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Meet SYMFONISK, IKEA speakers built with Sonos

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Introducing SYMFONISK, brand new speakers designed by IKEA in partnership with Sonos to work flawlessly with Sonos systems. We’re excited to share the SYMFONISK bookshelf and table lamp speakers.

The table lamp with WiFi speaker integrates sound, light, and interior design in a single product, perfect for small spaces or homes that do not wish for technology to be a visible part of the home design.

The versatile bookshelf WiFi speaker opens up the Sonos experience to many new placements and functions that can bring joy and a great sound experience to the home.

With these new additions, you have even more options to choose what will best fit your design and listening needs. Such as adding a table lamp to a room to bring light and sound, or mount the bookshelf speakers into IKEA furniture or on the wall.

All SYMFONISK products will be controlled through the Sonos app along with any other Sonos products. You’ll also be able to use direct control options from select music partners, and AirPlay 2 from iOS devices. They’ll also receive Sonos software updates, some features are tied to specific hardware requirements and might not be available on SYMFONISK.

Two of the same model SYMFONISK speakers can be used together as surround sound speakers for a Sonos home theater setup, or a pair can be used together for stereo playback in a room.

Use the Sonos app for iOS to tune SYMFONISK speakers with Trueplay to customize the sound for your unique living space.

The SYMFONISK WiFi table lamp comes in black and white and features a standard E12/E14 socket for the bulb, capable of supporting a smart bulb if you’d like to add one. It features an on/off switch on the side to control the light.

The bookshelf and table lamp speaker will be available in Europe and North America in August 2019, sold exclusively by IKEA at stores and IKEA.com.

The WiFi table lamp speaker will be available for €179 / $179 and the Wifi bookshelf speaker will be available for €99,95 / $99.

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spydrwebb

Prodigy I

Ryan, please feel free to delete my thread on this product. I was literally a couple minutes ahead of you and even eluded to the fact we'd have official word in Announcements.

Thanks for the update!

Beam, Sub, 2 x P:1 -- 5.1 (video) / 2 x P:3 (music) / 2 x gen1 One (music) ----> ever evolving setup, as they say...

spydrwebb

Prodigy I

Do either have microphone arrays for voice assistant support?

Beam, Sub, 2 x P:1 -- 5.1 (video) / 2 x P:3 (music) / 2 x gen1 One (music) ----> ever evolving setup, as they say...

Ryan SAuthor

Retired Sonos Staff

Sure thing, spydrwebb. I've deleted that post.

These two don't have microphone arrays, but can be controlled using the Sonos skill for Alexa the same ways as other Sonos players.

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spydrwebb

Prodigy I

OK, thanks for the confirmation.

Beam, Sub, 2 x P:1 -- 5.1 (video) / 2 x P:3 (music) / 2 x gen1 One (music) ----> ever evolving setup, as they say...

passopp

Is it possible to add Symfonisk speakers to a Sonos household running an outdated Sonos software version or would the attempt to do so result in a mandatory system update process?

Ryan SAuthor

Retired Sonos Staff

Hi passopp, you'll need to update your system to add them. Strictly speaking, if you were to try and add them on older software without updating, the software wouldn't even know what they are or what to do with them other than try and update to figure it out.

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passopp

That's fine with me, thank you.

Can't wait to see two of the lamp speakers lighting up my hallway. 🆒

melvimbe

Wow. In my head, the bookshelf speaker was going to be bigger, possibly a replacement for the play:3.

So Ryan, here are my questions:

Can you give any details of the physical dimensions?

Are either of these water resistant, usable in a bathroom environment?

Do you know if ikea stores will have any kind of demo stations setup in order to preview the audio?

For the lamp in black, what is the tint of the 'lamp shade' when not on? In the picture, I cannot tell if would be black or a gold/black (perhaps a warm white is giving it a gold tint).

Still with the black lamp, if using a colored bulb, with the darker shade distort the colors at all?

Is ikea possibly going to sell shades separately than the speakers themselves. I can see the lamps still looking good with mismatched colors, or perhaps other colors if users have a preference.

Just to confirm, Sonos will not be selling these directly? If not do you know what sort of return policy ikea is offering?

Some comments:
-I can see the shelf speakers being rather popular for those who were looking for a smaller speaker for hallways and bathrooms. I'd also be curious to see how well they work as surround speakers
- I can see the lamps being great as surround speakers in a bedroom setup. You've got the nightstands already there with a lamp on each most likely. Real estate is limited, so have a lamp and speaker as same device will be nice.

Most importantly.
"I love lamp" -Brick

Danny

Ryan SAuthor

Retired Sonos Staff

Can you give any details of the physical dimensions?

We're not sharing all the details today, so more to come later. Regarding the size, the bookshelf speaker is thinner than the Play:3, it has one tweeter and one mid-woofer.

Are either of these water resistant, usable in a bathroom environment?

They are not designed with bathrooms in mind, and don't have the same water resistance as a Play:1 (for example).

Do you know if ikea stores will have any kind of demo stations setup in order to preview the audio?

I believe that they will, but you might want to check with IKEA to confirm when the launch date comes nearer.

For the lamp in black, what is the tint of the 'lamp shade' when not on? In the picture, I cannot tell if would be black or a gold/black (perhaps a warm white is giving it a gold tint).

Still with the black lamp, if using a colored bulb, with the darker shade distort the colors at all?

Is ikea possibly going to sell shades separately than the speakers themselves. I can see the lamps still looking good with mismatched colors, or perhaps other colors if users have a preference.

Great questions, I don't have the details available to share on most of these today. You'll just have to stay tuned for more details around the shades and what will be available.

Just to confirm, Sonos will not be selling these directly? If not do you know what sort of return policy ikea is offering?

SYMFONISK speakers are only going to be available directly from IKEA in stores or online. I don't have specific details on the return policy at this time, but that'd be a great question for IKEA.

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melvimbe

Thanks Ryan. I didn't really expect you could answer all of these just yet.

It would also be really cool if the fabric around the speaker (lamp) itself could be replaced with different options. The lamps have a rather modern look, which fits with ikea furniture pretty well, but perhaps not to everyone's taste. Different colors, perhaps a floral or marble pattern, would make it more attractive in a wider variety of spaces.

Danny

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