If you’ve been trying to upgrade your TV audio without piecing together a system one box at a time, this bundle is the cleanest way to do it. The package includes the Sonos Beam (Gen 2) soundbar, the Sonos Sub Mini, and a pair of Sonos Era 100 speakers, and it’s down to $1,106.00, a $330 discount. For Sonos, that’s the kind of price cut that makes a “someday” surround setup feel a lot more reasonable, especially if you want something that looks tidy and doesn’t take over your living room.
This bundle is basically a complete living-room audio upgrade in one shot. The Beam (Gen 2) handles dialogue and front sound with support for Dolby Atmos content, so movies and shows can feel bigger and more immersive than a TV’s built-in speakers. The Sub Mini is there for the part most TVs completely miss—low-end weight—so explosions, bass lines, and game audio don’t sound thin. Then the Era 100 pair rounds it out by adding dedicated surround presence, which is what makes crowd noise, ambient effects, and directional audio feel like it’s actually happening around you.
I like this deal because it’s not “just a soundbar discount”—it’s a discount on the whole experience. A lot of people buy a soundbar, enjoy the improvement, then realize later that real immersion comes from two things: a subwoofer and surrounds. This bundle skips the slow upgrade path and gets you to the finished setup immediately.
It’s also a smart fit for apartments and normal-sized living rooms: the Sub Mini is designed to add punch without the “too much for the space” vibe, and the Era 100 surrounds don’t require a massive speaker footprint. The main thing to know is that you’ll want solid Wi-Fi placement and a bit of time for setup and tuning so everything plays nicely together.
At $1,106, this is a strong buy if you want a streamlined, room-filling TV and music setup with Atmos support, real bass, and proper surround sound—without going full receiver-and-wired-speakers. If you only want a basic volume boost for news and casual shows, a standalone soundbar will be cheaper. But if you’re aiming for a “movie night feels legit” upgrade, this bundle is the sweet spot.
Amazon has unveiled a new Alexa lineup featuring the Echo Show 16, Echo Time smart clock, and Alexa Photo Frame. Two speakers join them: an upgraded Echo Dot with a built-in smart home hub and the Echo Studio with Home Camera, which lets Alexa+ see its surroundings. Both are available now for $99.99 and $249.99, respectively.
The Echo Dot does more than play music
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.