Here ’s a great deal we did n’t gestate to see during this Black Friday . The long - tolerate ( and well regarded in its day ) Sonos Playbase has had a immense discount over at eBay .
The Sonos outlet store on eBay haslopped £ 220 off the RRP on the Playbase , bringing it down to just £ 179.Considering when it first launched it was price £ 699 , it ’s become very affordable when viewed in that context .
TheSonos Playbaseemerged on the scene before the Beam soundbar did , and it ’s a dissimilar eccentric of soundbar solvent equate to the Beam .
This is a soundbase concept whereby you target your TV on top of the soundbar instead of behind it , saving some space in the summons .
And like any other Sonos gimmick , it can be link up to other Sonos devices on the same Wi - Fi connection , so you could create a multi - way organisation to play music to , or set - up a home cinema environs system .
Like the Sonos Ray , there ’s no HDMI input or passthrough , so this soundbase would exploit for those who have older TVs that do n’t have a HDMI input .
Everything is moderate through the Sonos app , which integrate music streaming table service so you may represent euphony from a wider sort of avail such as Amazon Music , Deezer , and Apple Music .
There is also Amazon Alexa compatibility for those who want to integrate the soundbar into their impudent home .
And what about the audio ? Much bigger than you ’d expect with a sound that ’s wide and tall , and a performance that ’s balanced across the frequency range , give films , TV and euphony good deal or energy as well as describing them with a beneficial amount of shade too .
If you ’re someone who has a older TV , this is a crack deal for a very open domicile audio recording solution . At £ 179 , it ’s in all probability the loud it ’ll ever be .
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There ’s adeal live for the Sonos Beam Gen 2 . It is more expensive , but it ’s well suit to more modern idiot box and comes with Dolby Atmos support as well .