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Sonos S36 "Fury" Entry-Level Sound Bar

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April 21, 2022
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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.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/21/23035569/sonos-new-soundbar-2022-s36-fury-specs-price-release-date

I was really hoping for a One or Three with an upward firing driver instead.

What are your thoughts?

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GuitarSuperstarAuthor

Lead Maestro

This website has 29 higher resolution photos of the Ray:

https://winfuture.de/news,129471.html

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Simmz

Prodigy I

No sign of it been shown vertically 😭

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Mitchellsx

Renowned Enthusiast II

Yeah, which is why it will probably be fury. I quite like Sonos Ray.

Do I get a free one for getting it right. 😅

You get 15-30% off, if you own an existing older Sonos speaker. 😁

Well the ones will be placed elsewhere in the house if this is true. Based on the pictures I'm still not confident they will be able to be used as rears. Just the design, the size the shape... Even the badge would look odd when rotated unless it can also be moved. I'm trying to stay positive though and hope that these will be new upfiring Atmos rears. Sadly if it's not true then my Sonos days are over, as I just want that extra immersive experience which unfortunately the current rears can't provide.

With you on this one, do hope they can be used as rears..

Airgetlam

All the articles I’ve read suggest that the Ray can be used as a surround speaker, but it implies you’d need two, as is normal with Sonos’ software.

Bruce

Ken_Griffiths

Well I guess it cannot be 3 x ‘Ray’ to get atmos audio as optical does not support Atmos - so perhaps it’s a case that the two rear channels should be via another horizontally mounted Ray and that the speculation is a little off target?

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Ravica3

Chromatic Producer I

I would love to get these to create 5.1.4 system but the Sonos Ray would have drivers angled downward and upward. That would seem a bit weird for Atmos content, right?

I wonder when mounted as surrounds if the downward firing driver will be inactive. Interested in how Sonos is going to pull this off if these speakers are indeed Atmos capable.

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DarwinOSX

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.

Who cares. You only have to do it once. I’m very likely to get two of these for rears to replace my ones and get front and rear atmos.

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DarwinOSX

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.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/21/23035569/sonos-new-soundbar-2022-s36-fury-specs-price-release-date

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.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/21/23035569/sonos-new-soundbar-2022-s36-fury-specs-price-release-date

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.

Yeah completely wrong. Rear atmos will add a lot and allow Sonos to catch up with competitors who already have front and rear.