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Denon Home 150 vs 250 vs 350
The number is the size of the speaker, not the generation. Only the 150 is still in Denon's range; the 250 and 350 are archived, so buying one now means buying old stock.
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 | No, archived | 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/DENONHOME250.html and www.denon.com/DENONHOME350.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
Only the 150 is still in Denon’s range. The 250 and the 350 are both marked archived on Denon’s own site, and the current Denon Home line-up is the 150, 200, 400 and 600. A 250 or 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 the previous range, and you should not pay current-range money for it.
If you want something Denon still supports commercially, the 200 replaces the 250 in the line-up and the 400 replaces the 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 if you find one at a discontinued price and want one box to fill a normal living room. Buy the 350 only if the room is big, because in a small room you are paying for output you will never use and a 250 will sound better for less.