Sonos Play:3

Wireless Hi-Fi takes on AirPlay

-- As reviewed by The Verge
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Product details

  • Delivers richer and deeper sound than play:1, making it perfect for spots where you have more room
  • Connect your play:3 to any Amazon echo or Alexa enabled device, then just ask for the music you love
  • Play different songs in different rooms at the same time; Or, pump one song in perfect sync, throughout your home
  • Set up in five minutes using your home wifi; Easily expand your home audio system over time by adding wireless speakers to additional rooms whenever you’re ready
  • Wirelessly stream all your favorite music services like Amazon music, Pandora, Apple music, and Spotify

PROS

+ Small powerful speaker
+ Wireless convenience
+ Really can stream “any song on Earth”

CONS

- Sonos’ cheapest all-in-one speaker at $299 is still pricey
- $49 Bridge or no $49 Bridge, that’s the question
- No line-in or headphone jacks like the bigger Play:5

Expert reviews and ratings

By The Verge on October 12, 2011
Wireless Hi-Fi takes on AirPlay
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By TrustedReviews on July 20, 2011
The Play:3 is Sonos’s smallest and most affordable speaker unit, housing three speaker units. For years now, Sonos has been known as an expensive, high-quality streaming solution. But since it has dropped the expensive bit, has quality dropped off too? Not in the slightest.
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