54 T3 MARCH 2021
Small speakers for every room
GOOGLE NEST MINI
Google’s Assistant just gets more and
more impressive, and the Nest Mini is a
great and inexpensive way to add it to
your home. Audio quality is limited by its
small dimensions and there’s no 3.5mm
output to drive a separate speaker, but
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feedback and it does a decent job in
smaller rooms.
£49, store.google.comNAIM MU-SO QB 2ND GEN
Naim’s solo speaker costs more than
many of these speakers combined, but it
sounds incredible, is multi-room ready and
streams from every conceivable source. It’s
a wonderfully tactile thing and it delivers
a spacious soundstage that’s particularly
impressive with hi-res audio tracks. Very
few one-box speakers sound anywhere
near as good.
£749, naimaudio.comSONOS ONE SL
The SL is a more affordable version of the
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microphone of the more expensive Sonos
One while retaining its signature sound
quality, excellent app and multi-speaker,
multi-room smarts. It’s a great way to
get started in the ever-expanding Sonos
ecosystem, which also includes home
cinema systems, subwoofers and amps.
£179, sonos.com