Sonos reviews and discussion

4.3

82% of reviewers would recommend to a friend

Reviews mention

  • Elegant, minimalist industrial design
  • Immersive, room‑filling audio performance
  • Easy multi‑room system setup
  • Clear, balanced sound signature
  • Glitchy, unreliable control app
  • Occasional wi‑fi connectivity issues
  • Limited bluetooth support on models
  • Inconsistent smart‑assistant integration

Sonos earns strong reviews for excellent, room‑filling sound and elegant design, proving the brand is good at delivering clear, powerful audio; however, persistent software friction—glitchy app, Wi‑Fi quirks, and limited Bluetooth on some models—undercuts the experience. Reviews also praise easy multi‑room setup, seamless grouping, and products like Arc, Five, Move, and Era 100, while citing frustrations with app crashes, streaming service limitations, and occasional connectivity or sync issues.

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60 reviews and posts

  • We have the sonos sound bar and speakers at home. Now i'm not an expert by any means, it was my husband that really wanted the sonos set up and he is very happy with it! They are expensive but if you like good quality sound with your music and movies it gets a thumbs up from my husband lol

  • We recently purchased a pair of Sonos Five speakers as well as a refurbished Sonos Arc. I use them together with the Fives in bookshelves on either side of our TV and with the Arc mounted below the TV on a Mantel Mount. They sound exceptional when playing a wide variety of music with an enormous soundstage. They sound particularly excellent with Dolby Atmos/spatial audio tracks, and I have been very impressed by the bass output of the Fives. When I pair the three speakers through the SonoSequencr app (not made by Sonos) with the Arc as a center channel and the Fives as fronts, the trio performs amazingly as a home theater set up, with the Fives contributing to floor rumbling bass when that is of interest. The Arc performs very well as an isolated soundbar as well, with a wide sound stage and immersive audio. I change the arrangement that the speakers are configured to playback in depending on the use case. I moved to this setup from a traditional Yamaha receiver with ELAC bookshelf speakers, and I am very pleased by the ease of use and sound quality. I highly recommend Sonos products!

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  • Love my sonos speaker! I will for sure invest in more in the future, I like the sound, and I also feel like they aren't too bulky or overpowering in a room. Love the sleek lightweight design and super easy to carry.

    Verified purchase

  • I love these Sonos speakers. I have 4 Era 100s around my house and one larger speaker in my living room. They are easy to connect to Spotify and play music throughout the house or in specific rooms. The set up is simple and they are easy to maintain. I am a Sonos fan!

  • I've had this speaker for years now and absolutely love it. It's easy to connect with a super sleek design that fits into every room. The audio quality is phenomenal, no matter at which volume. Easy to stream music from my iPhone.

  • I’ve been a Sonos fan for years. In the beginning, the setup was seamless, the sound was incredible, and the whole ecosystem just worked. Over time, though, the software has gotten harder to deal with. I have more than ten speakers and half of them barely connect anymore—the experience just isn’t as smooth as it used to be. That said, I still love the brand. When it works, the sound quality is strong, the price is solid for what you get, and the overall design is clean. If you’re setting up a system you never plan on moving, and you want a cost-effective way to get great surround sound, Sonos is still a good option. Just be ready for some bumps on the software side.

  • Excellent speakers, although I wish the price point was more competitive with other similar models, but I think the experience of being able to play music across different rooms in a really seamless way is by far the best

  • I really love the ability to group and then control the speakers in my house (we have a few individual speakers and a sound bar). The app is still sometimes glitchy but overall it works well and integrates with other apps (ex Spotify). It's the perfect solution for this millennial who doesn't have built in/wired home speakers.

  • I've loved Sonos for years as they've had a seemless product experience that paired elegance with style and quality. I've had Sonos speakers around the house for years and was thrilled with the Era product upgrades. Unfortunately, the app has taken a turn for the worse through the years and still isn't a great experience. Airplay does help via other apps and they still work great. I'm a Sonos lifer.

  • Still my favorite sound system — even with the occasional rando neighbor DJ. I’ve had Sonos in every home I’ve lived in. The sound quality, design, and ease of use are unbeatable — nothing else fills a space quite like it. Every now and then, a random neighbor somehow connects from their Spotify and starts playing their playlist. Def not my favorite but the system is good and design minimal.

  • Really incredible, quality speakers. We have the Sonos move (both old and newer iterations) and TV speaker and they sound incredible. We've only ever had slight issues with the move but just slight bugs. We're big fans and will continue to support them! They're expensive but truly worth it.

  • Sonos make the best speakers!!! I have 3 of the Sonos Move & a few of the Sonos One for around my house. The setup process is a little tricky with pairing, but once you are paired, its super easy & the quality is great. I loved when they did their collab with Hay Design. I wish I could buy more Pink sonos!

  • We have four Sonos portable speakers—one for outside, three in the living room, and one sound bar under the main TV. It absolutely amplifies the sound and contributes to the audio being more clear. I was skeptical at first, but after waiting for a holiday sale my husband and I purchased and have only continued to be fans of the brand and product. The portable speakers have accessories to better integrate them into your room, like a stand that hides the cord.

  • I know there have been some software problems recently, but the product itself is excellent. Great sound and doesn’t look offensive. It connects quickly to my phone and it’s very nice to have a portable speaker to take outdoors.

  • Sonos has become one of my favorite audio brands because of the way it blends design, ease of use, and high-quality sound. The speakers are minimal and modern, easy to fit into any space without drawing too much attention. Setting them up is simple, and once everything is connected, the sound quality is consistently impressive: clear, balanced, and powerful enough to fill a room without distortion. Where Sonos falls short is in the app experience. While it works most of the time, it can be clunky and occasionally glitchy. I’ve run into problems when grouping rooms or when multiple people try to control the music. It is not a dealbreaker, but it does take away from what otherwise feels like a seamless product.

  • We own multiple Sonos One’s and a Soundbar for our TV! They sound great and I love how easy they are to sync and control with the app! What I hate is the fact that I need a Sonos app to be able to play music through my speakers. I’m a YouTube music user and find it SO frustrating that I can’t play music using the YouTube app or off my computer, the few times I’ve tried it’s been so glitch and buggy which is quite frustrating. The connection does work flawlessly with the Sonos app but the UI and search functionality is not great. The volume control bar is also placed in a frustrating place within the app. I’ve accidentally turned the volume up to 100 several times when switching between apps :( I hope they can make the experience for users more seamless because their speakers sound great! The speakers look super sleek which is great! I hope they bring back the HAY collab, because I would love to get my hands on the green one!!

  • We ended up purchasing these speakers for the opening of our store after seeing them used around town in various yoga studios and businesses. We noticed the quality of sound was crisp, had sufficient bass and “sounded good”. After using them day after day we are incredibly thankful - while there are much flashier speakers on the market, Sonos somehow understands how to make sound “classy”. We want to be held by the music and have it accompany us through out the day - Sonos is a great facilitator. Only 4 stars cause we had some trouble setting them up but after we were good to go!

  • I have bought three different speakers from Sonos over the years and find the design and quality to generally be good, however consistently connecting via wifi can be frustrating at times – it's not a seamless experience.

  • The best way to move forward is to roll back to the last stable version of the Sonos app that was functioning properly. Once you're confident that the new version meets or exceeds the performance and reliability of the previous one, then release it to users. Please stop using your customers as test subjects.

  • Sonos is total crap! Speakers give out quickly, you keep losing data, the sounds arbitrarily adjusts itself over and over and to top it off they don’t stand behind their product. If you want to waste thousands of dollars on over priced crap then Sonos is for you.