If this is true, I’m not sure what I think about it. I guess there is a market for lower-priced sound bars, and I’m sure the “Fury” would sound great in a small room. The article also mentions that it can be used as a surround speaker in its vertical orientation. That would make for a REALLY tall surround speaker at over 21” tall.
I was really hoping for a One or Three with an upward firing driver instead.
What are your thoughts?
If this is true, I’m not sure what I think about it. I guess there is a market for lower-priced sound bars, and I’m sure the “Fury” would sound great in a small room. The article also mentions that it can be used as a surround speaker in its vertical orientation. That would make for a REALLY tall surround speaker at over 21” tall.
I was really hoping for a One or Three with an upward firing driver instead.
What are your thoughts?
If this is true, I’m not sure what I think about it. I guess there is a market for lower-priced sound bars, and I’m sure the “Fury” would sound great in a small room. The article also mentions that it can be used as a surround speaker in its vertical orientation. That would make for a REALLY tall surround speaker at over 21” tall.
I was really hoping for a One or Three with an upward firing driver instead.
What are your thoughts?
I am confident Sonos is well aware their Sonos 5.1.2 customer base is waiting and waiting with money in hand for a Sonos ARC 5.1.4 solution. So while I am disappointed once again that Sonos seems silent or ignoring the many requests for an ARC 5.1.4 solution all over the internet, I was somewhat encouraged by this new products “potential” for 5.1.4 as you wrote and I post below, but then again maybe wishful thinking on the part of the rumor’s author. 21” tall surround speaker does seem a bit on the unusual maybe even ridiculous, but if it does deliver 5.1.4 to my Sonos ARC, I’ll buy it.
I’m typically skeptical of claims that everyone on the internet wants feature x. For one thing, the person making the claim is always one of the people that wants feature x, and tends to be rather subjective, and surely informal in their information gathering. It’s just human nature to assume that everyone else wants exactly what they want. Not at all saying that you’re wrong for what you want, or that other people don’t feel strongly, just that that desire doesn’t mean there is a market out there that justifies a product or feature...guaranteed.
It is also often that people like the idea of something much more than the actual reality of it. I think rear surrounds with upfiring speakers is one of those cases. How much better atmos sound will you actually get from 4 speakers over 2? How much content is out there where you would really notice a difference? And the geometry of the speaker placement, listening area, and room/ceiling dimension work out optimally? I mean, my couch is essentially back aginst the wall, and surround speakers are about 2 feet behind seating area. Upfiring speakers would need to be at about an 85% degree angle for me to hear them as coming from above. I would bet these speakers are designed to be about 5 feet or more behind seating area.
I’m not trying to knock the idea really, and I would bet that Sonos is going to make these speakers usable for rear surrond and atmos. I think it’s going to be a lot like high res audio. People want it and may feel good about the purchase, but aren’t really going to notice any audio difference in their room. They’ll be able to feel good about having 5.1.4 setup though. And Sonos will be happy to give the people what they want.
If this is true, I’m not sure what I think about it. I guess there is a market for lower-priced sound bars, and I’m sure the “Fury” would sound great in a small room. The article also mentions that it can be used as a surround speaker in its vertical orientation. That would make for a REALLY tall surround speaker at over 21” tall.
I was really hoping for a One or Three with an upward firing driver instead.
What are your thoughts?
If this is true, I’m not sure what I think about it. I guess there is a market for lower-priced sound bars, and I’m sure the “Fury” would sound great in a small room. The article also mentions that it can be used as a surround speaker in its vertical orientation. That would make for a REALLY tall surround speaker at over 21” tall.
I was really hoping for a One or Three with an upward firing driver instead.
What are your thoughts?
I am confident Sonos is well aware their Sonos 5.1.2 customer base is waiting and waiting with money in hand for a Sonos ARC 5.1.4 solution. So while I am disappointed once again that Sonos seems silent or ignoring the many requests for an ARC 5.1.4 solution all over the internet, I was somewhat encouraged by this new products “potential” for 5.1.4 as you wrote and I post below, but then again maybe wishful thinking on the part of the rumor’s author. 21” tall surround speaker does seem a bit on the unusual maybe even ridiculous, but if it does deliver 5.1.4 to my Sonos ARC, I’ll buy it.
“Sonos anticipates that a fair number of customers will use the new soundbar as paired surrounds for the high-end Sonos Arc. And so, for that reason, the company has created a wall mount that will allow Fury — again, that’s just the codename and I’m unsure of its final branding — to be mounted vertically in addition to the standard horizontal orientation. If you’re wondering why anyone would do that, look closer at the drivers to the sides: they’re slightly angled and theoretically, when positioned vertically, they might do a better job at routing Atmos height audio towards the ceiling than something like a Sonos One SL.” -Chris Welch
+20
I dunno, Danny. In the tradition of confusing names, like Arc which uses ARC, I could see them calling it PLEX, which can use Plex.
Sounds like a lawsuit. Although ‘Flex’ is a powertool brand now I think, I imagine it’s a common enough word, and drastically different product, that it wouldn’t be a concern.
I think
There’s a link to the webcast here...but I don’t know if you need an invite password or something to get in. Never watched it myself. I believe I read the transcript from the last earnings call, and it wasn’t that interesting if you aren’t an investor.
I would bet that if there is a product announcement, they won’t go into too much detail about it on the investor call. That will focus on how the product will help the company...pretty much what investors want to know. There will likely be a separate press release about the new product for the press and general public to get information about it. And likely a Sonos announcement thread in the forums where questions can be addressed. But I guess.
I dunno, Danny. In the tradition of confusing names, like Arc which uses ARC, I could see them calling it PLEX, which can use Plex.
I think
Anyone know if the event is behind closed doors or will be streamed online? Only a month away now.
Sonos Ray has a nice ring to it.
I can see potential with these names too:
Flex would work, assuming it works as both soundbar and rear surround speaker.
Sonos Ray has a nice ring to it.
I can see potential with these names too:
I have always thought that the ‘Arc’ and ‘Beam’ names were perhaps based on a form of ‘light’, so my guess would be ‘Sonos Ray’, ‘Sonos Glow’ (perhaps shortened to ‘Glo’), or ‘Sonos Stream’.
+22
Knowing Sonos marketing, something confusing.
Play:Seven
Three
Beamlet
Yeah, which is why it will probably be fury. I quite like Sonos Ray.
Sonos Crossbeam seeing how it's a cross between the beam and rear speakers :p
Plus also continues the alphabet - Arc, Beam ;)
I like it. I get the feeling Sonos marketing won’t, as it’s longer than Sonos other names. The seem to like one syllable names with 4 letters or less.(Arc, Beam, Amp, Port, One, Five, Beam, Move). And I bet they think it will be confused with the Beam….although confusing product names has never been a problem before.
Sonos Crossbeam seeing how it's a cross between the beam and rear speakers :p
Plus also continues the alphabet - Arc, Beam ;)
I’m thinking Fury will not be the final product name. Sticking along the same theme as Beam and Arc, here are some similar/synonyms.
joist
purlin
girder
spar
support
strut
stay
brace
scantling
batten
transom
lintel
stringer
balk
board
timber
plank
lath
If I had a vote, I’d go with ‘Strut’.
That's pricing isn't far off a refurbished Beam.
+15
Only thing that is disappointing after reading again, says there are no internal mics. Means there won't be like a auto calibration and seems trueplay is here to stay sigh.
I think for cost obviously but for it uses it doesn’t need it. Arc has one already and it would be linked if it’s a rear. If you added ones you could have it. If it’s by itself it’s probably for a secondary tv and ehh.
Worth noting that this would easily be the cheapest Sonos device woth some sort of physical input. Next closest are the Port and Beam at $450. Even if your source is analog, a converter to optical isn't going to cost you $200.
Only thing that is disappointing after reading again, says there are no internal mics. Means there won't be like a auto calibration and seems trueplay is here to stay sigh.
These would be some mega big surround speakers, but if it makes the Atmos bubble insane, then shut up and take my money. 😂
They could even allow them as fronts as well, seeing how they are going to be vertical.
In addition to an Arc or Beam upfront? That would be interesting, but would mean connecting 2 more speakers wireless, 4 more audio channels.
Yeah, so arc / beam as the center channel, two of these "fury's" vertical each side of the arc / beam, then two as rears.
Would probably be overkill for a lot of people's rooms, but it would be one hell of a system.
These would be some mega big surround speakers, but if it makes the Atmos bubble insane, then shut up and take my money. 😂
They could even allow them as fronts as well, seeing how they are going to be vertical.
In addition to an Arc or Beam upfront? That would be interesting, but would mean connecting 2 more speakers wireless, 4 more audio channels.
These would be some mega big surround speakers, but if it makes the Atmos bubble insane, then shut up and take my money. 😂
They could even allow them as fronts as well, seeing how they are going to be vertical.
One of the commenters on the verge article mentioned they would use it outdoors. While not outdoor rated, it’s size and price might make more sense.
Might consider for surrounds if it truly does 5.1.4
If the news is true here, then (after I’ve checked things out with a tape measure) I would certainly consider purchasing one of these for use with the small TV in our Kitchen, as we already have 2x Sonos One’s in that area, plus the ‘old’ 28” TV has optical/no Arc port - so it seems ideal for that use-case, particularly if all can be ‘bonded’ together.
Even better, if I can perhaps also keep using ‘Alexa’ on the ‘Ones’ when their acting as surrounds.
Using two as vertical surrounds … I just can’t see SWMBO allowing me to fix two of these Soundbars vertical to our Lounge wall as surrounds to our Arc, but maybe if there is a ‘nice’ stand that holds them in that orientation I might take a closer look at that option.
Sonos actually contributed to the article, so I think that confirms it’s real. Also, I think the reason for use as surround channel duty is that it has side firing speakers that would function as height channels in the vertical orientation. Assuming that last point is true, Sonos wouldn’t need to create Ones with height channels, and this thing probably looks better mounted on a wall than a One does. If there’s a table stand, wondering the stand will allow you to adjust it to change speaker angles.
edit: I was wrong. Sonos didn’t contribute to the article. They had no comment.
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