Amazon’s Big Spring Sale kicks off on March 25th, though some great tech sales are already available. Sonos is one of several companies that has switched on sales for its products, including some that haven’t previously been discounted this year. While the company is best known for its home theater gear, these discounts largely focus on products that are just as enjoyable to use outside as they are indoors (it is almost spring, after all).
Kicking things off, the Sonos Ace wireless headphones are back down to $299 (originally $399) at Amazon, Best Buy, and through Sonos, as long as you’re ready to buy them in black. While this price is $20 shy of their best-ever, it’s worth noting that this is the first discount of the year. The Ace headphones are an impressive first attempt at wireless headphones for the company, packed with active noise cancellation, comfort and great sound that rivals the best in the category — currently at a price that’s lower than most of its competitors. Their TV Audio Swap feature is unique, letting you swap audio from a Sonos soundbar (including the Arc, Beam, or Ray) to the Ace for private listening. Read our review.
The Roam 2 Bluetooth speaker is $139 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos, matching the $40 off price we last saw during Black Friday and throughout December of last year. While similar in terms of performance to the first model, the 2024 upgrade has some new quality-of-life features, like separate power and Bluetooth pairing buttons, plus the ability to use it as a Bluetooth speaker out of the box. The first model required you to set it up with the Sonos app before you could do anything else with it, which was a silly limitation. This model supports Sound Swap, letting you swap from listening on the Roam 2 to other Sonos speakers you might have. You can also pair a Bluetooth device to the Roam 2 and then share that audio across other Sonos speakers.
The larger Move 2 Bluetooth speaker is $399 ($100 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos, which is another price drop that hasn’t appeared since the end of the year. It’s a fantastic speaker that’s full of improvements over the original, with stereo sound, twice the battery life, plus line-in playback for wired audio sources. In terms of audio performance, former reviewer Chris Welch noted that the Move 2 is like a wireless Era 100 (a plug-in speaker that’s $219). Being able to take it on-the-go with IP54 protection against the elements might be worth the extra money to you. Read our review.
Switching over to home theater upgrades, we see the return of two deals that were last running during the Super Bowl. The second-gen Sonos Beam soundbar from 2021 is back down to $369 in black or white at Amazon, Best Buy, and at Sonos, down from its original $499 price. While it’s getting a bit old, it still delivers a wide, expansive sound stage that the first-gen model can’t match. Sonos touts Dolby Atmos support with this Beam soundbar, though you should know that it’s not Atmos at its best. Since the Beam lacks up-facing speakers to direct audio above your head, it has to virtualize the effect. As our review says, don’t upgrade just for the Atmos support. But if you’re comparing the cheaper Ray soundbar and this model, the Beam is more powerful.
Lastly, you have another chance to save on the Sonos Sub Mini, the company’s most affordable wireless subwoofer that — surprise, surprise — isn’t all that cheap even when there’s a deal. It’s normally $499, but you can grab one in white or black for $399 at Amazon, Sonos, and Best Buy. It has previously been available for as low as around $350, but the last time we saw that price was over six months ago. While the Sub Mini isn’t the ideal subwoofer for large rooms (the $899 Sub 4 awaits you), it might be just what you’re looking for if you want to add more low-end presence to your movies and games to your small- to medium-sized room. Read our review.
