Sonos sound, refurbished price

Every household has that one speaker everyone forgets is even smart. It just sits there playing music, mostly ignored, until someone actually needs it to do something clever.

The Sonos One Gen 2 is built for that job. It works with Sonos Voice Control, Amazon Alexa, and Google Assistant, so you can ask it to skip a song or check the weather without touching your phone. Under the hood, a quad-core 1.4 GHz processor keeps things running smoothly, and it connects to your WiFi (2.4 or 5 GHz) or hardwires straight into your router if you’d rather skip the wireless guesswork entirely.

Apple users get AirPlay 2 support, so streaming from an iPhone or iPad is basically instant. And if one speaker isn’t enough, you can pair two together for real stereo separation — handy if music is more of a background presence in your house than a focal point.

This one’s certified refurbished, which just means someone already worked out the kinks so you don’t have to. Comes in black or white, whichever fits your shelf better.