Black Friday is the perfect time to upgrade your home audio setup. You can get the Sonos Era 300, the company’s only standalone speaker with spatial audio, for $379. That’s $100 off what Engadget’s Nathan Ingraham called “a great speaker, whether or not it plays songs in Dolby Atmos.”
This Dolby reference refers to the fundamental novelty of the Era 300. It produces spatial sound without requiring additional speakers. (You can use Apple Music or Amazon Music to stream compatible tracks.) Expect these Dolby Atmos tracks to sound better with newer music than older songs remixed for Dolby technology.
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Even if you don’t care for its spatial tricks, the Era 300 is a great-sounding speaker. It delivers rich, detailed, and balanced sound that can match almost anything Sonos offers.
The speaker supports voice control via Alexa or Sonos Voice Control. It also offers a Trueplay setting, which listens to how your room shapes the sound and adjusts accordingly. In this model, you don’t need to use your phone: its built-in microphones scan your room for you. This is especially convenient for Android users, since Trueplay on phone (other models) is iOS only.
If the Era 300 is a little out of your budget, Sonos has plenty of other products on sale for Black Friday. You can get the smaller – but still powerful – Era 100 for $169 (23% off). The portable Move 2 is down to $399 (20% off). Even the company’s headphones, Sonos Ace, are on sale for $279 (30% off).
Sonos home theater products are also discounted. You can get the Arc Ultra soundbar for $879 (20% off) or the Sub 4 subwoofer for $719 (also 20% off). Or, if you’re looking for both and have the budget, save even more on a bundle: get the Arc Ultra and Sub 4 for $1,499 (25% off).
