
To this end, iZotope created the Tonal Balance Control plug-in, which allows you to visualize spectral information in a unique way, and also serve as a remote control for Ozone and Neutron packages throughout the session. Understanding the work of the plugin will help get rid of the imperfect environment in which you listen to the project, and speed up the process of mixing and mastering. A common example of a mix that shows poor track balance control is when you don’t hear vocals, so you resort to an increase in volume (which increases the level of low frequencies and it puts pressure on your ears).

(For more details about our Speaker protocol, click here.) The Sonos Five falls into the Advanced category of devices in the DXOMARK Speaker rankings.Tonal Balance is designed to display the interaction of frequencies among themselves and is the main analyzer for mixing music. Note that we evaluate playback using only the device’s built-in hardware. This article highlights the most important results of our testing.

In this review, we will break down how it fared at audio playback in a variety of tests and several common use cases. We put the Sonos Five through our rigorous DXOMARK Wireless Speaker test suite. Trueplay, the device’s ability to adapt to its acoustic environment, is still available via the Sonos (iOS) app. The multi-room pioneering company chose the same architecture as for the Play:5: three high-excursion woofers and three tweeters along the top of the device - including two side-firing tweeters - powered by six Class-D amplifiers. As for audio, the revamped speaker promises studio-quality sound with deep bass, crisp high-end response, and an ultra-wide sound stage. The Five thus replaced the popular Play:5 model with a refreshed design, increased memory and processing power, Bluetooth Low Energy compatibility, and a more stable and powerful Wi-Fi connection. Last June, Sonos gave its largest and first all-in-one wireless smart speaker an update.
