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Sonos is a leading American audio technology company that is best known for pioneering wireless multiroom audio systems, which make it easy for listeners to stream music and other content throughout their homes. The company continues to innovate, creating wireless speakers, home theater systems, headphones, architectural components, and integrated home audio solutions that revolutionize how people listen and connect to sound.

With Sonos, you can create a home sound system that fits the space you live in. Each Sonos speaker and component is designed to sound amazing on its own, but they’re even more powerful when combined in a system that spans your entire listening space — be it your living room, bedroom, office, or all of the above.

Don’t know where to start? Focus on one room first. Once you’ve nailed the audio or home theater setup there, you can gradually add more components until you have a truly multiroom sound system.

That may sound complicated, but with Sonos, there’s no need for extra clutter and complex controls. Access and tune your entire system to your preferences via the 

, and use Sonos Voice Control for hands-free listening.

Ready to start building your Sonos sound system? First, make sure you have the 

 for setting up and using a Sonos system. From there, the next step is figuring out where you’ll be watching and listening.

Think about where you want sound in your home

One of the most powerful advantages of a Sonos sound system is its versatility.

There’s a Sonos speaker to fit virtually every listening style and type of physical space, from an expansive living room to a kitchen with narrow dimensions. And a Sonos sound system seamlessly connects these speakers from room to room, allowing for an immersive listening experience that moves with you throughout your home. But you might not need to fill 

 room just yet, and you’ll get the most immediate enjoyment by focusing on the spaces where you listen the most.

Living rooms, family rooms, and other large entertainment spaces are usually a primary focal point when building out a Sonos sound system. These rooms tend to require a multipurpose system capable of producing top-quality audio for TV, movies, music, and video games.

Smaller rooms — like the kitchen, bedroom, and office — might not require multiple speakers, and there may be less space to work with in any case. A compact Sonos speaker that connects to your larger surround sound system can do wonders in such spaces.

The good news is that there’s a Sonos speaker to fit nearly every need and space. Some speakers offer a bit more versatility, while others are tailored to specific use cases, such as outdoor listening or immersive 

If you plan to use your Sonos system to watch TV and movies, start with a 

. These sleek, low-profile speakers deliver a cinematic surround sound experience, with deep bass and crisp dialogue in a single package. Soundbars like 

 to immerse you in a digital soundstage, creating a surround sound experience that sounds great even with no additional components.

Heighten the sense of immersion even further with a pair of rear speakers, like 

 to create a surround sound experience. And to complete your home theater system, you can add a subwoofer like 

, specifically designed to handle deep bass sounds like explosions, rolling thunder, or the low end of music.

Entertainment spaces: Soundbars and surround speakers

Couple on the couch watching a soccer match with a black Sonos Arc Ultra home theater setup

If you want to keep the focus on music, start with a premium wireless speaker. Engineered to put you inside the music and make every instrument sound better than ever, these speakers create a vivid stereo soundstage no matter where you listen.

 is best for listeners who want to experience the spatial audio capabilities of Dolby Atmos in their music. Not just for home theater, Dolby Atmos is available to subscribers of Apple Music or Amazon Music. This immersive surround sound technology creates a richer, more layered listening experience, where sounds seem to move through the space around you.

 stereo sound with deeper bass, consider 

. When used as a standalone speaker, Five automatically separates the left and right channels for full stereo sound that permeates even a large room. Or, pair two Five speakers and position them vertically for an even more expansive soundstage.

Worth mentioning is that both speakers feature a 

 audio input, which allows you to play music from a turntable, laptop, CD player, or other audio source.

Offices and larger rooms without TVs: Premium wireless speakers

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Not every room requires a multispeaker setup. If space is tight, a sleek, compact speaker like 

 fits best. Era 100 delivers detailed stereo separation and deep bass at any volume — and in a design that fits nicely on any kitchen counter or bookshelf. (If you don’t need the voice control capabilities of Era 100 but still favor its size and sound, consider 

, which is nearly identical to Era 100, but doesn’t contain a microphone.)

, you may find that some rooms sound perfect with a single speaker. Can’t wait to expand the sonic blueprint of your setup even further? Tackle two rooms at once with a 

Kitchens and transitional spaces: Small, versatile speakers

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When you hear “waterproof speaker,” you might think about hanging poolside or hiking through a downpour. But Sonos 

 of damp or misty environments — including your bath and shower.

If you’re looking to add a bathroom speaker to your Sonos setup, we recommend the powerful, versatile 

. Its compact size doesn’t take up too much bathroom-counter real estate, and it’s rated IP67, which means it can withstand everything from the occasional splash to temporary immersion in water (1 m of water for up to 30 minutes).

A black Sonos Play next to a bathroom sink looking out onto a lake and trees

You may be surprised to learn that Sonos Play and our other portable Bluetooth speakers aren’t just for listening to music on the go. Using WiFi, you can integrate any Sonos portable into your home Sonos system.

This gives you impressive flexibility, with a single speaker that can move in and out of your multiroom setup depending on whether you’re on vacation or relaxing at home. If you want a speaker with enough power to fill your backyard, patio, or lawn with heart-pumping stereo sound, 

 is a great option that you can swap indoors and outdoors whenever the feeling suits. Prefer an ultraportable speaker you can slip into your pocket as you wander from backyard to kitchen? 

For a more permanent setup that blends into your backyard and garden spaces, consider 

 to create an audio system that extends from your house to your yard.

Backyard and outdoor spaces: Portable and outdoor speakers

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Your bedroom setup will likely depend on whether you have a TV. If so, a smaller soundbar like 

 offers an ideal compromise between size and performance that fits the more modest dimensions of a bedroom.

If you only listen to music in the bedroom, a single 

Bedrooms: Smaller soundbars and wireless speakers

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Getting started with Sonos is simple. Download the Sonos app, plug in your speaker, and follow the on-screen prompts. The app will take you step-by-step through the setup process, which includes:

Set up the sign-in information you’ll use when you need to make account updates and changes.

: This is a requirement, as it allows your entire system to play over your home WiFi network. Connecting to WiFi gives you the best possible sound quality and also opens up flexible ways to use your system, like streaming different songs in different rooms.

: You can assign different speakers to different rooms, giving them easy-to-remember names like “Living Room,” “Bedroom,” or “Hall of Mirrors.” You can also adjust the bass, treble, balance, and loudness of individual speakers to your liking using the 

Once you're set up, you can add your favorite streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Music, plus access 

 for free right out of the box. As your system grows, just plug in a new speaker and use the Sonos app to 

For more on how to set up your system, check out our 

The customization doesn’t stop once you’ve chosen your speakers and components. There are other ways to make your speakers a perfect fit for your unique listening space and habits:

: Trueplay measures the acoustics of your room, then fine tunes your Sonos speaker to make sure it sounds great no matter where you've placed it. Note that you’ll need a 

: You can group two or more Sonos speakers together so they play the same content in sync. You can also group and ungroup rooms to fully customize where your sound plays throughout your home — for example, you might add separate groups for your upstairs and downstairs speakers.

: If you have a soundbar, add two Era 100 or Era 300 speakers as rear channels for a more immersive surround sound experience.

: Products bearing the “Works with Sonos” badge are certified to seamlessly connect with your Sonos sound system, creating an even more harmonious experience across your home devices.

Special considerations and recommendations

Outdoor spaces can be complicated additions to your home sound system. You’re dealing not only with the elements, but also with the unique acoustic properties of open air. If you want to add surface-mounted outdoor speakers to your home system, you’ll likely want to get them 

Portable Bluetooth speakers, such as the high-powered 

, are another option for outdoor spaces. These speakers can pull double duty as indoor-outdoor speakers, depending on what the situation calls for.

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, make sure you choose a compatible speaker or component. The list currently includes:

All of these feature line-in, which will allow you to easily connect your turntable.

. Don’t overlook the phono preamp — it may be built into your turntable, or you may need to purchase one separately to plug in between your turntable and your Sonos speaker.

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Once you set up Sonos Ace in the Sonos app, just press and hold the button on the right ear cup to instantly transfer what's playing on your TV to your headphones. You'll get the full spatial audio experience, complete with surround sound and Dolby Atmos support. You can even enable 

 so the audio shifts with you as you turn your head.

Personal listening with Sonos Ace headphones

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With speakers and components to suit a wide variety of listening spaces and styles, you can build a Sonos sound system that perfectly suits your life. And there’s no need to build out your system all at once. Many Sonos listeners have added new rooms and speakers to their systems over time, moving gradually from a single- to a multiroom audio setup.

Ready to start building? Get in touch with a Sonos expert by 

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How to Build a Sonos Sound System

When we launched the first portable Sonos speaker in 2019, the goal was to make a premium sound experience available anywhere your adventures might take you. In the years since, we’ve refined our 

 delivers wide, spacious stereo sound with long-lasting battery life, while 

 is an ultra-portable companion that brings the Sonos experience wherever the day leads.

Now, we’re introducing a third portable speaker that’s our most versatile yet — a perfect balance of compact size and powerful, bass-heavy stereo sound.

Sound familiar? If you’ve been listening with Sonos since our origins, you may remember our bestselling Play: product line. The all-new 

 nods to this heritage, though it more fully realizes the promise suggested by the name — this is a speaker designed for play in every sense of the word. It’s small enough to go wherever adventure calls, and powerful enough to fill a room with impressive bass and clarity. It’s rugged enough to take on the trail, and refined enough to hook on your living room wall.

In other words, it’s a portable speaker that plays just like you do.

Before thinking too hard about issues like weight and size, there’s one important question to ask of any portable speaker: 

Sonos Play doesn’t just sound good. It pushes the limits of what a portable speaker this size can deliver, thanks to an acoustic architecture similar to that of its larger sibling, Move 2. This innovative design is capable of generating deep, room-filling bass — on par with what you might expect from a home stereo system.

Creating a sense of sonic spaciousness is always the biggest challenge with a speaker of this size, but we’ve built Sonos Play to ensure wide, clear 

 regardless of whether you use it outside or indoors. Adding to that versatility is the built-in 

 tuning technology, which automatically analyzes the unique acoustics of a space and 

optimizes the speaker’s equalization (EQ)

Despite its compact size, Sonos Play delivers all of this sonic oomph with a long-lasting battery that allows for up to 24 hours of continuous playback (comparable to the larger Move 2). That means it can soundtrack a weekend trip even if you don’t have any room left in your backpack for the included 

Sonos Play also features a USB-C port on the back that pulls triple duty. Use it to charge the speaker, reverse-charge your phone or tablet when you're on the go, or connect it as a line-in for your turntable at home. (Cable not included.)

Woman placing a white Sonos Play into a tote bag

Space-filling sound, at home and on the go

When we say Sonos Play is our most versatile portable Bluetooth speaker yet, we’re not kidding. Even calling it a “portable” speaker risks underrepresenting all the ways you can use it.

For example, Sonos Play can seamlessly integrate with your at-home Sonos system (it can even add an extra room to a 

). Simply use the Sonos app to connect it to the rest of your system over WiFi.

Of course, this is a portable speaker first and foremost, equipped with 

 capabilities for on-the-go listening in places where a WiFi connection isn’t available. Everything about Sonos Play — from its slim profile to its space-filling sound — is designed to give you a premium sound experience wherever life takes you.

Whether you’re chilling poolside or dancing in the rain, Sonos Play doesn’t let a bit of water stand in the way of a good time. With an IP (Ingress Protection) rating of IP67, it’s both dustproof and waterproof. Exactly what you might expect from a speaker that’s all about play.

And speaking of outdoor play, Sonos Play features a brand-new addition to a Sonos speaker: a silicone utility loop that rotates up or down depending on your needs. Flip it up for easy carrying, or to latch it onto a tent, backpack, or wall hook. Rotate it down for a cleaner look at home — plus easier access to the Bluetooth, mic switch (which turns off voice assistants), and power controls on the back.

Once you experience how seamlessly Sonos Play fits into any space — indoors or out — you might be tempted to pick up a second. And if you do, you’ll unlock a capability that helps you get even more out of your portable speakers.

For the first time, you can group two Sonos Play speakers together to bring the Sonos experience beyond home — even if you don’t have access to a WiFi connection. Group as many as four Sonos Play speakers at once to turn any campsite or beach blanket into an immersive Sonos experience.

White Move 2, Sonos Play, and Roam 2 side by side on a table in a field

Sonos Play has a sustainability story befitting a speaker that’s designed to be taken out in nature. Put simply, Sonos Play is the most sustainable Sonos portable speaker yet. Its rugged construction of biorenewable materials is built to withstand years of use, and its optimized power management achieves peak performance after only a short charge.

 by the user — no complicated installation required. This helps minimize our ecological footprint and ensures that each Sonos Play speaker enjoys as long a lifespan as possible.

sustainability and climate impact of Sonos products

 is the speaker we’ve been building up to for decades — one that honors our legacy as a sound company while embodying the spirit of innovation that first took Sonos outside the home. More than anything, Sonos Play is about meeting our listeners where they are: at home, on the move, and everywhere in between.

person placing a black Sonos Play onto its charging base

Introducing Sonos Play

Simplicity has always been one of our guiding principles at Sonos. When we design a new speaker, we don’t stop when we’ve achieved incredible sound. We also focus on delivering an experience that makes it easy to integrate Sonos into your daily listening habits. To that end, we’re thrilled to introduce the latest addition to our celebrated Era lineup: 

 is a spiritual successor to Sonos One SL — the beloved bookshelf speaker that offered a more affordable alternative to Sonos One by removing the built-in voice control. Era 100 SL takes the same finely tuned stereo sound and rich bass in our best-selling 

 speaker, but without internal microphones.

Striking the perfect balance between ease, affordability, and premium sound, Era 100 SL debuts as the most accessible speaker in the Sonos in-home lineup.

For those already familiar with the advanced acoustics of Era 100, Era 100 SL needs no introduction. But if this is your first foray into Sonos, get ready for remarkably rich sound that permeates every corner of your listening space.

With detailed stereo separation and deep bass delivered at any volume, Era 100 SL levels up your audio experience across various forms of media. From chill playlists to pulse-pounding action movies, this is a speaker designed to amplify and accentuate whatever you play through it.

It’s also designed to sound great wherever you position it, thanks to 

 that analyzes the unique acoustics of your space and 

 and an iOS device, once you’ve decided where to place your speaker. (Trueplay™ is not available for Android users with Era 100 SL.)

Simplicity means just one system that connects all of your audio components, from your 

Regardless of how you listen or watch, connecting Era 100 SL is refreshingly simple. Stream music and video audio from your various devices via WiFi or Bluetooth (though we recommend WiFi for the best sound experience). Era 100 SL also supports Apple AirPlay 2 for iOS devices, and you can connect your turntable or other media equipment with an auxiliary cable using the 

Era 100 SL doesn’t just sound beautiful. It looks the part, too. Inheriting the sleek and stylish contours of Era 100, the compact Era 100 SL is designed to fit beautifully on bookshelves, kitchen counters, windowsills, and wherever else you might find space for it.

What you might miss when admiring the looks of Era 100 SL, however, is the sustainability story that drives this latest addition to Sonos’ environmentally conscious Era lineup. Like Era 100 and Era 300, Era 100 SL features post consumer-recycled plastics that minimize waste and software efficiencies that reduce power consumption when the speaker is idle.

Even the packaging — 100% recyclable and crafted from paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council® — reflects our commitment to listeners and the planet.

If Era 100 SL is your first Sonos product, you can use it as a standalone speaker that sounds great on its own.

Want a more immersive experience? Connect two Era 100 SL speakers to a 

. From your home office to your kitchen, add speakers to every room to create an amazing 

 that stays with you as you move throughout your home. This flexibility is what makes Era 100 SL such an ideal entry point into the Sonos system — as well as a more affordable addition to an existing setup.

Why Era 100 SL speakers are perfect for surround sound

Here's something worth knowing: if you already have a voice-enabled soundbar in your setup — like 

, for instance — you’ve already got voice control covered for your entire system. That means you don't need 

 speaker in your setup to have built-in voice control, just one in the room where you're most likely to use it.

Era 100 SL, then, makes for a smart option if you’re simply looking to add rear speakers to your system. If you pair multiple Era 100 SL speakers with a voice-enabled Sonos soundbar, for example, you’ll get the best of both worlds: a 

 with voice control only where you actually need it.

Pair of white Era 100 SL speakers on stands behind a sofa

Era 100 SL is designed to be a more affordable and accessible version of our Era 100 smart speaker.

It offers the same essential sonic architecture as its older sibling, with no compromises on sound quality. And if you love the seamless touch controls and intuitive volume slider of Era 100, you’ll find the exact same features with Era 100 SL.

The only real difference between these two speakers is that Era 100 SL does not contain a microphone and therefore does not have voice control capabilities. (This also means that you’ll need an iOS device if you want to activate Trueplay, as Android devices require a microphone within the speaker.) But if you have an iOS device and don’t need voice control, Era 100 SL arguably makes for a more sensible addition to your setup.

Era 100 SL may seem like a relatively minor update to the beloved Era 100, but it unlocks a host of possibilities.

With the more affordable price point, it’s now the most cost-effective way to build your 

. And the streamlined design makes Era 100 SL the most accessible Sonos plug-in speaker yet — perfect for those who want the quickest and simplest path to pristine sound.

Simply put, Era 100 SL delivers a premium Sonos audio experience at a price that makes sense. To learn more about 

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Introducing Sonos Era 100 SL

Though it comes from the heart, gifting can be an anxiety-inducing endeavor. The good news? Nailing the perfect gift has never been easier, thanks to Sonos and our versatile lineup of 

. Whether they’re a casual listener or vinyl-obsessed audiophile, whether they take their podcasts at home or on the go, Sonos has something for everyone who appreciates great sound.

We’ve put together a guide that highlights the perfect Sonos gift for different personalities and listening habits. Rest assured: If they enjoy music, podcasts, films, or TV shows, we have the perfect gift to amplify their experience.

Whether or not they have a current Sonos system

Many Sonos speakers and soundbars can be used all on their own — no additional speakers or components required. But Sonos products are also designed to seamlessly work together in a sound system that produces immersive 

If your gift recipient doesn’t currently have a Sonos system, consider gifting them a starter speaker that will sound great by itself (

 are two excellent and highly versatile options). They can add additional components to their system later, or enjoy the speaker on its own for years to come.

Another great standalone option is the latest generation of our 

 soundbar, which delivers powerful, precise sound for movies and music alike.

Their music and movie-watching preferences

Again, many Sonos speakers fit seamlessly into either a home audio or home theater setup. If you know they enjoy music and movie-watching about equally, it could make sense to lean toward a 

If their preferences skew heavily toward either music or movies, however, you may want to choose a bit more intentionally. Music lovers will appreciate the all-around immersion of our Dolby Atmos-enabled 

 speaker, and vinyl listeners will fall especially hard for the 

 speaker. Movie buffs, on the other hand, would likely swoon over a soundbar like 

If they like to be as close to the action as possible, you can narrow your search to 

. It may be too much to gift them an entire 

, but the following gifts are a great way to add some 

 to serve as left and right surround sound channels from the rear. (This is a better gift if they already have a soundbar to serve as the front channels in their surround sound setup.)

 for booming bass. (Note: Subwoofers are not standalone speakers, so make sure they already have a soundbar.)

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Whether they stream music or listen exclusively to vinyl, they’re sure to appreciate the rich sound of our premium WiFi speakers:

, a premium smart speaker that disperses sound right, left, forward, and above to create a sensational 

, our most powerful wireless hi-fi speaker, with masterfully tuned, room-filling sound to impress any audiophile.

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