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DUNCAN BELL REPLIES:
Forpurequality,thebest
multi-room Wi-Fi speaker is
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com.au). But for your budget, my top
recommendation is the Sonos One
sonos.com). It has wide
compatibility with everything from
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speakers for proper stereo, or to use as

Whatisthebestmulti-roomsystemfor$1,000?

DAVE J, PORT MACQUARIE

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TheSonosappisn’tthegreatestthing

invented, but a recent update smoothed

some of the roughest edges, and it does

offer support for just about every music

service out there. You can do anything

from sending the music on your phone to

the Sonos One, to constructing playlists

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Therealclincherintermsofvaluefor

moneyistheinclusionofAmazon’sAlexa

AI. The implementation isn’t perfect at

themoment–thearrayofmicsinthe

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hear your instructions, even when there’s

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Alexa, it’s worth the purchase.

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