Sonos has been excluding its first music speaker designed for spatial audio from earlier gross sales occasions because it was launched final yr, so hear up: The corporate is promoting refurbished items of the Period 300 for $359, or $91 lower than retail. Sure, it isn’t model new, however Sonos’ refurb program has a great monitor document. In the meanwhile, solely the white Period 300s can be found at a reduction — the black model is offered out — however in case you do not care about coloration, then you’ll get three free months of Apple Music along with your buy.
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Sonos is promoting refurbished Period 300 audio system for $91 lower than retail.
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We discovered the Period 300 to be one of many best-sounding audio system Sonos has made after we reviewed it. The mannequin’s spatial audio expertise generally is a hit and miss in that generally, the Atmos variations of songs might sound like they’ve an excessive amount of reverb that the vocals get misplaced within the combine. However total, it exhibited wonderful sound high quality and might make songs shine by reproducing bass, vocal and instrumentation in nice element. It makes songs sound wealthy, crisp and vibrant. We suggested not shopping for the Period 300 just for the sake of spatial audio in our assessment, for the reason that library of tracks that assist the characteristic stays fairly small. That would change sooner or later, although, particularly if Apple actually does begin rewarding artists for providing their music in spatial audio.
It is value noting that Sonos recommends pairing two Period 300 audio system for “mind-bendlingly realistic surround sound,” and getting the cheaper variations would make {that a} extra reasonably priced prospect. The mannequin is fairly straightforward to arrange anyway — simply add the speaker to your Sonos app after which pair it along with your music companies of selection — so having two or extra will not be a difficulty. In case you are on the lookout for one thing else, although, Sonos is promoting extra refurbished gadgets on its web site.
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