WIRELESS SPEAKERS

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View offers: whf.cm/BestWirelessSpeakers2023 Sonos Era 300 £449 The Era 300 is a wireless smart speaker that comes packing all the goodness and seamlessness of a Sonos system, with a key stand-out feature that Sonos believes is the next generation of sound: spatial audio. Spatial audio uses the Dolby Atmos format to create multiple channels of audio (beyond the standard two) to deliver a greater sense of immersion. For music, which has been in good ol’ stereo for many decades, that’s quite a big change. The 300’s divisive ‘cinched hourglass’ design is down to spatial audio playback needing a carefully considered but unusual arrangement of drivers that can fire out sound in all directions to deliver that ‘immersive’ audio experience – while still keeping a familial Sonos look. Four tweeters (one…

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