The current MBA's speakers are at least 50% worse than the MBP speakers. My last job switched me from the Pro to the Air and I had both on hand to compare and it was really disappointing.

No doubt the MBP sounds better than the MBA, but I'd be pleasantly surprised if there were $10 options from IKEA that sound so significantly better than the MBA. If so, that just reinforces how badly Apple nerfed the HomePod mini, which is awful (for podcasts especially) by comparison.