• Reviews around quality (4.30 of 5)

    Sonos Play:3 Mid-Sized Wireless Smart Speaker for Streaming Music. Works with Alexa. (Black)

    • I am not an audiophile, but I think that the music that comes out of the Sonos system is of excellent quality.
    • Excellent sound and quality.
    • Although it is has a remarkable sound quality when it is working...I almost bought the SUB to take another step up the total sound quality ladder, it is an ABJECT FAILURE as an advance in the next phase of home stereo systems (wireless and amplifier-less, easily mobile, sound modules).I only wish that Bose or someone like them would step into this void of real functional products and capture a market that is crying for a change in the old fashioned Denon/Dahlquist/Kenwood/Others systems once used for great home sound
    • Very user friendly to set up and superior sound quality.
    • The sound quality is amazing and it's just so simple to use
    • great sound quality and experience with SONOS no issue to report
    • The sonos play 3 has amazing sound & workmanship quality as well as amazing volume
    • Expensive but the quality of build and customer service has been outstanding and worth the premium cost of ownership.
    • Amazing sound quality and the ease of moving from room to room makes this the best speaker solution for us.
    • Ok speaker but was expecting a better quality of sound for $300.00 bucks
    • Setup is a breeze, sound quality is excellent, and the music sources are vast
    • The sound quality is way better than any bluetooth speaker I've used, since Sonos goes through wifi your music doesn't need to be compressed as much as it does with bluetooth
    • Sound quality is fine for my plebian ears
    • Trust me, as a technician that deals with this stuff on a regular basis, these guys have some real quality in their products
    • Fantastic sound quality that we will enjoy for years to come.
    • Being they are the same size (again, I believe) it wouldn't make sense that dividing the low and mid range frequencies among 2 smallish drivers of the same size would provide any better sound quality than a single driver
    • Extremely good quality sound.
    • The tonal quality is perfect and the footprint is non obstructive
    • (Apple Lossless; super high quality) to 128Mb MP3 songs and everything sounds great
    • I have to say it's a beautiful product, so easy to install, and the quality of the sound is just incredible!I want to first start this off by explaining how I installed this
    • As mentioned above, quality of sound was extremely important to me, and these speakers delivered.
    • The sound quality is surprisingly good for a speaker this small and is plenty loud enough for the largest rooms in our home.
    • Sonos has cornered the WiFi enabled speaker market but in no way the best sound quality, the software is good but it would be nice to have more control over each speaker.
    • The sound quality is the best for the size and cost.
    • The sound quality is so bad, muddy and dull
    • The speaker is great quality and it fills my room with sound and would be giving it 5 stars if it was Bluetooth
    • The sound quality is really nice
    • - The sound quality is great!
    • Great quality
    • I purchased SONOS Play 3 and SONOS Bridge to have a high-quality, portable speaker to use around my house or outside for entertaining
    • Sound quality is good.
    • Amazing sound quality for the size and price; when paired with the sub, I prefer this setup to my much more expensive Dali floor standing speakers
    • Sound quality is good
    • I was listening to an SF Giants game within minutes ;-)The sound quality of the Play:3 is great
    • Audio quality so far is fantastic
    • Great sound, high quality and loud.
    • The sound quality is excellent in our large, open floorplan living/dining room.
    • This speaker produces exceptionally great quality sound
    • The instructions are very easy and clear and you will be listening to wonderful quality music in no time.
    • So yes, I'd recommend the speaker as long as you're not expecting top-quality sound
    • The sound quality is phenomenal and far out performs any other solution I have ever tried
    • great sound quality,
    • Now the deal-breaking negative:The sound quality was dissapointingly bad
    • The sound and streaming quality is great, and the controller app works fine
    • The sound quality on the Play:3 is excellent.
    • The sound and streaming quality is great, and the controller app works fine
    • this one is very good but not great sound quality.
    • Great sound quality, and even at high volumes you do not hear any distortion
    • The sound quality rivals Bose and the ease of file sharing on the
    • We love the setup so much that we will likely add components, and i may try the Play:5 as i suspect the sound quality is superior.
    • First the sound quality is mediocre for the price
    • Set-up was a breeze, sound quality is good, all in all I am very pleased.
    • The Play:3 is an interesting option for the smaller room if you already own a Sonos system with more than adequate sound quality for speakers of it's
    • It's so simple and easy, I would give the system 5 stars, but the sound quality is just a bit disappointing
    • But the overall quality, both in product design and and amazing sound, makes the price well worth it.
    • But then I decided I wanted the song off his phone to play again, so I hit back and it immediately started streaming from his phone again without any lag or intervention from him.-When paired together, the sound quality is perfect
    • The sound quality is phenomenal
    • The sound quality was better than I expected
    • but you can't deny the ease comfort and quality of SONOS.
    • I cant stress enough the quality and easiness of use, setup and even option pool for services you have on the app :)I really dont think the Play:5 are way better ;)
    • The sound quality is very good, however, its controller software keeps "losing" the system, so just about every few days I have to go back through the setup process.
    • (Apple Lossless; super high quality) to 128Mb MP3 songs and everything sounds great
    • But I'd be willing to tolerate these issues for excellent sound quality
    • Sound quality is very good, bass is well handled, clear.
    • Sound quality is nice, though you're not going to get crankingly loud music out of the Play:3
    • Sound quality is not bad, but not great.
    • In short they sounded like really cheap iPod dock speakers, not the quality hi-fi system advertised
    • Amazing sound quality
    • Sound quality is beautiful and portability was fairly unmatched at that time.
    • The sound quality is good but not stellar
    • The sound quality is excellent
    • And the sound quality is GREAT!
    • The sound quality of the PLAY:3 is excellent (especially for a speaker of its size), particularly when two of them are combined as a stereo pair
    • For the most part, the speaker does what I need it to do and while the sound quality is good, it's not great.
    • Hands down, some of the best quality sound you can get and so easy to set up.
    • The sound quality of the unit is very good once you have everything talking to each other and your play list sorted out
    • The sound quality is great.
    • Sound quality is decent
    • Very good sound quality
    • The sound quality rivals Bose and the ease of file sharing on the
    • SONOS just makes everything so easy, plus the sound quality is great.
    • Great sound quality, and even at high volumes you do not hear any distortion
    • Only real issue with it is sound quality.
    • Works great with your cell phone and the sound quality is good.
    • Great sound quality, but I soon learned the achilles tendon of this system is the Sonos app that you must use.
    • The sound quality is fantastic on this speaker, really good balance on the high and the low ends
    • For the price I was aspecting sound of better quality, I think that most of the money of this product goes into the software (user interface, apps, streaming services)
    • Great sound quality from a small unit!
    • Sonos provides a great product with beautiful sound quality
    • The sound quality is great, the flexibility is fantastic (very easy to move speakers around your house, just need to be near a power source), and the convenience of all your music in one place, absolutely priceless.
    • I must say that the sound quality is great
    • It was easy to set up, great sound quality, aesthetically pleasing to the eye, and it can be controlled from multiple computers or handheld devices.
    • Sound quality not quite as nice as the Play 5 but considerably better than the Play 1 IMHO
    • It is expensive but very high quality (Apple Quality)
    • The quality and ease of this system are well worth the cost.
    • The sound quality of these speakers is great, especially for the price
    • Great sound quality
    • Great speakers, very good sound quality even though there is no true bass speaker on it.
    • Amazing quality and sound
    • It fills up my tiny apt with great music quality
    • The sound quality is fantastic (I would say as good as Bose for comparison sake) and the set up is so easy my parents can do it
    • Excellent sound quality
    • Great sound quality
    • Being able to stream music so loud you can sing along with your head under the shower nozzle while maintaining good quality is quite a feat
    • I like the hardware quality but not the software one
    • Sound quality is very good
    • Its very easy to control and nice to have access to all your music as well as Pandora and still have great sound quality.
    • Audio quality - Honestly, was amazed.
    • Sound quality is amazing and the set up was one of the best user experiences of any connected home device
    • OUTSTANDING quality and delivery
    • Great sound & build quality
    • The sound quality is surprisingly good.
    • while my house is full of sonos gear, this is not a piece I will be keeping, the sound quality is like an old transiter radio compared to the 5
    • The setup is super easy and the sound quality is great as far as wireless speakers go.
    • Sound quality is great and I love the flexibility.
    • I cannot stream anything from my iTunes and also I cannot stream from my iPhone as it requires a Airport Express!The quality of this product is wonderful, it's stylish as it looks very clean (personally I feel better than my Bose) and sounds just as good, if not better
    • The sound quality is very good and that's it
    • The sound quality is amazing
    • The sound, purity, quality is amazing and non negotiable, but the SONOS
    • Third, quality is exceptional
    • Ther sound quality is very crisp and clear.
    • Once set up, the sound quality is excellent for something that size
    • Works exactly as described and the quality of the sound is excellent
    • great sound quality and experience with SONOS no issue to report
    • The sound quality out of the Play 3 is very weak.
    • It is the right quality for the right price
    • The sound quality is great (not excellent) and the ability to stream music anywhere I want is amazing
    • I was a former Bose fan and was adamant that no one could touch it's niche; sleek, simple, sexy; and great, clear, quality sound
    • I love listening to music and the quality on them for music is amazing
    • The fact that both of the mid drivers in the Play 3 are (I believe) the same size and designed to provide stereo as a single unit, I don't believe two drivers provide better sound quality than two paired Play 1s, when two Play 3s are paired in stereo
    • Impressive sound quality
    • Amazing sound quality, but uses complicated app to scream music, and won't play aux output from laptop.
    • it's has the same artificial loudness aspects but with poorer quality.
    • Great quality, very good sound, easy to connect as a single speaker or to a growing Sonos system of speakers.
    • Excellent sound quality.
    • The quality is awesome
    • Sound quality isn't earth shaking, but is impressive for such a small package and certainly acceptable.
    • Cons:Not great for just buying one speaker, because you can get a cheaper, quality speaker
    • Awesome sound quality and very easy to handle
    • I was listening to an SF Giants game within minutes ;-)The sound quality of the Play:3 is great
    • Great sound quality for such a small speaker
    • The sound quality of this speaker is awesome, however, it does not work unless it is plugged in
    • The sound quality is the issue
    • Sound quality is amazing!
    • The quality of the sound produced by the speakers is very satisfactory and pleasing.
    • Mediocre sound quality
    • Again it is good quality though
    • The sound quality is excellent from both models with better bass from the Play 5s but no complaint on the bass from Play 3s
    • Quality of sound is quite good, even with just one speaker.
    • It's loud, has great sound quality, and is incredibly easy to set up for the first time
    • The sound quality is amazing and fills out entire apartment.
    • I like (not love) the audio quality and the reliability
    • The only shortcoming is the sound quality, which is a little lacking in the mids to highs vs. its larger brother, the Play 5.
    • The sound quality is excellent.
    • I really like the sound quality of the Sonos music device
    • Plenty of power and great quality.
    • The music is great, the quality is quite good for this non-audiophile
    • I liked the sound quality and decided to buy a Sonos:3 to step up the quality in one room and moved the Sonos:1 to a lesser room in the house.
    • The sound quality is fine but for $250.00 that's expected
    • Some say the quality of sound from the Play 5 is better than the Play 3
    • This product does have great sound quality, it's extremely loud and pretty clear, deep bass is kind of lacking.
    • Great sound and quality
    • The wireless solutions I had seen up till now either didn't have the quality sound or ease of use I was looking for.
    • I thought it sounded decent before tuning it, but afterwards it the sound quality was just amazing
    • I like (not love) the audio quality and the reliability
    • it's end or on its base) and automatically adjusts to provide the best sound quality for you.-Sound
    • Best quality speakers I have heard
    • The speaker is very clear and you can tune it in place to get the best quality sound available
    • Sound quality is very good
    • no doubt this is a small speaker with very good quality components hence the ~300 dollar price point
    • Even though the sound quality is great but is a worthless for PC
    • The sound quality is fantastic, and the ability to find Internet music stations by genre makes it invaluable.
    • No doubt, the sound quality as well as the user interface are awesome (apart form the fact that you have almost no controls on the device itself, can't even skip to the next song or switch among my favourite radio stations without starting the app).I would like to draw your attention to another fact, one that eventually caused me to decide against Sonos: The play:3, just as all other Sonos devices, is always on
    • The sound quality of this speaker is awesome, however, it does not work unless it is plugged in
    • I like the SONOS quality of speaker and sound
    • Great quality sound.
    • Now the deal-breaking negative:The sound quality was dissapointingly bad
    • Audio quality is great
    • This is a great product, with great sound quality
    • This unit is in the dining room and sound quality is quite good enough.
    • But I guess that is what good quality gives you!
    • For someone like me that just wants portable high quality sound, the Sonos Play 3 isn't a good option.
    • For the size of the speaker, I think the sound quality is very good.
    • However the quality of the sound of what it did play was absolutely amazing.
    • The sound quality is quite good and easily fills a 500 sq ft room
    • The convenience and not having to run wires everywhere along with the good quality of these speakers make it quite worthy in my opinion
    • Excellent high quality, full sound, and SO much fun to use the app on the phone to play all your music from.
    • The quality of the sound here is pretty
    • so I like to think I have some idea of what constitutes good sound quality
    • The sound quality is great (not excellent) and the ability to stream music anywhere I want is amazing
    • This includes the bass and treble, balance, as well as 'Loudness'Cons:-Colors: I'm into aesthetics and I think the white one is just horribly ugly
    • I returned this speaker as fast as I could
    • My advice: buyer beware-as always
    • We can both control the speaker to work with a variety of phone apps such as Audible and Spotify as well as with our Alexa Echo.
    • (I have since moved it to my workshop), and put the Play:3 next to it to compare; the Sonos unit sounds at least as good across the entire audio range, and to my taste, sounding as good as
    • The integration with pandora, songza and 15 other music services is as slick as it gets and my play 3 and 5 sound as good as I've ever hear 44k sampled mp3's get.
    • I wasn't expecting my parents to enjoy it nearly as much as they did but within minutes they had figured out how to use the Sonos app and were playing music every morning by the time I woke up during my visit
    • I'm hoping these sound better as they break in.