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Denon Home 150 vs 250 vs 350
The number is the size of the speaker, not the generation. The 150 and 250 are both current; only the 350 is archived, so that is the one to buy cheap or not at all.
Side by side
| DENON HOME 150 | DENON HOME 250 | DENON HOME 350 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Denon | Denon | Denon |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Hub required | No | No | No |
| Drivers | 2 | 4 plus a passive radiator | 6 |
| Tweeters | 1 × 25 mm | 2 × 19 mm | 2 × 19 mm |
| Mid-range drivers | None | None | 2 × 50 mm |
| Woofers | 1 × 89 mm | 2 × 100 mm plus a 133 mm passive radiator | 2 × 165 mm |
| Size (W × H × D) | 120 × 187 × 120 mm | 295 × 216 × 120 mm | 380 × 225 × 180 mm |
| Weight | 1.7 kg | 3.7 kg | 6.3 kg |
| Still in Denon's range | Yes | Yes | No, archived |
| Where to buy | Buy at Amazon | Buy at Amazon | Buy at Amazon |
The rows below the catalogue data are read from www.denon.com/DENONHOME150GB.html, www.denon.com/DENONHOME250GB.html and www.denon.com/DENONHOME350GB.html.
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Read the number as a size
These are not three generations of the same speaker, and the larger number is not a newer model. They are one speaker in three sizes, and the driver count goes up with the cabinet: two drivers in the 150, four in the 250, six in the 350. The table above is the whole difference.
Everything that makes a Denon Home a Denon Home is identical across all three. Each one has AirPlay 2, Bluetooth and HEOS Built-in, each works with Siri, each can take a HEOS subwoofer, and each can be paired with a second of the same model for stereo. Nothing in the Apple Home column changes as you go up the range.
Check this before you shop
The 350 has been discontinued. Denon has moved its page into the archived part of its own site, while the 150 and the 250 both still sit in the current wireless speakers range. A 350 on sale today is old stock or second-hand.
That is not automatically a reason to avoid one. A discontinued speaker that still gets HEOS firmware updates is a real bargain when the price reflects its status, and AirPlay 2 does not stop working because a product left the catalogue. But you should know you are buying a discontinued model, and you should not pay current-range money for it.
Denon also sells the Home 200, 400 and 600 alongside these. If you want the biggest speaker in the range and you want it current, look at the 600 rather than hunting down a 350.
Which one for which room
The 150 is a one-room speaker: a kitchen, a bedside, a desk, a bathroom shelf. At 1.7 kg and 120 mm wide it goes anywhere, and it has a single tweeter and a single woofer, so it is a mono speaker. Buy two if you want stereo.
The 250 is the one most people actually want. It is a true stereo speaker in one box — two tweeters, two woofers and a passive radiator doing the work a larger cabinet would otherwise need — and at 295 mm wide it still fits a normal shelf. This is the living-room choice in a room where a 350 would be too much.
The 350 is a different class of thing. Six drivers including a dedicated pair of 50 mm mid-range units, two 165 mm woofers, and 6.3 kg of cabinet. It is the only one of the three with drivers assigned specifically to mid-range, which is where voices sit, and it is the only one you would consider as the main music source in a large room.
The honest summary
Buy the 150 for a second room, and buy two if that room wants stereo. Buy the 250 for a normal living room — it is the one most people actually want, and it is still current. Consider the 350 only if the room is genuinely big and you find one cheap, because it is discontinued and in a small room you are paying for output you will never use: a 250 will sound better there for less.