all surprised by the quality of my latest acquisition. Having lived with the speaker for over a week, this is a really easy 5 stars. Sounds great, looks great and integrates with our Alexa devices perfectly. Really love the quick select buttons for our favourite radio stations. I'll be adding more around the house for sure. Very happy.

I bought this as my main speaker for a room. It works very well. I like the look, the sound, how it is used. There are however some issues, which I would have preferred to know before purchasing:- I have all my music stored in MS cloud. The app, which you have to use to play the music does not allow a connection to cloud.- When I play music from my phone connected via Bluetooth, it keeps cracking ... I would say about every few seconds.- When playing music from my phone, it does not recognize my playlists from the phone - really annoying.I am impressed with the selection of radio stations in the app, which I listen to regularly.

Brilliant product for the price. Sounds great and looks good. Lightweight for easy moving between rooms.

When you finally get this thing set up, the sound is great. But you need a lot of patience and some technical knowledge to get there.My 3 reasons for regretting buying it:1. The Bluetooth is the wrong type and is not fit for purpose2. It doesn't work "out of the box"3. You need to be an expert if you want to use it with YouTube etcAt £450, I think I can reasonably expect all of the above to be just fine. They are not.Bluetooth has been around for about 20 years, and I have never, ever had an issue. I didn't even know there were different types. However, the Bluetooth on the denon is the wrong type and suffers from interference and drop-outs. It is not a "fault" or a quality problem, it is just the wrong spec. I finally resolved it by using a fixed AUX cable and abandoning the Bluetooth altogether. Hey - we're back to the 90s!At this price, it should work out of the box. It doesn't - you have to wait for software updates, awkward configurations and spend time on forums and expert sites. It is helpful if you are a geek and an electrical engineer. As I am only a bit geeky and a mechanical engineer, it took me all weekend to get it set up.YouTube etc. Presumably, the people at denon look down on YouTube as having sound quality unworthy of their system. The under-developed and clunky heos app won't connect to it. You need some tech knowledge of a smart phone to trick it into working.I am sticking with it - I could send it back, but after all the effort and hard work I just can't be bothered. This has been my first experience with denon and I will be very surprised if it is not my last.

Bought one, within an hour of plugging it in i bought a second. Build and sound quality exceptional. I was very dubious as to whether having two would give me propper stereo, afterall how could it when each is self contained and no central amp or avc. Switched them both on and as if by magic two separate speakers start operating as stereo speakers with clear separation. Not cheap but I'd recommend getting two, the quality increases beyond x2, if you get my meaning.

I don't know if it's the system itself or airplay from Apple but it doesn't work properly all the time and can be very frustrating especially when you are using multi room speakers and they don't play in sync or the actions you do on your phone take 5 seconds to actually respond. definitely expected more from Denon

The media could not be loaded. I've had this since December, I had a normal echo and was constantly unimpressed with the sound quality as this became the main way of listening to music in the house.The sound quality is perfect on this for what we need. The bass is not overpowering like on some other Bluetooth speakers I've heard. A well balanced sound all round.The motion controlled light up buttons are a cool feature to show friends, but really you don't need them with voice control.