SONOS PLAY:3 Smart Wireless Speaker, White

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This is incredibly helpful when arranging the best audio output for your home. Anyone who has ever attempted to create their own home theater knows what it is like to have to arrange speakers.

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Sonos speakers are the latest in modern technology. They improve the sound quality throughout your home and are able to do so with a sound connection to your home’s Wi-Fi. Welcome to Product Support, a column devoted to helping you get the most out of the gadgets and software you already use. This is what it all comes down to. Both of these speakers are designed to create a room-filling sound, but which really justifies its price? If you have a TV that has an output connection (that will appear as a headphone port), then you can connect the Sonos Play:5 to this and use it to stream your TV audio. Just be sure that this connection is available on your TV because it is probably the only way to make this work.

There are three ways to connect Sonos to TV wirelessly – via Bluetooth, by using the Sonos app, or by purchasing an APTX BT transmitter and using this as an audio receiver. The choice of method would depend on the setup and the wireless capabilities of the TV and audio devices. If you are going to connect your Sonos speaker to your TV via Bluetooth, then you will need to make sure that both the speaker and the TV are Bluetooth-enabled. While this might seem obvious to some, it can be a complete oversight to even the most experienced audio enthusiast. To connect the Sonos speaker to the TV via Bluetooth, you will need to use your TV’s streaming service and connect to the Sonos speaker as a Bluetooth device. For example, if you use Hulu, you can go to the Settings section and, while the Sonos Bluetooth-enabled speakers are turned on and ready to connect, you will select this speaker.

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But the Era 300 is clearly a cut above. Spatial audio, Bluetooth and the USB-C line-in make it Sonos's most versatile speaker yet, but it's the audio performance that's ultimately more refined and more capable. It's hands-down our winner. Using the Sonos App, connect each of your Sonos speakers to the Wi-Fi system that is paired with your Wi-Fi enabled phone or computer. Then, once you have established a connection with each of these speakers in the system, you will connect them to the centralized soundbar. Be mindful, though, that not all speakers are Bluetooth compatible as the Sonos speaker system was meant to provide a Wi-Fi enabled method of connecting your home’s surround sound speaker system. As well as being used for music, the Era 300 can be used as a rear surround with the Sonos Arcor Beam Gen 2soundbars to work as part of a Dolby Atmos home cinema system.Keep in mind that the speakers need to be high-quality if you are planning to stream any movies or TV shows on your TV. But, not all Sonos speakers were designed for the same purpose. While this might seem frustrating for someone who is new to the audio streaming world, this is the beauty that comes with the complexity of sound. Now, when you invite your friends over for a thrilling movie night, you can know confidently that you are in for an audio thrill ride as your speakers will work their magic.