Sonos PLAY:3 hands-on

Entertainment

Sonos released a new sibling in their audio lineup recently, and it’s called the PLAY:3. You can think of it as a smaller PLAY:5 (what used to be called the S5), and it is definitely up to par with the level of quality that Sonos is known for. There isn’t an actual subwoofer, rather a tweeter and a couple mid-range speakers, though the unit does offer decent bass and low-end performance. You can also create a stereo pair with two PLAY:3 units if you’d like, using one for a left channel and one for the right channel to fill your entire room with audio. The fact you can add all kinds of music services like Spotify, Pandora, Napster, Rhapsody, Rdio, Last.fm, iheartradio and many more, including your local iTunes library, is straight up mind blowing — all your music in true Sonos fashion is at your fingertips, and it just works. At $299, the PLAY:3 makes jumping into a Sonos setup relatively inexpensive, and a setup consisting of a few PLAY:3 units and PLAY:5 units can really create the perfect music listening experience in your home.

8 Comments
  • Bringit

    nice.

  • jeff kutsch

    On your Itunes library, can you listen to your purchased music as well?

    • Anonymous

      If they have DRM, no. You’ll have to pay the iTunes “Plus” tax to remove the DRM before they’ll play on Sonos. I don’t think there’s any non-Apple DAPs that can play Apple DRM’ed music.

      • ZippityDoDa

        Not true.  You can play iTunes music from your pc/mac and phones.   In fact there is an iPhone app which also serves as a controller on the S5.

      • http://profiles.google.com/canyonblue David Corsi

        ZippityDoDa, you are wrong. iTunes DRM protected music (which was all iTunes music until a few years ago) will NOT play on Sonos. If you have paid to upgrade that music to iTunes Plus (which removes the DRM) or if you have purchased any music in the last few years from iTunes (which is all now DRM free) then yes, it will play on Sonos.

        My personal iTunes collection is fully converted to DRM free files and so yes, it plays on my Sonos but beware if you have DRM’d music, it won’t play.

  • http://twitter.com/CoconutShinobi Shin Azshanari

    Sonos PLAY 3 = Sony PLAYstation 3 = $299 

    • Carlos

      I’ll take the sonos

  • Cer

    Still a little too expensive compared to the $399 Play:5. This should be $249.

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