I picked the best Sonos speakers based on my time testing and listening to a variety of the brand’s current and last-gen gear over the years, including the Sonos Arc, Sonos Move and Move 2, Sonos Amp and Sonos Ace headphones, to name a few.

Despite a recent problematic app update that has caused a lot of headaches for users, Sonos remains a unique and coveted audio brand. Its lineup of high-quality interconnected speakers make it easy to create a sound system that can play music throughout your home,

Play:1, and second-generation Play:5 speakers, which had worked as surround speakers for all of Sonos’ previous soundbars, won’t perform the same trick for the new Arc Ultra . Also dropped from the list is the Connect:Amp,