I had a second generation Play 3. Sounded great. Worst, buggiest software ever. Crashed all the time, locked up, would lose access to devices or playlists, all sorts of stuff. Must have cost them thousands in support time (which, to their credit, they would work on, although it could be hard to get through to them). And all of this was before their well documented, company destroying failed upgrade to a new operating system. I actually threw the thing in the trash a couple of years ago, but then pulled it out and sold it for $100 (having warned the buyer about how unreliable it was - he already owned 2), and I counted the sale as a huge win. Would never trust their stuff again.
Wasn’t there some news a while back about Sonos bricking these because they’re EOL (End Of Life). Maybe it was a different speaker. Sonos was offering a discount coupon for a newer speaker.
Specs
Product: Sonos One SL Wireless Speaker (Certified Renewed)
Model: ONESLUS3SDW
Condition: Refurbished
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$182.21 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Dec 18 - Monday, Dec 22
So No?
@yakkoTDI Do you really want a red speaker?
I had a second generation Play 3. Sounded great. Worst, buggiest software ever. Crashed all the time, locked up, would lose access to devices or playlists, all sorts of stuff. Must have cost them thousands in support time (which, to their credit, they would work on, although it could be hard to get through to them). And all of this was before their well documented, company destroying failed upgrade to a new operating system. I actually threw the thing in the trash a couple of years ago, but then pulled it out and sold it for $100 (having warned the buyer about how unreliable it was - he already owned 2), and I counted the sale as a huge win. Would never trust their stuff again.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/tech/sonos-app-update-redemption-2025
But this is a good price! YMMV.
Buy two for stereo?
Is such a thing supported?
@rjquillin According to the ad copy, it is. They also mention interesting note of lilac, persimmon, and apricot.
@rjquillin Yup, https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/create-a-stereo-pair
Wasn’t there some news a while back about Sonos bricking these because they’re EOL (End Of Life). Maybe it was a different speaker. Sonos was offering a discount coupon for a newer speaker.
I figure someone’s heard of this
So this IS a definite PASS…
@dahobbs9 You not thinking about Bose???
@dahobbs9 The Sonos One is being discontinued for the newer model but it will still continue to work.
BOSE is the one partially bricking devices by removing the “smart” features. I believe the this happens mid-Feb '26 with Bose