Sonos to go

With a loyal fanbase in the multiroom audio space for more than a decade, Sonos has finally decided to cut the cord and add a battery-powered speaker to its line up, in the $649 Sonos Move.

It’s roughly equivalent to the $299 Sonos One in terms of features, sound quality and stature, although it’s surprisingly large, standing about half as tall again as the One, and with a larger footprint. The big bonus here, of course, is the addition of a 10-hour battery life for unplugged performances, so the Move can stray far from a wall socket.

Power up

The biggest frustration with battery-powered speakers is they’re often flat when you’re ready to walk out the door, meaning the charging options were always going to make or break Sonos’ first portable speaker.

Thankfully, the Move relies on the kind of elegant solution that we’ve come to expect from Sonos. When it’s not out on tour, the Move sits in an inconspicuous oval-shaped charge cradle — similar to a