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I would personification preferred immoderate different Super Bowl matchup than different showdown betwixt nan Kansas City Chiefs and nan Philadelphia Eagles, but nan world doesn’t revolve astir me. Regardless, I emotion a bully title changeable game, peculiarly 1 enhanced by an immersive sound system. If you’re successful petition of a location theatre audio upgrade yourself, Sonos mightiness beryllium nan play, arsenic it’s offering up to $250 disconnected its connected soundbars and speakers done February 8th.
The Sonos Arc, for example, is connected discarded astatine Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart starting astatine conscionable $649 ($250 off) correct now, which is nan lowest worth we’ve seen connected nan high-end soundbar. It was nan astir awesome soundbar successful nan Sonos lineup earlier nan Sonos Arc Ultra showed up. Although it doesn’t personification nan expanded soundstage offered by nan Ultra’s different virtual channels and Sound Motion tech, it’s still terrific arsenic a standalone Dolby Atmos soundbar pinch 8 woofers, 2 tweeters, and 2 upfiring speakers. It supports Apple’s AirPlay 2 and does nan Sonos instrumentality of offering voice-activated powerfulness utilizing Amazon Alexa aliases Google Assistant, too.
$649
The Sonos Arc is nan company’s flagship soundbar, offering a plethora of drivers, including upward-firing Dolby Atmos speakers. This soundbar provides immersive, powerful sound, whether you’re watching movies aliases enjoying music. Read our review.
The Arc could still usage a spot of bass help, though, assuming you want to get nan astir retired of movies and games aft nan past whistle blows. You tin get that by pairing it pinch a Sonos Sub Mini, which is matching its all-time of $343 ($86 off) astatine Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos’ online storefront correct now. It’s a compact wireless subwoofer that should beryllium overmuch easier to find abstraction for successful tighter location theaters than nan fourth-gen Sonos Sub. The 2nd is bigger and overmuch powerful, but too beautiful expensive. Thankfully, it’s disposable for $679 ($120 off) from Sonos arsenic information of nan company’s ongoing Super Bowl promo.
$343
It can’t afloat lucifer nan loudness and sheer powerfulness of nan flagship Sonos Sub, but nan overmuch compact Sub Mini still kicks retired plentifulness of roar that will make you consciousness nan low-end bass from your couch. Read our review.
If these pairings would agelong your money excessively much, Sonos too makes respective budget-friendly soundbars. The second-gen Sonos Beam is disposable for $399 ($100 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos, which is $30 overmuch than its lowest worth to date. It’s overmuch compact than nan Arc, but still offers bully sound, an eARC HDMI port, and support for Dolby Atmos pinch virtualized business sound channels (though, nary up-firing Atmos speakers).
Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos are too discounting nan entry-level Sonos Ray to $179, which is $100 disconnected and $30 overmuch than its all-time low. It can’t lucifer nan sound coming retired of nan Sonos Arc aliases nan latest Beam, but it’ll surely trump what astir TVs tin output. Plus, astatine 22 inches wide, it’s nan cleanable size if your intermezo halfway doesn’t personification overmuch space. That said, you’ll petition an optical cablegram for audio from your TV arsenic it doesn’t personification an HDMI eARC larboard for illustration nan different soundbars do.
$399
The Sonos Beam (second-gen) is simply a compact soundbar that supports Dolby Atmos and tin watercourse euphony from a plethora of services. Read our review.
$179
The Ray is Sonos’ entry-level soundbar that’s champion for bedrooms and smaller apartments. It only connects to TVs via optical cable, frankincense missing retired connected HDMI-CEC functionality. It too produces balanced, move sound contempt its mini size, easy besting built-in TV speakers. Read our review.
If you for illustration a smart speaker complete a soundbar, nan Sonos Era 100 is too presently matching nan grounds debased of $199 ($50 off) astatine Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos’ online storefront. With a pair, you tin adhd rear business sound to make it consciousness arsenic though you’re successful nan stands proceeding cheers and jeers. That said, nan Era 100 doesn’t support Dolby Atmos for illustration nan beefier Sonos Era 300 does. The 2nd is nan only Atmos-supporting Sonos speaker, and it too happens to beryllium connected discarded for an all-time debased of $359.99 (about $89 off) astatine Best Buy.
The Era 100 does bully connected its ain arsenic an all-around euphony speaker, though. Like nan Era 300, it offers immoderate Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, AirPlay 2 support, and Amazon Alexa compatibility (with a dedicated move to disable nan microphone). It too supports Sonos’ useful Trueplay tuning characteristic and USB-C line-in, which lets you nexus wired devices utilizing an optional 3.5mm to USB-C adapter.
$199
Sonos’ Era 100 smart speaker is simply a replacement for nan older Sonos One, utilizing 2 tweeters (left and right) and 1 larger woofer. In summation to Wi-Fi, nan Era 100 too supports Bluetooth audio and line-in playback via an optional 3.5mm to USB-C adapter. Read our review.
$360
The hourglass-shaped Sonos Era 300 is designed from nan crushed up for spatial audio and Dolby Atmos. It supports nan aforesaid Bluetooth and line-in features arsenic nan Era 100. If you brace 2 300s together pinch a Sonos Arc aliases Beam (Gen 2), you tin get genuinely immersive location theatre business sound. Read our review.
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