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I will never understand why Sonos puts a tweeter in their speakers, but then configure their master chain in a way that it’s basically off. Wonder if they did some focus group testing and people seemed to associate lacking highs with “premium” sound or something.

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I was under the assumption that it was because they found it made the experience worse in a home theatre setup. Whereas if you used the speaker on its own, outside of the home theatre chain it does use the tweeter.

They put it in the speaker for when you use it on its own.

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