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Black Friday is now just one week away, and numerous retailers have opened up their official Black Friday sales today. This includes Sonos, which is offering up to 20 percent off select home theater products and up to 25 percent off portable speakers for this week only.

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Sonos very rarely offers straight cash discounts on individual products, with typical sales throughout the year focusing on bundle sales. For Black Friday, the company is finally back with steep markdowns on numerous products, and you don't need to bundle or enter a code for the savings.



The deal prices listed below will last through Cyber Monday on November 27. There's a good mix of devices on sale, including the popular Arc soundbar for $719 ($180 off), cheaper Ray soundbar for $223 ($56 off), Roam Bluetooth speaker for $134 ($45 off), and more.


If you're starting your holiday shopping this week, we've got you covered with guides for the best early Black Friday deals for AirPods, iPhone, MacBook, HomePod, Apple Watch, and iPad. We've also been keeping an eye on the best overall Apple deals in the lead-up to November 24. All of these guides will be updated as the month continues, so be sure to bookmark and revisit to stay up-to-date on the best prices for the products you have an eye on.

For everything else, we're keeping track of all of the season's best Apple-related deals in our Black Friday roundup, so be sure to check back throughout the month for an updated list of all the most notable discounts you'll find for Black Friday 2023.

Article Link: Sonos Black Friday Sale Takes Up to 25% Off Speakers, Soundbars, and More
 
Arc or Arc + Sub are fantastic starters for a soundbar-based home theater setup. They work with Apple Music and over a hundred other music services, can use Airplay 2 and you can command them with Siri by using HomeKit and your AppleTV, iDevice or Mac (I do this all the time, often commanding Siri to play my carefully curated playlists in the Apple Music app on my Mac- mostly my own music ripped from many CDs- to the Sonos setup in a specific room or whole house. It all "just works").

When you want to finish up this kind of home theater, add twin Sonos 300s on speaker stands or wall mounts/shelving behind you for terrific surround sound. Arc + 300s up-firing speakers deliver an excellent ATMOS & spatial music experience. I just helped someone set this up in a fairly large room apartment and they have been gushing about the sound for weeks: music, movies, TV, etc.
 
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My man cave setup is Arc, 2 Subs, and ERA 300 surround. It is fantastic whether im gaming in Atmos, music or movies. Incredible. I love Sonos
 
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My man cave setup is Arc, 2 Subs, and ERA 300 surround. It is fantastic whether im gaming in Atmos, music or movies. Incredible. I love Sonos
Docsta80 said, "I will spare no expense. Not one single expense!"

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I have a Bose Lifestyle 650 system - it works fine. Horrible software but it works. Was wondering if the ARC = Sub and 2 ERA’s would be better. My rears on the Bose are ceiling mounted so mounting those speakers and running power up there would be a total pain.
 
I have a Bose Lifestyle 650 system - it works fine. Horrible software but it works. Was wondering if the ARC = Sub and 2 ERA’s would be better. My rears on the Bose are ceiling mounted so mounting those speakers and running power up there would be a total pain.

"Better" is ears (and maybe some eyes) of the beholder. Only you could really pass good judgement. Maybe you should head for a Best Buy or similar with some of your audio favorites and try out the samples usually on display?

That said, I've had/helped people with both. In very broad strokes, I favor Sonos sound over Bose. Arc + Sub + Twin 300's would likely sound great to anyone. I tend to chase very high quality of sound (and thus would still put a classic Receiver plus dedicated speakers above BOTH options) but I admit I'm quite impressed with that trio for a soundbar-based home theater setup. I also own an Arc myself but use it for music only in a bedroom, much like others would use HPs. It sounds really great.

All of the Sonos speakers are more sizable than Bose, newer, new tech, etc. Instead of hanging the 300's, they can be wireless (need power though) so you could put them on stands, wall mount them, etc (and they could hang too if you want them up there). Ideally, they are not on the ceiling as they offer up-firing speakers for ATMOS/Spatial so you want there to be some room "up" for up-firing sound to spread out a bit.

The "software" part is where Sonos shines. First, they are quite compatible with Apple via Airplay 2. For example, just select them as speakers in Apple Music and they will play. The Sonos App itself opens up pretty much all streaming services, including their own exclusive channels which are quite good. However, if most of what you want to hear streams from Apple tech, you can just about never open their app and enjoy Sonos through Apple tech and software.
  • AppleTV to TV to Arc gives you pretty much any audio that can get into your TV (AppleTV apps, TV apps, TV over the air, game boxes, disc players, etc).
  • Mac and iDevices can "throw" any audio you want to hear from them to Sonos via Airplay.
Unlike HPs, AUX inputs can let other kinds of audio IN... including ancient stuff that lacks HDMI.
 
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"Better" is ears (and maybe some eyes) of the beholder. Only you could really pass good judgement. Maybe you should head for a Best Buy or similar with some of your audio favorites and try out the samples usually on display?

That said, I've had/helped people with both. In very broad strokes, I favor Sonos sound over Bose. Arc + Sub + Twin 300's would likely sound great to anyone. I tend to chase very high quality of sound (and thus would still put a classic Receiver plus dedicated speakers above BOTH options) but I admit I'm quite impressed with that trio for a soundbar-based home theater setup. I also own an Arc myself but use it for music only in a bedroom, much like others would use HPs. It sounds really great.

All of the Sonos speakers are more sizable than Bose, newer, new tech, etc. Instead of hanging the 300's, they can be wireless (need power though) so you could put them on stands, wall mount them, etc (and they could hang too if you want them up there). Ideally, they are not on the ceiling as they offer up-firing speakers for ATMOS/Spatial so you want there to be some room "up" for up-firing sound to spread out a bit.

The "software" part is where Sonos shines. First, they are quite compatible with Apple via Airplay 2. For example, just select them as speakers in Apple Music and they will play. The Sonos App itself opens up pretty much all streaming services, including their own exclusive channels which are quite good. However, if most of what you want to hear streams from Apple tech, you can just about never open their app and enjoy Sonos through Apple tech and software.
  • AppleTV to TV to Arc gives you pretty much any audio that can get into your TV (AppleTV apps, TV apps, TV over the air, game boxes, disc players, etc).
  • Mac and iDevices can "throw" any audio you want to hear from them to Sonos via Airplay.
Unlike HPs, AUX inputs can let other kinds of audio IN... including ancient stuff that lacks HDMI.
Really appreciate your insight. I have two rooms with working Bose systems so not sure it makes sense to spend the money - but with the Black Friday deals now is better than never.
 
Yes, I’m no Bose hater, so can appreciate what you have. The “horrible software” comment implies potential change. Load up a device with favored audio and go try some demos. If it sounds better, maybe buy one thing like Arc, bring it home, set it up and really put it to some head-to-head testing in your own environment. If you:
  • Like, keep and maybe go get more pieces.
  • Don’t like, return and stick with what you have.
Testing with your own ears, in your own place, with your own audio sources is the ULTIMATE way to improve your home audio or know that what you have wins THIS round. This would also let you use what will probably be much better software
 
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Arc or Arc + Sub are fantastic starters for a soundbar-based home theater setup. They work with Apple Music and over a hundred other music services, can use Airplay 2 and you can command them with Siri by using HomeKit and your AppleTV, iDevice or Mac (I do this all the time, often commanding Siri to play my carefully curated playlists in the Apple Music app on my Mac- mostly my own music ripped from many CDs- to the Sonos setup in a specific room or whole house. It all "just works").

No it is a rubbish system. It does not even support AAC or DTS. If you are streaming mostly, or listening to music, I guess it is fine for that. But it is definitely not worth the price, not even with 100 bucks off.
 
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