Here’s How To Buy The Best Sonos Online

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Sonos practically invented the entire connected speaker industry when it released the original Play:5 in 2009, and it’s continued to stand out in an increasingly competitive field. Sonos’ speakers feature the latest advancements in audio and wireless technologies, including support for Dolby Atmos audio, which allows you to listen to the latest movie and TV soundtracks in better-than-5.1-surround-sound.

Sonos has partnered with Abbey Road Studios, made famous by The Beatles in the 1960s, to have some of its speakers installed inside. This allows engineers to check their mixes to ensure their music or movie soundtrack to sound its best. Dozens of movie soundtracks, from “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy to “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” have been recorded and mixed at that studio, so using Sonos’ soundbars and speakers allow you to experience them the way their original engineers intended. 

One of the big draws to Sonos’ speakers is their flexibility. You can use one on its own, pair two together for better stereo performance, and in some cases connect them to a soundbar to use as rear channels in a wireless multi-speaker surround sound system.

The company has updated its speaker designs to be more easily repairable, made strides to make them more portable, and introduced support for Bluetooth. If you’re a movie or TV buff, the ability to stream the first season of Seth Rogan’s “The Studio” on Apple TV+ or Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” on Netflix in Dolby Atmos surround sound will be a huge upgrade.

If you’re a casual music listener who just wants to be able to play music in different parts of their house at the same time, Sonos’ speakers are also a great choice. Even Sonos’ packaging is well-considered, easy to open and premium in feel and texture.

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To upgrade your home theater, start with the Sonos Arc Ultra soundbar. It packs a hefty wallop with wide and detailed audio that brings your favorite movies and TV shows to life with clarity and richness. The soundbar features 14 Sonos-engineered drivers that are designed to fill your space with sound, while Sonos’ Sound Motion technology delivers deep bass for an immersive movie theater-like viewing experience.

The Sonos Arc Ultra soundbar is Dolby Atmos compatible for more robust sound and spacial audio. It’s also “plug and play,” so you don’t have to deal with a long and tedious setup. Just plug it into your TV’s HDMI ARC port and calibrate with your smartphone and you’ll be up and running with detailed and rich sound in no time.

The Era 100 is Sonos’ home speaker, and the company has packed an impressive amount of performance inside. You can listen to music in true stereo using this speaker because it has two outward-facing drivers, so music will sound much more like the original artist intended. We put this speaker through the ringer, listening to everything from Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” to the entirety of Ornette Coleman’s “The Shape of Jazz to Come” and couldn’t faze the speaker at all.

We could distinctly hear every nuance of each track, and vocals particularly shine on this speaker. Listening to two Era 100s paired together was even more ear opening, as it allowed us to appreciate a far wider soundstage. If you’re putting together a wireless surround sound system, we recommend pairing two Era 100s with a Sonos Ray and Sub Mini for a compact home theater that’ll knock you out.

Sonos’ Era 300 pulls off the remarkably impressive feat of allowing you to experience surround sound music using a single speaker. It was designed with drivers pointed both forward and upward, and music with a Dolby Atmos mix can take advantage of them. Some sounds will come directly at you, while others will bounce off the ceiling and hit you from above. The effect is surprisingly good in our tests, which were conducted in a smaller room and listening to well-engineered albums, like “Pet Sounds” by The Beach Boys.

The good news is that stereo music also sounds excellent, with plenty of bass and a high level of detail in the midrange and treble frequency ranges. If you plan on putting together a Dolby Atmos-capable home theater system, pair two Era 300s with Sonos’ Arc Ultra and Sub 4.

The Roam 2 is Sonos’ most portable speaker, and it packs a punch despite its pocketable design. The company packed a lot of fidelity into the mono speaker, which doesn’t sound distorted even when the volume is cranked all the way up. It supports Bluetooth, so you can use it out of the house, and has a dedicated button to switch to that mode from Wi-Fi.

We took this speaker with us everywhere, and it sounded as good sitting on the railing of our backyard as it did on a boat or in our bedroom. Sonos says the Roam 2 can last up to 10 hours per charge, and its IP67 durability rating ensures it won’t get damaged if it’s splashed. If you’re short on space, but can’t live with subpar sound, the Sonos Roam 2 delivers.

The Sonos Move 2 packs everything we liked about the Era 100 into a speaker that you can take with you anywhere. The Move 2 is larger than many portable speakers, but it has features its competition lacks. You can listen to music in true stereo for up to 24 hours per charge, and a cutout on the back of the speaker makes it easy to lift and move around.

Sonos bundles the Move 2 with a wireless charger, too. Everything we loved about the Era 100’s sound was present in the Move 2, so think of it as a robust home audio system you can take with you everywhere; that includes the beach thanks to its IP56 durability rating. You won’t find a better-sounding, longer lasting wireless speaker than this.

If you need to fill a big open space with high fidelity sound, Sonos’ Five is the speaker for the job. Its larger size accommodates bigger amplifiers and allows its larger drivers to be spaced further apart for even better stereo separation. One Sonos Five can deliver more than enough sound, but you can pair two together if you want even more pronounced stereo separation.

In that configuration you’ll need to place them upright rather than horizontally. This is Sonos’ biggest, loudest speaker, which also makes it the ultimate choice to integrate into a home theater system. Just be sure your room has enough space, since you won’t be able to crank the speakers to maximum volume if they’re too close.

The Sonos Sub 4 adds more bass and rumble to your home theater for deeper and immersive audio. The subwoofer provides bass that you can feel, which is something to experience when watching movies, like “The Dark Knight,” “Dune,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and others.

It connects wirelessly to other Sonos speakers, like the Era 100 or Five, while it can serve as the cherry on top for your home entertainment setup when paired with the Arc Ultra and a pair of Era 300 speakers for movie theater-like surround sound at home. Additionally, the Sonos Sub 4 gives extra bass when listening to music to give your favorite songs more depth.