Product Comparison: Sonos PLAY:1 vs Sonos PLAY:3

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Sonos PLAY:1 Compact Wireless Smart Speaker

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Sonos PLAY:3 Mid-Sized Wireless Smart Speaker

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General Specifications

Brand

Sonos

Model

PLAY:1

PLAY:3

Origin

China

About the product

The most compact Sonos speaker. A perfect fit for bookshelves, counters, and other snug places. PLAY:1 lets you enjoy great-sounding music wherever you want to listen. Surprisingly Powerful: PLAY:1 sounds a lot bigger than it looks, thanks to two Class-D amplifiers and custom-built drivers, all meticulously tuned to the speaker’s unique acoustic architecture. Trueplay Speaker Tuning: This exclusive Sonos feature fine-tunes your PLAY:1 to make sure you get the very best sound in any room, no matter where you place it. Humidity Resistant: Enjoy your favorite songs in music-starved places like bathrooms and outdoor patios. Stereo Pair With Another PLAY:1: Turn each speaker into separate left and right channels for wider, bigger and deeper stereo sound. Home Theater Rears: Add a pair or PLAY:1 speakers to PLAYBAR and SUB for an epic surround sound experience.

PLAY:3 delivers richer, more robust sound than PLAY:1. Deeper bass, too. All of which makes it just right for places like bedrooms, kitchens, home offices and dining rooms. Single Speaker Stereo: PLAY:3 plays your favorite songs in full stereo. Three Class-D amplifiers and three custom-built drivers create a full, wide sound stage so the instruments and vocals really shine. More Powerful Bass: A rear-firing bass radiator pumps out exceptional deep lows for a speaker its size. Trueplay Speaker Tuning: This exclusive SONOS feature fine-tunes your PLAY:3 to make sure you get the very best sound in any room, no matter where you place it.

Key Specs

Connection Type

Simple setup, multi-room music

Stereo sound, can be home theater rears, simple setup, 3 Class-D digital amplifiers, adjustable bass and treble controls

Dynamic Configuration

One band 2.4 GHz

Connection Type

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Height

6.36 in.

5.2 in.

Width

4.69 in.

10.5 in.

Depth

4.69 in.

6.3 in.

Weight

4.08 lbs.

5.7 lbs.

Sonos PLAY:1

Sonos PLAY:3

Features

Controls

Buttons

Material

Plastic/Metal

Plastic

Display Type

Battery Type

October 14, 2013

July 20, 2011

Supported Systems

Windows® XP SP3 and higher, Macintosh OS X 10.6 or later

Windows® XP SP3 and higher, Macintosh OS X 10.6.8 and higher

Protection

Yes

Extras

Stream from your WiFi network (not your phone), so there's never any of the dropouts, delays or interruptions associated with Bluetooth

Multiple orientations

Interfaces

Ethernet Port

Yes

Ethernet Port

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Certifications

CE, cULus

Other Information

Manufacturer

Manual

MSRP

199 $

299 $

Closed

Site of manufacturer

4.7

4.5

Newegg

Music services supported

Apple Music™, Deezer, Google Play Music, Pandora, Spotify and Radio by TuneIn, as well as downloads from any service offering DRM-free tracks

7 Digital, 8 Tracks, Amazon Cloud Player, AUPEO!, Batanga, Beats Music, Blinkbox® music, Ca lm Radio, Concert Vault, Dar.fm® Record Radio, Daytrotter, Deezer, Google Play Music, Grooveshark, Hearts of Space, hotelradio.fm™, iHeartRadio, JB Hi-Fi NOW, JUKE, Last.fm, Live365, MLB.com Gameday Audio, Murfie, Napster by Rhapso dy, Netease, Pandora, Qobuz, radionomy, rara.com, Rdio, Rhapsody, RUSC, Sh uffler.fm, simfy, SiriusXM Internet Radio, Slacker, Songl, Songza, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher SmartRadio, TDC Play Musik, The Hype Machine, TuneIn, WiMP, Xiami, YouMusic, Zdigital, and downloads from any service offering DRM-free tracks

Product manuals

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91IMXg6V8kL.pdf

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91oR2whwYTL.pdf

Ebay

4.9

4.8

Number of speakers

Reviews

Walmart

Woofer(s)

Audio formats supported

Compressed MP3, AAC (without DRM), WMA without DRM (including purchased Windows Media downloads), AAC (MPEG4), AAC+, Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, Flac (lossless), uncompressed WAV and AIFF

Bestbuy

4.8

Wall/Stand Mounting

Yes

Amazon

4.5

4.4

Bluetooth version (if specified by manufacturer)