Sonos seems to be readying a brand new house theater soundbar that might be smaller and cheaper than its $399 Beam, in keeping with report from Chris Welch at The Verge. Welch, who claims to have seen “real images” of the brand new speaker — however didn’t point out how he got here throughout them — labored with artists at The Verge to create renders that purportedly mirror what he noticed.
The renders present a compact rectangular physique with rounded ends. Not like the Beam and Beam Gen 2 soundbars, which have a rounded high and backside profile, the renders present the as-yet unnamed product with curves at the back and front of the speaker. Welch claims that the mannequin quantity for the price range soundbar is S36, and that internally at Sonos it has been code-named “Fury.”
Unique: that is the brand new price range soundbar from Sonos https://t.co/X029UA6KFE pic.twitter.com/vE9J3PiekS
— The Verge (@verge) April 21, 2022
The leak postulates that the brand new soundbar might be priced round $249, which might put it into competitors with each bigger fashions from Vizio and TCL, in addition to merchandise just like the Bose TV Speaker. The claimed dimensions for the brand new Sonos speaker are 21.6 inches in width, 3.93 inches in top, and a pair of.71 inches in depth, which might make it just a little narrower that the prevailing Beam soundbars.
It reportedly lacks any microphones, so it may well’t be used as a sensible speaker the way in which you possibly can with each variations of the Beam, in addition to the Sonos Arc. It additionally apparently lacks an HDMI port, so whereas it would be capable of present a simulated encompass sound impact, it gained’t be appropriate with Dolby Atmos. There may be an optical port for traditional 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. We are able to additionally anticipate such a speaker to have Apple’s AirPlay 2 built-in, as this has been a function of each new Sonos speaker since 2018.
Welch claims you’ll be capable of broaden it to a full 5.1 encompass system utilizing extra Sonos parts like its Sonos Sub wi-fi subwoofer and a pair of Sonos One SLs — which would definitely be according to the corporate’s different house theater audio system. Unusually, the report claims that Sonos expects individuals to make use of two of the brand new price range soundbars as paired encompass audio system for the Sonos Arc, as evidenced by the suggestion that the corporate has created a wall-mount bracket that may orient the speaker vertically must you wish to use it that approach.
Are these leaks correct? I’d be shocked in the event that they proved to be approach off the mark, however we possible gained’t have to attend lengthy to search out out. Sonos has apparently despatched out press invitations to a Might 25 occasion, entitled “Step into the Magic with Sonos.” Including extra weight to the rumors of smaller audio system is a report that Sonos not too long ago acquired a Dutch audio firm referred to as Mayht, which reportedly develops particular transducers to allow the creation of audio system “10 instances extra compact, flatter, and light-weight with none compromise to sound high quality,” in keeping with What Hello-Fi?
Sonos has confirmed to be way more comfy with the lower-priced finish of the audio market lately. Its partnership with Ikea on the furnishings big’s Symfonisk line of Wi-Fi audio system is one instance of the way it’s targeted on increasing its base, as is the affordably priced Sonos Roam, a transportable speaker that mixes the comfort of Bluetooth with the total Sonos ecosystem, plus Alexa or Google Assistant sensible speaker capabilities.
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