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One Era 300 is A$799 on Sonos's Australian store; two Era 100s are A$638. The A$161 between them is the Australian price of a ceiling-reflected height channel.
Sonos sells the Australian-plug Era 100 at A$319 for one fixed room; it needs the app, an account and Wi-Fi before it plays, and wired input is a A$35 adapter.
At A$149.99 on Amazon Australia with the 32 V 5 A adapter, Fosi's own chart rates the BT20A Pro at 100 W into 4 ohms; the 300 W in its name needs a supply it is not sold with.
Amazon Australia sells the Q2U podcasting pack itself at A$180.50: a dynamic cardioid mic with USB and XLR outputs, a desk tripod and both cables, capped at 16-bit/48 kHz over USB.
JBL's Australian store and Amazon AU both ticket the Go 5 at A$79.95, but JBL's free shipping starts at A$100 and the box has no USB cable, so the delivered cost depends on the shelf.
Anker Australia sells the A2147 with a local plug for A$39.95. One 30 W USB-C port suits a bedside phone; a bag full of devices needs more outlets.
At A$149.95 from both Anker Australia and Amazon, the A1654 pairs 15 W Qi2 with a 27 W USB-C port and a stand. An Android phone gets none of the magnet’s benefit.
A$29 EarPods and Anker's A$24.95 cable show what a new handset's port and charging rate change in the drawer, and why a missing card slot fixes the storage choice.
Keychron Australia lists the K2 Ultra 8K at A$179 in one switch, Banana, and it is the only K2 sold there with 8,000 Hz polling on both the cable and the 2.4 GHz dongle.
A$699 includes GST in Australia, but the A$100 step over the A$599 Ace buys no new TV Audio Swap; it only makes sense when your Sonos system has a product on the headphone-linking list.
Shokz Australia asks A$319 and Shokz AU on Amazon A$318, with a 24-month replacement-only warranty and 30 days to change your mind. The cheaper Pro sold under it in America is not sold here.
A$448 from Amazon Australia, a touch under the A$449.95 Bose asks: six hours per charge, four with Immersive Audio, and three more charges in a case that tops up wirelessly.
Bose's second generation adds lossless USB-C audio, Cinema Mode and aptX Adaptive for Snapdragon Sound phones; Bose Australia lists Black at A$699.95, and no page puts a decibel figure on the cancelling.
Sony's flagship over-ear adds a 12-microphone adaptive canceller and LE Audio; against the soundcore Space One at an RRP of $169.99, the extra $530 buys cancelling, not battery life.
Apple asks A$429 in Australia for the AirPods Pro 3: 8 hours of noise-cancelled listening, a hearing test and hearing-aid mode Apple lists for Australia, and workout heart rate. No USB-C cable comes in the box.
At $379 to $399, the Libra Colour keeps 300 ppi text and halves it for colour; comics and illustrated books repay the $112 to $132 over a Kindle, plain novels do not.
The 128GB Wi-Fi iPad (A16) is A$749 in Australia, with an 11-inch screen and the A16 chip. The Air adds P3 colour, Pencil Pro and Apple Intelligence for more money.
At A$1,799 the Arc Ultra lists at one price in both colourways, but on 8 November 2026 only the white page’s buy block was a plain add-to-basket control: black printed a red Backorder line.
A projector is bought for picture size and lived with through the room: how dark it gets, what carries sound, where the film comes from. In Australia a small speaker and a microSD card settle two of them first.
The Beryl AX puts your devices behind hotel Wi-Fi with router-wide WireGuard rated at 300 Mbps; Amazon Australia's A$138.99 kit ships with US, UK and EU plugs, not an Australian one.
JB Hi-Fi sells the Australian T7 Shield 1TB for A$499; Amazon Australia's cheaper A$339.41 unit ships from Amazon UK, and the manufacturer warranty may not follow it.
A 2TB portable hard drive on a 5 Gb/s Micro-B port with a three-year WD limited warranty. WD doesn't sell it direct in Australia; Amazon Australia had the black unit at A$179.
A USB 3.2 Gen 2 pocket SSD rated for 1050 MB/s reads, IP65 and three-metre drops, with a five-year limited warranty. SanDisk's Australian page lists no 1TB black model, and Amazon Australia's offer comes from a third-party seller.
The 140 MB/s on the packet is a read ceiling reached through a separate reader. The write speed the card actually promises is the 10 MB/s floor behind its Class 10 and U1 marks.
At A$24.95 for 91 cm the A82E2 undercuts every other single in-stock USB-C cable at Anker Australia, yet Anker's 60 W two-pack works out at A$18.50 a cable and the 182 cm A82E2 is A$34.95.
The version EcoFlow sells here has four AC outlets, 11 ports and a 2,400W X-Boost ceiling. At A$1,599 it sits A$600 above Anker's C1000 Gen 2 at Anker's own store and A$100 above EcoFlow's DELTA 3.
The Australian C1000 Gen 2 refills from the wall in 49 minutes with UltraFast and weighs 11.3 kg, but it carries four AC sockets and Anker rules out an expansion battery.
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The Sonos Ace Ultra in Australia: A$699 on the Australian store on 9 November 2026, GST-inclusive.
$699 at Sonos(opens in a new tab)Read the guideThe Arc Ultra in Australia: A$1,799 on the Sonos Australian store, where the white unit is in stock and the black one is on backorder.
$1,799 at Sonos(opens in a new tab)Read the guideThe Era 300 in Australia: A$799 on the Sonos Australian store, where the Era 100 is A$319.
$799 at Sonos(opens in a new tab)Read the guideThe Era 100 in Australia: A$319 on the Sonos Australian store, listed in stock on 6 November 2026
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