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Prominent Collaborator I
July 23, 2018

Updated play 3 coming?

I’m suspicious that a new play 3 is coming. Sonos has been out of stock for weeks!
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melvimbe
July 23, 2018
Sonos has not made any announcements about that. It may mean nothing. It may mean that they just aren't going to sell them from the site anymore. It may mean they are discontinuing the 3 without a replacement. If there is a new product, I'd imagine we won't hear about it until September at the earliest.

If I were to guess, I would guess it means nothing and we'll see stock again soon.
Danny
Avid Contributor I
July 23, 2018
Maybe the 3 is going to disappear. I do not see many people advising a Play3. Its always a pair of play1, a play5 or a pair of play5. So maybe sales are too low.
MugsAuthor
Prominent Collaborator I
July 23, 2018
Maybe. I like the Play 3. I think a stereo pair of 3’s sounds way better than 1’s.
Avid Contributor I
July 23, 2018
We will see. As others said, Sonos is very silent about new announcements.
MugsAuthor
Prominent Collaborator I
July 23, 2018
Yep. It’s their oldest speaker now. I still think it sounds great without the cost of the 5. Time will tell. I have never seen them out of stock on a product for this long. Maybe they are waiting for retailer stock to go down before introducing a new 3. I hope it’s not eliminated.
Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
July 24, 2018
I have Play 3s and Play 1s and far prefer the 3s. The Play 1s are OK for surround or in the bath but for me they just aren't that great for listening to for hours at a time.
airforceteacher
Headliner I
July 24, 2018
I've noticed the Best Buys around me have no Play:3s on the shelf, but are stocked on every other Sonos product they carry.
Lyricist I
August 3, 2018
I contacted Sonos about the 3 and said they were not producing them any more, thats why they are not on their site for sale. Even the refurbished were limited with the black version not being available. They said that if I wanted to do a stereo pair, it was better to use 2 one's rather than 2 3's.
Avid Contributor I
August 3, 2018
And is the Play3 gone for ever (my guess) or will there be a Play3Gen 2?

Dutch Sonos site has white as well as black Play3 in stock, as I just verified.
MugsAuthor
Prominent Collaborator I
August 5, 2018
Sales were probably slow. I hope there is a new version. I still think the 3 sounds way better than a One.