As its new What Hello-Fi? 2023 Award certifies, the Sonos Period 300 was simply probably the greatest wi-fi audio system that entered the hallowed area of our on-site testing room this yr. Arriving alongside the smaller, cheaper Period 100 mannequin, the distinctively-shaped, voice control-enabled Period 300 has helped to usher in a brand new period (sorry) for the US model, delivering an all-in-one performer that boasts very good audio, glorious streaming options and spectacular spatial audio capabilities.
The Period 300 doesn’t, nevertheless, come low cost, and its official retail worth of £450 could also be offputting for even essentially the most die-hard Sonos followers given the present financial local weather. Nonetheless, early Black Friday offers are on their approach this November, which means the Period 300’s worth might nicely begin to drop throughout this era of diminished prices and elevated client gross sales. And you may observe the very best reductions and newest worth drops (after they arrive) on what’s arguably Sonos’ most interesting speaker within the block under.
To offer you an impression of how good the Sonos Period 300 is, it is price revisiting the decision from our authentic overview. We stated it “performs admirably with any format of music… it doesn’t matter what supply or style. The addition of Bluetooth streaming, to not point out the huge array of options you get from being a part of Sonos’s seamless expertise, goes a great distance towards justifying the reasonably excessive price ticket. All of it provides as much as an attractive expertise that’s price embarking on.”
That is a fairly hearty suggestion, however earlier than you rush so as to add one to your basket, it is price contemplating what you are actually getting with the Period 300. Whereas some could quibble as to the aesthetic deserves of its “cinched hourglass” design, the speaker’s means to fireside out immersive, large-scaled audio in all instructions due to its six-driver association justifies that reasonably odd form. The spatial expertise (by Amazon Music and Apple Music) is convincing, whereas the standard of the audio that is being bounced round your front room stays mature, assured and richly musical.
Let’s not neglect, both, that this can be a Sonos speaker, which means it comes with all of the bells and whistles you’d anticipate. The Sonos app is intuitive to make use of, Trueplay room calibration works a deal with, and it could actually slotted right into a wider Sonos multi-room ecosystem simply. It is feature-packed too, with Wi-Fi 6, AirPlay 2, Bluetooth 5.0 streaming on board, a wired USB-C line-in enter and improved contact controls, whereas voice management comes through Alexa or Sonos’ personal voice playback command system.
This Black Friday interval is not only for nabbing low-priced merchandise. It is also about knocking off chunks from extra high-end merchandise to convey them throughout the realms of normal affordability. Should you see the Period 300’s worth pulled down considerably in the course of the gross sales, we would positively advocate that you just take into account it as your subsequent good wi-fi speaker. You will not be disenchanted.
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