Sonos basically invented the multi-room category of home audio, starting as a software company in the early 2000s before integrating its Wi-Fi-enabled network into hardware a few years later.

Sonos is the leading multi-room wireless speaker system that lets you listen to your music all around your home. It offers a modern alternative to traditional HiFi systems that take up large amounts of space, can be fiddly to use and do not take advantage of today's offering.

Of course, while Sonos bills itself as a "wireless hi-fi system", there's no denying a little more cash spent on a dedicated separates system will deliver better sound. There are myriad streaming options should you value sound quality over the flexibility Sonos offers.

Sonos is a leader in home audio and offers high-quality speakers that can stream premium sound around your home. What makes Sonos stand out is its expansive streaming library. It supports everything from Spotify, Pandora and Tidal to Audible, Stitcher, and SiriusXM.

Sonos Era 300 is Sonos' all-new bookshelf speaker, supporting Dolby Atmos and bringing you the thrill of spatial audio technology from a single unit. Similarly to Era 100, Era 300 also offers Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi 6 and line-in connectivity via a Sonos adapter.

Sonos, like soooooo many other companies, has manufacturing in China so that they can remain competitive on costs.

Hi-Fi stands for high fidelity and refers to a higher-quality reproduction of sound. It is an extremely common term that was first used as far back as the 1950s. Hi-Fi reproduces sounds with minimal distortion and background noise and represents an accurate frequency response.

Overall, Sonos makes speakers with well-balanced sound profiles suitable for home use. Some are even compatible with certain Sonos soundbars, letting you create a surround sound system. Many of their speakers have built-in voice assistants, like Alexa and Google Assistant.

High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound. It is popular with audiophiles and home audio enthusiasts. Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion, and a flat (neutral, uncolored) frequency response within the human hearing range.

The Sonos App Stream from any of the premium, lossless services like Spotify or Tidal to listen to thousands of high-quality audio tracks, or access your own vast library of content stored on an at-home server. The app makes it easy while also providing you with the details of the song, artist, album and more.

Multi-Room Audio Like all other Sonos speakers, the One supports multi-room, whole-home music playback through the Sonos app. The company has built the most robust and broadly supported proprietary multi-room music platform on the market, but the speaker provides other, more open, options as well.

The new Sonos S2 app is now available with a new look, new icon, and new features. The current Sonos app has been renamed to the Sonos S1 Controller with a new icon. Your Sonos system can now update to S2 if all of your Sonos products are compatible.

Related keylists. Sonos Inc (Sonos) manufactures and markets wireless music systems for home audio applications. The company's product portfolio comprises wireless speakers, home theater speakers and components.

Related keylists. Sonos Inc (Sonos) manufactures and markets wireless music systems for home audio applications. The company's product portfolio comprises wireless speakers, home theater speakers and components.

High-performance audio systems do a much better job of recreating the notes made whenever the sound was recorded. For music, this means you get distinct bass notes instead of a muddy rumble, sharp and clear treble notes that won't set your teeth chattering, and mid-range tones that are much easier to tell apart.

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