Denon Home 150

The Denon Home 150 is an interesting attempt at a hi-fi smart speaker, but it satifies neither ambition.

-- As reviewed by PCMag
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Product details

  • THE SUPERB WIRELESS WHOLE-HOME AUDIO SPEAKER – Set up your Home 150 over Wi-Fi network & HEOS app to enjoy seamless multi-room listening experience with the same song playing throughout the home, or different ones in every room.Waterproof : No
  • HI-RES AUDIO, WITHOUT THE HI-FI SYSTEM – Featuring a dynamic 1" tweeter and 3.5" mid-bass driver, the New Denon Home 150 is designed to reproduce accurate Denon sound with clear highs and deep lows - experience excellence in every beat
  • STREAM YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music HD, Pandora, TIDAL, TuneIn, and more via Wi-Fi, AirPlay 2, HEOS or Bluetooth. Enjoy hands-free operations with AMAZON ALEXA VOICE COMMANDS from any Echo device (sold separately)
  • FOR ALL YOUR MUSIC NEEDS - ONLINE OR OFFLINE – USB, Network support with a wide range of wireless connections let you connect this smart and sleek speaker to any AV receiver, sound bar, network player or additional speakers for incredible stereo sound
  • PREMIUM PRE-SELECTION – Store your favorite internet radio stations with 3 quick select buttons. Now you don't have to search through the thousands of stations every time you want to hear your preferred music
  • GET THE AMAZING HEOS EXPERIENCE – With HEOS Built-in, every room in your home can have its own sound. Or, group additional Denon Home speakers, sound bars, subwoofers, network player or AV receivers to fill the house with the same song

PROS

+ Solid audio performance with rich lows and crisp highs
+ Can stream high-resolution audio

CONS

- Alexa voice features aren't active yet
- Expensive
- DSP changes sound signatures in obvious ways

Expert reviews and ratings

By TechRadar on September 27, 2022
The Denon Home 150 is an unremarkable-looking speaker, it's true, but it offers a plethora of listening options along with respectable smart speaker credentials to present a compelling package – especially if space is tight.
80
By PCMag on March 19, 2021
The Denon Home 150 is an interesting attempt at a hi-fi smart speaker, but it satifies neither ambition.
60
By Tom's Guide on January 26, 2023
The Denon Home 150 has all the right Wi-Fi smarts for listening to music, and has bigger bass than most when used as part of a surround sound home theater setup.
95
By TrustedReviews on July 31, 2020
For those who want their smart speakers to be truly smart, the Home 150 now packs the promised support for Alexa. Sonos still edges the Denon overall, but the Home 150 is a wireless speaker that pushes out out a fun performance good.
90
By TechAdvisor on June 04, 2020
The Denon Home 150 delivers fantastic audio quality, but its advertised smart assistant support is little more than basic voice controls to pause songs or change the volume. If you don’t need a smart speaker then this is a solid bit of kit, but rival devices deliver the same sound with superior smarts.
60