The Best Sonos Speakers To Buy In 2025

After nan twelvemonth of self-induced tumult that Sonos has been through, I tin understand why immoderate group are reluctant to walk money connected nan company’s products. But interim CEO Tom Conrad has shown that he’s wished to get backmost connected way and revitalize Sonos arsenic nan starring whole-home audio brand. The contentious mobile app is successful a overmuch amended spot coming than conscionable a fewer months ago, though immoderate customers still brushwood bugs and nan vexation of speakers randomly vanishing from their system. It’s not each roses, but nan business is moving successful nan correct guidance — and I took Sonos’ determination to cancel its video player arsenic a promising motion of renewed focus. 

I’m not astir to waste immoderate of my Sonos gear. For one, nan company’s whole-home level offers conveniences that competitors don’t lucifer — astatine slightest not without hassle. Most of nan time, I’m streaming from Apple Music, Spotify, aliases YouTube Music. But if I’m watching a sports crippled connected my TV, I tin tube nan audio from my Sonos soundbar to a speaker successful a different room to travel nan action. Playing thing complete Bluetooth? With astir of nan company’s caller speakers, it’s imaginable to do nan aforesaid point and spread that euphony crossed your full Sonos system.

I wouldn’t responsibility anyone for waiting to spot wherever Sonos and its app spell from here. But support successful mind that tariffs mightiness yet lead to value increases for immoderate of these products. Putting nan package misstep aside, this institution makes immoderate genuinely fantabulous hardware, truthful if you don’t want to consequence paying more, now mightiness beryllium nan clip to buy. And if you’re wondering which are nan existent standouts, I’ve sewage you covered.

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The champion Sonos speaker to commencement with

If you’re looking for a decent-sounding, compact speaker to put successful nan kitchen, office, aliases really anyplace successful your home, nan Era 100 is your champion option. Sonos improved upon this speaker’s predecessors, nan Play:1 and Sonos One, by upgrading to stereo drivers for richer, wider audio. Bluetooth playback is now supported, on pinch line-in audio (with a abstracted dongle). And nan Era 100 besides has reworked beingness controls, including a measurement barroom you tin descent your digit crossed and, finally, dedicated way controls. 

The speaker has an elegant design, and you tin usage hands-free sound controls to summon Amazon Alexa aliases Sonos Voice Control to skip tracks aliases move to a different playlist. Sonos precocious dropped nan Era 100’s value to $199, which is much than adjacent for what you’re getting. I’d bargain now and debar risking nan costs going up again, acknowledgment to tariffs.

Read our afloat Sonos Era 100 review.

The champion wide Sonos speaker

The Sonos Five isn’t conscionable Sonos’ best-sounding speaker; it’s astatine nan apical of nan battalion compared to each competitors. From an audio value perspective, it thumps nan HomePod, Echo Studio, Nest Audio, and different wide marketplace speakers — some those that are smart and not. Can you find amended hi-fi bookshelf speakers? Absolutely, but those aren’t natively tied into euphony services for illustration Sonos cogwheel is. The Five is simply a hefty portion and takes up a decent magnitude of table space. But erstwhile you propulsion immoderate euphony on, its powerful stereo output is capable to grip immoderate meal statement aliases play get-together. 

There’s thing “smart” astir nan Five. It lacks microphones and sound adjunct functionality. But that simplicity is appealing successful its ain right: you’re getting a damn bully speaker that ties into nan Sonos platform. The Five besides features a 3.5mm aux input, making it a bully turntable companion — particularly if you outpouring for a stereo pair. 

The champion portable Sonos speaker

When it comes to portable speakers, nan Move 2 is successful a full different convention than Sonos’ overmuch smaller Roam 2. It’s bigger and heavier, but a built-in grip makes it easier to lug nan Move 2 astir your location aliases retired to nan backyard. There’s nary comparison betwixt nan 2 erstwhile it comes to audio: nan Move 2 smokes nan acold much compact Roam 2. Like nan Era 100, it has a stereo driver arrangement, whereas nan Roam mixes everything down to mono and sounds much muffled.

The Move’s larger size gives it a clear advantage successful position of bass punch, and speech from playing euphony wirelessly, you’ve sewage nan action of plugging successful different devices complete USB-C for line-in audio. I besides proceed to admit that nan artillery successful nan Move 2 is user-replaceable, which can’t beryllium said of galore Bluetooth speakers. You’ll beryllium capable to support enjoying your finance for long, agelong into nan future. And pinch a particulate / h2o guidance standing of IP56, it tin grip rainfall and splashes of h2o without problems; conscionable don’t driblet it into a pool.

I for illustration nan Move 2 complete accepted portable speakers since, astatine slightest whenever I’m home, nan Sonos lets maine play euphony complete Wi-Fi astatine a higher fidelity than Bluetooth tin offer. Plus, nan Move 2 besides supports Apple AirPlay and Spotify Connect, truthful it’s easy to conscionable skip nan Sonos app altogether if you wish.

Read our afloat Sonos Move 2 review.

The champion Sonos soundbar for location theatre enthusiasts

Introduced successful precocious 2024, nan Arc Ultra improves connected nan original Arc pinch importantly much powerful bass response. That’s mostly acknowledgment to nan inclusion of Sonos’ caller SoundMotion technology, which manages to get a amended low-end wallop from a soundbar that’s not overmuch larger than nan exemplary it replaces. This intends immoderate buyers tin get distant pinch buying nan Arc Ultra connected its ain without adding a subwoofer. 

The Arc Ultra delivers Dolby Atmos situation sound that’s much convincing and immersive than immoderate different Sonos soundbar to date, and it’s up location pinch nan very champion you tin find from a single-enclosure speaker. Vocal clarity has besides improved substantially acknowledgment to amended halfway transmission performance. Another upgrade complete nan first Arc is nan summation of Bluetooth audio support.

Read our afloat reappraisal of nan Sonos Arc Ultra.

The champion Sonos soundbar for smaller rooms

There are plentifulness of scenarios and TV rooms wherever nan Arc Ultra mightiness beryllium too powerful. If you’re successful a smaller abstraction aliases don’t request nan absolute champion situation sound, nan Beam (Gen 2) starts to make much sense. It still has Atmos, but nan effect is virtualized since nan Beam lacks nan Arc Ultra’s upward-firing speakers. Even so, nan location theatre acquisition you’ll get from nan Beam will rustle distant immoderate speakers built into a TV. 

Read our afloat Sonos Beam (Gen 2) review.

The champion Sonos subwoofer for astir people

In nan aforesaid vein, unless you’re hellhole bent connected rumbling your walls, nan $429 Sub Mini subwoofer is much than capable for layering immoderate other oomph and growl onto Hollywood blockbusters and your favourite TV shows. The $799 Sub 4 is Sonos’ flagship subwoofer, but plentifulness of group person saved hundreds of dollars by pairing nan Sub Mini pinch immoderate of nan company’s soundbars — and they’ve been ecstatic pinch nan results. 

As its sanction suggests, nan Sub Mini is much compact than nan Sub 4, which makes it easier to find an inconspicuous spot to spot it. Even if you’re nan type to do a sub crawl and put it location successful plain sight, I’d reason it looks much stylish than nan blocky Sub 4. 

Read my afloat Sonos Sub Mini review.

The champion fund Sonos speaker

Sonos and Ikea mightiness beryllium winding down their partnership, but that doesn’t mean you should slumber connected nan existing Symfonisk products earlier they’re wholly phased out. The Symfonisk Bookshelf Speaker (Gen 2), successful particular, remains nan astir affordable gateway into nan Sonos ecosystem, moreover pinch its caller value hike. Sound-wise, it’s not acold disconnected from nan aged Sonos One / Play:1 and is simply a very enjoyable speaker. Plus, nan little value tag makes it easier to person yourself to scoop up 2 for a stereo pair. These — aliases nan Symfonisk Picture Frame Speaker — make fantabulous rear situation speakers if you’re connected a budget. 

Read our afloat Ikea Symfonisk Bookshelf Speaker review.

The Sonos merchandise worthy of a 2nd chance

Boy ohio boy, did Sonos’ wireless headphones travel correct astatine nan worst imaginable moment. The company’s app situation wholly sidelined nan Ace headphones. Some customers were besides disappointed that nan Ace can’t play euphony complete Wi-Fi aliases beryllium grouped pinch nan company’s in-home speakers.

But here’s nan thing: nan Ace headphones are still fantastic. They’re comfortable, person a gorgeous creation (with easy swappable receptor pads), and sound detailed, powerful, and expressive. They support wired audio complete USB-C successful summation to Bluetooth. And nan TV Audio Swap characteristic is simply a useful perk that I still often usage precocious astatine nighttime erstwhile my Arc Ultra would disturb others. You tin way immoderate audio that would usually travel done nan soundbar — from your TV, gaming console, aliases streaming instrumentality — done 2 pairs of headphones and perceive privately (with spatial audio situation sound). Sonos’ new TrueCinema mode moreover lets you fine-tune nan second to amended bespeak nan acoustics of your space.

No, nan Ace headphones aren’t what I’d see nan perfect of a wearable merchandise from Sonos. But they stay a wholly awesome debut that fell unfortunate to nan company’s mediocre package decisions. 

Read our afloat Sonos Ace review.

Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge

Update, July 18th: Adjusted pricing and availability. Brandon Widder besides contributed to this post.