‘It’s been 20 years, it’s surprising to me how little has changed’: Sonos CEO and former Pandora exec Tom Conrad reveals what he thinks is ‘holding us back’ from more music streaming innovation

‘No one is motivated by making an innovative music discovery experience’

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I’ll never go back to just TV speakers after upgrading to a Sonos home theatre system — and this official sale is a great time to check out the difference for yourself

The Sonos March Madness sale is now live with up to 25% off a range of talented speakers and soundbars — I can’t recommend them though, especially at these prices.
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You can now get a ‘game changer’ of an app update for Sonos on Android — and it brings back a key feature

If you’re a user of the Sonos Android app, you can once again control playback and volume from the notification shade and lock screen.
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Sonos launches a new portable Play speaker and a cheaper Era 100 — CEO Tom Conrad explains why the new model is ‘the Goldilocks perfect speaker’

Sonos CEO Tom Conrad talks me through the new Sonos Play and the impressively cheap Sonos Era 100 SL.

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‘The real story there is we just changed too much too fast’: Sonos CEO Tom Conrad explains what went wrong with the disastrous app update, what still bugs him about it, and how he’s fixing things

‘If I’m candid…’ —Tom Conrad hopes to restore your trust in where Sonos is going

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‘Bass-heads need not apply’: I tested a polished-sounding wireless speaker with an impeccable sense of space — it’s just a shame that it flubs the sub

I loved this wireless speaker’s ace connectivity and sense of space and but have to ask: where’s the bass?

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I tested LG’s most hardcore Dolby Atmos FlexConnect setup, and it works like a dream — but is it really worth buying all this?

The LG Immersive Quad Suite is one of the most immersive sound systems I’ve ever tested, but I still wouldn’t recommend it to everyone — here’s why.
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I enjoyed testing this accomplished active stereo speaker system, until it threw in the towel too easily

The KEF Coda W has plenty to recommend it but the active pair of stereo speakers has involved the brand in an arms race with itself…
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I spent two weeks with Cambridge’s all-new active bookshelf speakers and they’re an immediate pound-for-pound market-leader contender

The Cambridge L/R S active stereo speaker system has picked the hardest fight against market leaders, but it’s a pound-for-pound contender.
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If this cheaper Sonos Era 100 leak is true, I think it’ll be the king of wireless speakers

The Sonos Era 100 already got cheaper, and if this new model cuts the price further, it’ll be the default wireless speaker.
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