Best Sonos speakers and soundbars 2025, as rated by our expert reviewers

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We've tested all of the best Sonos speakers over the years, with many of them featuring in our roundups of the best wireless speakers and best soundbars you can buy. Our guide below features only the best Sonos speakers and soundbars for different needs and budgets, based on our rigorous in-house testing methodology.

But we're not about to sugar-coat it: Sonos hasn't had the best few months. In fact, you could say that last year, Sonos' multiroom audio crown started slipping, beginning with the relaunch of its app in March, which angered customers owing to fan-favorite features having gone missing. Sonos spent most of 2024 fixing it, reportedly delaying other products as a result and ultimately parting ways with its CEO Patrick Spence by the second week in January.

Here's the thing though: Sonos speakers still rank among the best portable Bluetooth speakers going. They're also some of the best-sounding wireless speakers, soundbars and home audio systems we've ever heard. And with former Pandora (the music-streaming service) exec Tom Conrad stepping in at the helm, albeit temporarily, the future looks bright for Sonos. After all, it has been reported that Conrad literally wears his love for Sonos on his sleeve, with a prominent tattoo of the Sonos Ace headphones on his arm…

What you need to know is this: all Sonos speakers are wireless and now, they're all compatible with each other, which makes them an easy choice for multi-room audio setups that avoid cables, whatever your budget. Also, while a Sonos soundbar on its own will upgrade your TV's audio, add the company's speakers and subwoofers (you can do it over time, this isn't a race) and you'll seriously up the immersive experience in movies. Which ones should you buy? That's all in the guide below…

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Written by
Matt Bolton
Written by
Matt Bolton

I've been testing and reporting on cutting-edge audio products since 2012, including many of the break-out wireless speaker systems over the last decade. I've tested nearly ever Sonos speaker over the the last few years, and have used all of Sonos' current soundbar range – and I had a Sonos surround system at home for several years. I've used my experience to put together this guide, working with our other AV editors and reviewers.

Recent updates

24 January, 2025
Added the Sonos Arc Ultra to replace the original Sonos Arc as 'best Dolby Atmos soundbar'. Updated the guide's introduction to reflect Sonos' recent CEO update. Updated the 'also consider' section to note the original Arc's 'last chance' status. Finessed the Sonos Roam 2 entry to reflect recent updates.

The best Sonos speakers of 2025

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Below you'll see our full write-ups for each of the best Sonos speakers in our list. We've tested each one extensively, so these recommendations are based on real-world experience.

The best for most people

The best Sonos speaker for most people

Specifications

Dimensions: 182.5mm x 120mm x 130.5mm
Connectivity: Ethernet, wi-fi, AirPlay 2, 3.5mm line-in (with adapter)
Battery life: N/A

Reasons to buy

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Excellent detail and clarity
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Much improved bass over Sonos One
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Bluetooth and optional line-in (via adapter)

Reasons to avoid

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Bass can be heavy-handed at times
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Not as cheap as previous Sonos One

The Sonos Era 100 is one of the newest Sonos speakers alongside the Sonos Era 300. Rather than offering the best in spatial audio and immersive sound like the Era 300, the Era 100 is cheaper, smaller and designed to replace the Sonos One – which was at the top of our list, but has been discontinued (if you see any for a great price, consider snapping them up!).

The Sonos One is such a fantastic speaker and the Era 100 has a lot to live up to. That's why it targets everything about the Sonos One that could do with an improvement. The Era 100 has a wider soundstage and more bass, which means a fuller dynamic range. It also adds Bluetooth, allowing you to play music to it from any wireless device and there's an adapter to add 3.5mm line-in, so you can connect to wired music sources.

These improvements are welcome, but if you already have a Sonos One, don't add up to being too much of an upgrade, so you should probably stick with the old speaker. But in the context of the current Sonos line-up, the surprisingly amount of power, the strong detail and clarity, and compact size make this a great choice for the vast majority of people.

Read our full Sonos Era 100 review

The best portable Sonos

The best Sonos portable speaker

Specifications

Dimensions: 168 x 62 x 60mm
Connectivity: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5
Battery life: 10 hours

Reasons to buy

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Powerful audio performance
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Easily portable design

Reasons to avoid

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Pricey compared to the competition
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Battery life isn't huge

The Sonos Roam 2 is the best portable Sonos speaker for most people, thanks to its more affordable price and smaller size, compared to the Sonos Move 2. It delivers powerful sound from a rugged design, with excellent connectivity features and a nice dose of smart home control.

Priced at $179 / £179 / AU$299, the Sonos Roam 2 is the cheapest way to buy into the Sonos ecosystem, although we should note that this isn't cheap compared to the best Bluetooth speakers, but the Sonos Roam comes with a few extra tricks up its sleeves compared to those – as you'd expect from a Sonos device.

With both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, the Sonos Roam 2 works as a go-anywhere speaker as well as part of your wider multi-room Sonos system – and with Alexa onboard, it doubles up as a smart speaker too.

Obviously, the sound here isn't as good as Sonos' larger and more expensive speakers, but we said that it offers "excellent sound that punches far above the sheer size" in our review. You get fulsome bass, and enough detail to let songs express themselves, even at relatively high volume – there's very little distortion.

In spite of its (relatively) low price, you’re getting a lot for your money here – and it's a great way to delve into the Sonos ecosystem for first-timers.

Read our full Sonos Roam 2 review

The best mid-range soundbar

The best Sonos mid-range soundbar

Specifications

Dimensions: 69 x 651 x 100mm
Connectivity: HDMI input (ARC), optical digital audio to HDMI converter, Bluetooth, Ethernet port, 802.11b,g Wi-Fi, Apple AirPlay 2, IR receiver
Battery life: N/A

Reasons to buy

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Wide soundstage
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Virtual Dolby Atmos support
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Hi-res audio compatibility

Reasons to avoid

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No upfiring tweeters
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Limited bass for large rooms

If you're tight on space, the Sonos Beam (Gen 2) is the best soundbar you can buy from Sonos, as well as the best mid-range choice if you want to invest in a soundbar but not go as cheap as the Sonos Ray or as premium as the Arc.

Its compact size means it will easily slot beneath your TV, whether you pop it on a TV stand or mount it to your wall, and its sleek design means it won't look out of place with your decor.

It improves on the company’s original Sonos Beam soundbar with virtual Dolby Atmos, HDMI eARC compatibility, and a refreshed design.

While it doesn't have the upfiring tweeters necessary for 'true' Dolby Atmos (resulting in a sonic height less impressive than that of the Sonos Arc), the Sonos Beam (Gen 2) still boasts a wide soundstage and an immersive audio performance.

HDMI eARC compatibility allows for hi-res audio streaming, making it ideal for listening to music, too. For a small soundbar, it's got a surprisingly solid amount of bass to it, though it's far from having the same nuance and power that a subwoofer delivers – the soundbar can fill a surprisingly large space, but the bass is where you'll feel it lacking in energy a little.

Still, if you want super-clear, cinematic sound from a smaller soundbar, the Beam 2 is a superb choice, and handles music far better than most non-Sonos soundbars.

Read our full Sonos Beam (Gen 2) review

The best for spatial audio

The best Sonos speaker for spatial audio

Specifications

Dimensions: 160 x 260 x 185mm
Connectivity: AirPlay 2, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi, USB-C
Battery life: N/A

Reasons to buy

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Impressive stereo and Dolby Atmos effects
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Very detailed and rich
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Bluetooth and optional line-in (via adapter)

Reasons to avoid

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Bass could be deeper
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Unforgiving with flawed recordings
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Dolby Atmos music is still limited

The Sonos Era 300 is the first speaker from the company with Dolby Atmos support (although not the first soundbar, we’re looking at you Sonos Arc). It has up- and side firing speakers, which create spatial audio.

This is a premium speaker through and through. At $449 / £449 / AU$749 it isn’t cheap, but during our testing we commented that we’ve tested more expensive wireless speakers, making the Era 300 good value in our books. This is largely down to the fact you get an array of drivers and processing skills.

In our Sonos Era 300 review we wrote: “it delivers more expansive sound than any one-box speaker I've heard to date – even with just stereo music, there's such a clear sense of left and right channels feeling separate and distinct.” This is why the Sonos Era 300 is our top pick if you’re look for immersive, spatial audio in a Sonos speaker design rather than a soundbar. The speaker doesn’t just offer fantastic height and a wide soundstage, but offers a rich, detailed and powerful sound.

Bluetooth works well and makes the Sonos Era 300 more accessible for more of your devices. There’s also Hi-Res support from compatible devices too, which is a welcome addition.

Read our full Sonos Era 300 review

The best Dolby Atmos soundbar

The best one-box Dolby Atmos soundbar for the money

Specifications

Dimensions: 2.95 x 46.38 x 4.35 inches (75 x 1178 x 110.6mm)
Connectivity: 1x HDMI with eARC, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Battery life: N/A

Reasons to buy

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Full sound; excellent speech clarity
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Superb Dolby Atmos effects
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Compact for the sound output

Reasons to avoid

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No HDMI passthrough ports
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Lacks DTS-HD support
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Not as immersive as multi-box alternatives

The best Sonos soundbar you can currently buy for sheer Dolby Atmos sound quality is the Sonos Arc Ultra – it's one of the best soundbars we've tested if it's Dolby Atmos you chiefly need.

The keen-eyed will note that the original Sonos Arc (which launched back in June 2020) gained an even-better 4.5-star review, while this newer October 2024 iteration has had to make do with four stars under intense review. So how come the newer 'Ultra' is still the one we'd nudge you towards? Allow us to break it down: the Arc Ultra is better for sound than the original Arc, without a shadow of a doubt. You'll get better Dolby Atmos effects, better low-end clout, better clarity in dialog and better connectivity. That is not in question. It's just that it has a few things missing from the feature list that were acceptable in 2020 for the original Arc, but seem a little harder to swallow in 2025. What are these missing things? Top of the list is the lack of any HDMI passthrough ports, in an age when all of the Arc Ultra's chief rivals (this is premium territory, as you know) are offering this. The omission of DTS on the spec-sheet is also a minor letdown, but we think it's less of a big deal.

We still emphatically recommend the Sonos Arc Ultra, especially if it has to be Sonos, we just need you to be aware of its limitations. To summarize: in this Sonos-only guide, it's by far the superior Dolby Atmos soundbar. Got it? Thank you for bearing with us.

Read our full Sonos Arc Ultra review

Premium and portable

Premium and portable

Specifications

Dimensions: 240 x 160 x 126mm
Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n, 2.4 GHz, and 5GHz) and Bluetooth 4.2
Battery life: 10 hours

Reasons to buy

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Integrates with a home Sonos speaker network
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Great for tunes anywhere

Reasons to avoid

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Large and heavy
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Sounds like Sonos Era 100, but priced way higher

Where the Sonos Roam is optimized for using on the go, the Sonos Move 2 is a great Bluetooth speaker to use around the home and in your garden, packing a premium audio experience into a portable design.

With powerful speaker drivers, multi-room capabilities and smart audio-tuning tech that tweaks the output based on the speaker's immediate surroundings, the Sonos Move is engineered better than your average Bluetooth speaker. It's a versatile speaker, one that stands solidly alongside the built-for-home Sonos speakers that the company made its name on.

It’s not perfect – it’s heavy as a byproduct of its incredible sound, and it’s expensive due to its rich feature set. But if you’ve got the money, it’s hard to fault the Sonos Move 2 when it comes to providing loud and classy sound wherever you can carry it.

Read our full Sonos Move 2 review

The best for hi-fi sound