Contributor I

Ace Headphones - no system integration !!

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No integration with my Sonos system !!!!!!!

We’ve all been waiting for headphones we can add to our Sonos systems like any other Sonos speaker product.

These new Ace headphones are just fancy bluetooth headphones - no better than Sony or Bose.

First the app upgrade disaster and now headphones that won’t work as part of an existing Sonos system.

Ridiculous!

It’s a “no purchase” from me!

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stuj

Enthusiast I

I’m with you.

I was anticipating being able to select the headphones as a “room” and would absolutely have bought them for that.

I already have perfectly good headphones that do everything the Ace do, and have no point of difference to try them. It feels like a missed opportunity.

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paulgrimshaw

Contributor I

Ditto. Who needs yet another set of plain old Bluetooth headphones, especially very pricey ones like these? I was looking forward to Sonos headphones being able to access all my configured Sonos audio services directly over WiFi just like any other Sonos kit. Instead it’s very disappointing to realise that they’re not really part of the Sonos family at all.

Hopefully this isn’t a sign that Sonos are finally giving up on built-in standalone streaming capability. Isn't that the whole point of Sonos - reliable built-in dedicated music streaming that isn’t (a) dependent on Bluetooth that gets flaky every time a nearby microwave oven is used and (b) competing for shared processing and network bandwidth on computers, tablets or phones? Not for me I’m afraid.

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ruwhistle

Lyricist I

Sonos flopped this one. I would have bought a 4 pairs if this was the product people actually wanted. This is a shameful failure by Sonos.

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castalla

Local Superstar

But the fanboys insist that TV Audio is what people wanted, not a zone player. So, that's what you get - expensive bt phones 'bonded' to an old soundbar. You asked for this apparently. 😁🎧

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DBD

Lyricist I

I have more than 20 Sonos speakers in my home system plus more at my office. I have waited for many years for the day that Sonos would release Headphones and was ready to order. I am absolutely livid that Wifi is not supported. Useless for me. FAIL!!!

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DuncanSchultz

Lyricist I

Why on earth wouldn’t Sonos create a headset that was part of its ecosystem. Would have bought a pair if I could use like a roam!

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phmkingston

Avid Contributor III

I had to read the reviews over and over. I thought I had misread something. SONOS headphones that do no allow you to simply play your content to the headphones using tge app. I guess you can direct your content to the Arc and then play - but I have a Playbar! Why do they think SONOS owners wanted this..... I have bluetooth headphones. It isbdead on arrival for me. Hard to understand!!

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Kumar

But the fanboys insist that TV Audio is what people wanted, not a zone player. So, that's what you get - expensive bt phones 'bonded' to an old soundbar. You asked for this apparently. 😁🎧

From what I read on that thread, even there it is not a complete bit of kit with something called True Cinema to come in some months.

How people that are aware of this missing thing will still buy them today, beats me. On blind faith that this experience, when delivered, will be all it claims to be?

This is getting to be cult like behaviour then.

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