SONOS PLAY:3 Smart Wireless Speaker, White

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Sonos products can drop from the app if they’re experiencing network or connection issues. Learn how to recover your Play:3 and prevent it from dropping in the future.

Although in most ways it’s just like a shrunken-down take on the Sonos Play:5, there are a couple of key differences. The Play:3 doesn’t have an auxiliary input or a headphone output, limiting the versatility of the box a little. There are no side doors into the audio experience here – either you buy into the Sonos way or you won’t be listening to anything. Stereo PCM, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos (Dolby Digital Plus), Dolby Atmos*, Dolby TrueHD*, Dolby Atmos (True HD)*, Multichannel PCM*, Dolby Multichannel PCM*, DTS Digital Surround** (*HDMI eARC connection required. **This is not an indication of a licensed decoder.) The Sonos app's Now Playing screen will display what type of audio is being decoded. The Gen3 version of the Sonos Sub features updated internals with increased memory, processing power and enhanced ability to accept future upgrades. When combined with the new Sonos S2 app, the Sub becomes the smartest subwoofer around. The app also gives you access to an adjustable EQ, for sound tailored to your preferences. Under the hood, the speaker array remains exactly the same as its Play:5 predecessor –and Sonos actually makes no bones about this. You're getting the same six custom-designed drivers driven by six class D amplifiers for a combined power output of 120W: three high excursion 10cm mid-woofers across the bottom of the unit and three tweeters above them, two of which are angled outwards.

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The best news about the Play:3, though, is that it sounds much better than its price and size might suggest. Feed it lossless or uncompressed rips from a computer or network-attached storage device and it really shines. Use the capacitive touch controls on the product to play, pause, skip, replay, adjust the volume, turn off the microphones. and more. You don't get any built-in voice assistant here, unlike the Sonos Beam or Sonos Arc. No Alexa, no Google Assistant, and no Sonos Voice Control. That is because there's no mic at all, which seems a little bizarre given Sonos' recent focus on its proprietary Sonos Voice rollout, but there we are. The recently discontinued Play:3 is the oldest speaker in the Sonos portfolio but we don't need to tell you that. Take one look at the Sonos line up and you'd know it - the design is nowhere near as refined as the newer products. If you don't see your product or are unsure which generation you own, please sign in to your account to see if it requires Sonos S1.

Alles werkt naadloos samen via wifi. Begin met één kamer en voeg er later meer toe als je er klaar voor bent. This software measures the acoustics of the room then fine-tunes the speaker. Supported iOS device required. And talking of positioning, the fact that the Play:3 can be oriented vertically or horizontally means it will fit in almost any space. Sonically it's a bargain for the money, but the feature-set means certain serious competition is not far away.For yet another year, the Sonos multi-room system remains the best all-rounder.” ’What Hi-Fi?’ 2023 award-winner.