Wireless home speaker

I'm using this in our RV as a soundbar for the TV while underway (fits in perfect spot). Massive improvement over the TV speakers obviously, sounds good and has enough volume. Slightly distorted at higher volumes, some clipping, and in some cases over aggressive bass. None of this would be noticeable to the average person most of the time. Other similar speakers have the same problems with and can be far more exaggerated. I'm happy with it.

Very peaky bass sound. Did some tests with a class 1 sound meter in Z mode (linear, no weighting, results from third-octave Leq1sec levels) in a large living room with lots of soft furnishings as absorbers. Microphone in near field of the speaker, 70 cm away. Fairly flat response from 160 Hz up to at least 16 kHz. But at 120 Hz 12 to 15 dB peak above the average output at other frequencies. Hazarding a guess, I would say that it is by design, to dazzle uncritical listeners into thinking "wow, great bass!" Although all speakers with passive ports have a peak just above the low cutoff frequency, this peak can normally be tweaked to an acceptable level in the DSP. An additional tech detail about the test: the source was a constant amplitude slow sweep generated in Audacity and saved as 16-bit 48kHz wav file on a media server. The Philips app then played the media server file at relatively high level - 85 dBZ - on the speaker. The output level was chosen as a compromise between a high S/N ratio in the near field and acceptable THD on the speaker. Note that I wrote to Philips support about this issue three weeks ago but have not yet received a response.

This has got to be one of the worst speakers to setup. The speaker sounds good and is loud enough if you can get it to work. The bluetooth connection works with little hassle. But getting it to work through WiFi using the Play-Fi software is worse than pulling teeth. The initial setup was straigh forward enough but mine disconnected from my WiFi network after a few weeks and I have not being able to get it to connect back. I have had the same issue on two of the Philips W6205 I have purchased so far through Amazon. The setup light is blinking slowly which indicates that the device is in setup mode and should be discovered for setup through the Play-Fi app but that does not happen. I keep getting an error that no device was discovered when I Search For Devices. I reset the speaker numerous times and try a few Play-Fi branded apps with no luck. For now, I have a speaker that I am unable to use, so it is completely useless to me. I have been unable to get any help from the manufacturer, Philips, either.

The speaker is suppose to turn off after a period of time with no activity. It stays on for hours, and no off on switch. I put in 4 trouble tickets, and only get automated reply that they will get back to be in 24 to 48 hours. Called 4 times, get shuffled around, or after on hold for 10 minutes, get disconnected