Looking for the sweetest speaker deals this Prime Day? While Sonos speakers can’t turn the volume down on the bad deals, they do offer rather incredible sound. Whether you’re looking to kit out your home cinema, add speakers to your kitchen, or take one on the go – Sonos has you covered. This Prime Day, you can save up to £180 on soundbars, subs, and speakers from Sonos in the sale.
Sonos Arc – now £529
Dolby Atmos soundbars are nothing new. But Sonos found a way to make one that sounds groundbreaking. The Arc is designed to live beneath your TV and add superior audio to your viewing experience – without a full surround setup. For a limited time, you can score the premium bar for £529. That’s a bass-thumping 34% saving from the £799 retail price, beating its Black Friday price last year. On Amazon US, there’s no deal, unfortunately. But, you can bag the soundbar at its lower retail price of $599.
Sonos Arc | was £799 | now £529 | save £270 at Amazon
A fantastic choice if you want to hear an Atmos-enabled ‘bar at its best. The Arc gives movies a wide, spacious soundstage, with wonderful levels of detail and substantial, nuanced bass. Add multi-room to the mix and it’s a true all-in-one soundbar.
The Arc looks like a soundbar, but also like a Sonos speaker – largely thanks to its matte finish, acoustic grille and impeccable build quality. Inside are 11 drivers: two firing upwards, one at each end, and eight carefully angled along the front of the bar. It makes a convincing go of delivering that fabled Atmos immersion.
There’s no shortage of detail or dynamism, plus the Arc does a decent job bringing in surround effects. It can be subtle, too – and while bass is substantial, it’s also nuanced. Paired with an excellent partner app, alongside all of the smarts and connectivity options we’ve come to expect from a Sonos speaker, the Arc should be at the top of your soundbar list. In fact, it scored a perfect five stars out of five in our review.
Sonos Ray – now $169/£160
Packing multi-room smarts into a compact ‘bar, the Ray is a tempting upgrade for anyone with existing Sonos speakers. Four amps, two tweeters and two mid-woofers fill most spaces with forward-firing sound, trumping some bigger sound bars for overall audio quality. During the sales period, the soundbar has been reduced on Amazon US by 15% to $169 from the regular price of $199. you can grab for just £160 – £40 under the RRP of £200.
Sonos Ray | was £200 | now £160 | save £40 at Amazon
The smaller Sonos soundbar still packs a punch, still plays nicely with the firm’s subwoofers, and hooks into your other Sonos kit for a true multiroom setup. The lack of HDMI makes it a better choice for second TVs and bedroom setups, but it’ll comfortably outshout your telly’s built-in speakers either way.
There’s no HDMI here; the Ray relies on optical for talking to your telly, which makes it more suited to smaller sets than full-on home cinema setups. The Sonos app uses your smartphone’s mic to automatically adjust output, so it’ll sound good wherever you put it. Annoyingly there’s no Bluetooth, but that shouldn’t matter if you’re already on board with the Sonos ecosystem.
Sonos Sub (Gen 3) – now £499
Subwoofers are perhaps one of the most important elements in any home cinema set up. Not a rumbling behemoth to hide to the side of the TV, the Sonos Sub is a bass box you’ll be proud to display. And you’ll be even prouder after scoring it for less this Prime Day. During the sales event, you can nab the subwoofer for just £499 – £50 under the RRP of £549.
One top feature of Sonos’ subwoofer is that it can be oriented vertically or horizontally. This makes it easier to tuck away than most competitors – especially as wireless connectivity means it only needs a power cable. But what does the Sub actually do? Add great big dollops of extra bass to any Sonos speaker system, that’s what. It makes most sense as a sidekick to the Beam or Arc, giving cinematic soundtracks proper punch.
Plus, the Gen 3 model benefits from more memory and an upgraded processor inside. But if you’re looking for loud, proud and powerful, this is the accessory your Sonos setup needs. The third-gen also supports pairing two Subs in the same room, if you really want to annoy the neighbours.
Sonos Ace – now $299/£269
Sonos’ Ace is the brand’s first foray into wireless headphones, and were a long time in the making. As you’d expect they integrate with your other Sonos gear (though only the Arc soundbar at present) and the updated smartphone companion app went down worse than a lead balloon with customers, but the firm is listening and changes are in the works.
Underneath these are still a fantastic listen, and they look the part too. Amazon US has the headphones reduced by 33% to $299 from the regular price of $449. Or on Amazon UK, you’ll find the Sonos Ace on sale for £269 when you order from Amazon. This £100 saving over RRP is a new low for the headphones, even beating last year’s Black Friday offer.
Sonos Ace | was £449 | now £269 | save £180 at Amazon
As debut efforts go, the Sonos Ace is a great sounding pair of over-ear headphones with very effective active noise cancelling. The app was a low point at launch, and more integration with other Sonos kit would’ve been nice, but comfort and styling are up there with the best.
We scored them four out of five in our review, saying sound quality and noise cancelling were both up there with big-name rivals – but they lacked a compelling reason to buy if you weren’t already all-in on the Sonos ecosystem. With £180 off the asking price, they might have just found that reason.
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