Sonos now has two TV speaker options. This is the Sonos Playbase, which, as you should have guessed, is a soundbase, sitting beneath your TV and aiming to bolster your TV’s sound quality. It joins the Playbar, a soundbar, which can sit in front or below your TV, or even be wall-mounted.

And – spoiler alert – if you believe Sonos, that’s pretty much where the differences begin and end. Just as the company keeps things simple when it comes to naming its products, so it aims to keep things simple with this new product.

Simply, if you don’t wall-mount your TV – as Sonos claims around 70 per cent of people don’t – then the suggestion is you would prefer a ‘base to a ‘bar. Now, with the Sonos Playbase, you have that choice. In terms of sound quality and specifications, Sonos says the Playbase is nigh-on identical, despite a noticeably different design. So, is it simply a choice of which shape suits you better?
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