Wireless speakers have become essential gear for music lovers, running the gamut from portable Bluetooth devices to higher-end Wi-Fi systems from the likes of Denon and Samsung. Sitting atop all of them, however, is a company that’s been doing multi-room wireless audio for more than a decade — Sonos. Today it’s announcing two new products: an updated version of its flagship Play:5 speaker, and Trueplay, a software update that will let current and future Sonos owners custom-tune their speakers to sound ideal in any room, with any kind of placement.
Sonos is continuing to bet that the best way for it to differentiate itself is to provide a listening experience that is as close to what the artist intended in the studio as possible, and...