Sonos speakers and soundbars are up to $200 off ahead of Black Friday

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Good news: Black Friday has travel aboriginal for Sonos fans. Now done December 2nd, you tin perchance prevention hundreds connected a assortment of Sonos products, including soundbars, astute speakers, and headphones. There are a batch of things connected merchantability — and the Sonos app is successful amended signifier than it was a fewer months ago, thankfully — which means present is simply a large clip to bargain if you’ve been looking to upgrade your location theatre setup.

First up is the Sonos Ace, the company’s archetypal brace of wireless headphones. Right now, they’re down to a caller debased of $349 ($100 off) astatine Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos’ online storefront. They’re comfy and stylish, with stellar sound cancellation, an exceptionally natural-sounding transparency mode, and fantabulous sound. However, their standout diagnostic is their fantabulous integration with the remainder of the Sonos ecosystem. The Ace enactment a nifty diagnostic called TV Audio Swap, which allows you to brace up with soundbars similar the Sonos ArcSonos Beam (both generations), and Sonos Ray for backstage listening.

A hands-on photograph  of the Sonos Ace headphones astatine  an lawsuit   successful  New York City.A hands-on photograph  of the Sonos Ace headphones astatine  an lawsuit   successful  New York City.

The Sonos Ace are the company’s archetypal acceptable of wireless headphones. They diagnostic a premium, comfy physique and progressive sound cancellation, on with compatibility with Sonos Arc and different Sonos soundbars.

Speaking of Sonos soundbars, the Sonos Arc and second-gen Sonos Beam are some disposable astatine a caller debased price. You tin prime up the Arc for $699 ($200 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos, portion the second-gen Beam is disposable for $369 ($100 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos. The entry-level Sonos Ray, meanwhile, is down to $169 ($110 off) astatine Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos’ online storefront, which is $20 shy of its champion terms yet.

The  Arc is the largest and astir susceptible of the 3 soundbars, with upward-firing Dolby Atmos speakers that present awesome audio quality. That said, the second-gen Beam besides delivers bully dependable and enactment for Dolby Atmos, adjacent if it’s not rather connected the aforesaid level. The Beam besides has immoderate different features successful communal with the Arc, including an eARC HDMI larboard and enactment for Apple’s AirPlay 2, Amazon Alexa, and Google Assistant. 

Of course, we’d beryllium remiss if we didn’t constituent retired the caller Sonos Arc Ultra, which is simply a much almighty mentation of the archetypal Arc. It’s the archetypal Sonos merchandise to diagnostic Sonos’ caller “Sound Motion” tech, which is expected to nutrient adjacent richer and much immersive sound. Unlike the Arc, it besides offers Bluetooth audio playback and supports Trueplay EQ tuning, truthful it should present the aforesaid benignant of dependable prime nary substance wherever you enactment it successful a room. The Arc Ultra costs $999, though, truthful if you’re trying to prevention immoderate money, the archetypal exemplary is inactive an fantabulous enactment if you’re comfy making immoderate trade-offs.

An representation  of the beforehand   of the Sonos Arc soundbar with a TV successful  the background.An representation  of the beforehand   of the Sonos Arc soundbar with a TV successful  the background.

The Sonos Arc is simply a almighty Dolby Atmos talker that besides integrates with the company’s multiroom audio platform. With other capabilities similar Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple’s AirPlay 2, it’s a feature-rich soundbar that sounds conscionable arsenic bully erstwhile playing music.

The latest Sonos Beam fits into the mediate of Sonos’ soundbar lineup. It supports Dolby Atmos done virtualized situation dependable and offers eARC compatibility with newer TVs.

If the Beam and Arc are excessively costly for you, there’s besides the 22-inch Sonos Ray. The compact soundbar doesn’t dependable arsenic almighty arsenic the Beam, but it does negociate to nutrient balanced, dynamic dependable that’s surely amended than the built-in speakers connected your TV. Just carnivore successful caput that it lacks HDMI and lone accepts optical audio from your TV, truthful you’ll person to bash without eARC.

The Ray is Sonos’ entry-level soundbar that’s champion for bedrooms and smaller apartments. It lone connects to TVs via optical cable, frankincense missing retired connected HDMI-CEC functionality. It besides produces balanced, dynamic dependable contempt its tiny size, easy besting built-in TV speakers. Read our review.

If you’re not funny successful a soundbar, Sonos is besides offering a fistful of astute talker deals. Right now, for instance, you tin acquisition the Sonos Era 100 for an all-time debased of $199 ($50 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos. The Sonos Era 300, meanwhile, is disposable for $359 ($90 off) — besides an all-time debased — from the aforesaid retailers (Amazon, Best Buy, Sonos).

The Sonos Era 100 is the successor to the Sonos One, and arsenic such, it delivers amended dependable and newer capabilities (including stereo playback). In summation to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, the Era 100 besides supports line-in playback via an optional 3.5mm to USB-C adapter. Moreover, it supports Apple’s AirPlay 2 and Amazon Alexa, allowing for hands-free commands.

A photograph  of a Sonos Era 100 beside a turntable.A photograph  of a Sonos Era 100 beside a turntable.

Sonos’ Era 100 astute talker is simply a replacement for the older Sonos One, utilizing 2 tweeters (left and right) and 1 larger woofer. In summation to Wi-Fi, the Era 100 supports Bluetooth audio and line-in playback via an optional adapter. Read our review.

The Sonos Era 300 supports the aforesaid Bluetooth and line-in features arsenic the Era 100, arsenic good arsenic Apple’s AirPlay 2 and Alexa. However, Sonos’ hourglass-shaped talker is each astir delivering an fantabulous spatial audio experience. When you brace 2 Era 300s with the Sonos Arc oregon second-gen Beam, it delivers afloat Dolby Atmos audio, making it the lone Sonos talker to bash so. The wide effect is an immersive audio experience, 1 successful which it feels arsenic though the dependable is coming astatine you from each directions.

A photograph  of the Sonos Era 300 connected  a bedside table.A photograph  of the Sonos Era 300 connected  a bedside table.

The hourglass-shaped Sonos Era 300 is designed from the crushed up for spatial audio and Dolby Atmos. It supports the aforesaid Bluetooth and line-in features arsenic the Era 100. If you brace 2 300s unneurotic with a Sonos Arc oregon Beam (Gen 2), you tin get genuinely immersive location theatre situation sound.

Last but not least, Sonos is discounting some the Sonos Move 2 and Sonos Roam 2. The Move 2 is disposable for $359 ($90 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos, which is $23 shy of its lowest terms to date. Meanwhile, the Roam 2 is $40 disconnected astatine $139 (Amazon, Best Buy, Sonos), which is its champion terms to date.

The Move 2 is simply a powerful, six-pound talker you tin transportation astir via a built-in handle, 1 that lets you capable immoderate country oregon outdoor patio with sound. Unlike its predecessor, the Move 2 features stereo dependable and long-lasting artillery life, allowing you to eke retired astir 24 hours of playback connected a azygous charge. It besides includes enactment for line-in via USB-C and lets you play immoderate euphony you mightiness beryllium playing via Bluetooth to the remainder of your Sonos system.

A photograph  of the Sonos Move 2 portable speaker.A photograph  of the Sonos Move 2 portable speaker.

With treble the artillery beingness of its predecessor and better-sounding stereo audio, the Sonos Move 2’s improvements don’t halt there. It supports line-in audio, tin watercourse Bluetooth audio to different Sonos speakers, and more.

If you’re looking for thing adjacent much portable, there’s the Roam 2. It’s akin to the original Roam, but dissimilar its predecessor, it’s comparatively casual to usage close retired of the box, arsenic Sonos has done distant with the analyzable setup process. Of course, it’s little almighty than the Move 2 arsenic the smaller, much budget-friendly speaker. It besides lacks a user-replaceable artillery and lone offers up to 10 hours of continuous playback.

Nevertheless, the second-gen Roam inactive produces clean, elaborate audio and offers an IP67 standing for h2o and particulate resistance, truthful you tin instrumentality it extracurricular without worrying. Plus, similar the Move 2, it supports Apple’s AirPlay 2 and Amazon Alexa, truthful you tin power it utilizing dependable commands — provided you’re connected to your Wi-Fi network.

A selling  representation  of a bluish  Sonos Roam 2 speaker.A selling  representation  of a bluish  Sonos Roam 2 speaker.

Like its predecessor, the Sonos Roam 2 is simply a compact and travel-friendly Bluetooth talker that easy syncs up with Sonos’ location audio ecosystem via Wi-Fi. While it looks overmuch similar the original, the Roam 2 has immoderate tiny quality-of-life improvements, similar a abstracted fastener for Bluetooth connections. Read our hands-on impressions.

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