![]() ![]() Looking for a party speaker with plenty of boom and lots of tish? That's the sound that informed the Beats range of headphones, and that's what the SoundStage S1 gives you. Monster says it will add the ability to set up speakers entirely within the Android app later this year. In our testing the iOS version worked OK, but the Android app required some circuitous setups via the Chrome browser. If your router doesn't support WPS, you'll have to use the manual setup routine. The easiest way to set up the system is to use the WPS button on your router if you have one. Strangely, the AllPlay Jukebox application doesn't allow you to add speakers to the system, so you'll need to start with the Monster SoundStage app. There's no mention of native Pandora support at this stage, but Monster suggests using Bluetooth for unsupported apps. It also supports other services within the AllPlay app including DLNA, Rhapsody, Napster and iHeartRadio, with Tidal and SoundCloud forthcoming. The S1 will also play Spotify Connect for easy access to your music without leaving the Spotify app. Monster is also one of the first companies to combine multiroom and Bluetooth successfully: pair your phone to one AllPlay speaker and then stream it to all of the other speakers in the house. Its competitors include the other open standard, Play-Fi and Sonos' closed ecosystem. AllPlay is an open streaming standard which offers integration of numerous streaming apps as well as allowing users to play music from different devices within the home network. The S1 offers a number of different connectivity options, with the two big ones being Bluetooth and Qaulcomm AllPlay. ![]() ![]() Monster doesn't include power specifications, but this small speaker is capable of going much louder than most other speakers at this price point. Unlike the Sonos Play:1, he SoundStage S1 is a stereo speaker that features dual 3-inch drivers in addition to a passive oval bass driver at the rear of the unit. ![]()
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