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Contributor I
September 30, 2013

Sub in white

  • September 30, 2013
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Can you please, please, produce the Sub in white as well. Would love to add it to my system, but not in black!! Would also consider the Playbar, but only in white of course. Please be as consistent in offering a consistent visual experience as you do for the sound and easy to install experience. Really don't understand the concept of the Sonos color scheme today!
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    Stuart_W
    World-Class Superstar
    August 30, 2016
    It's a white Sub for crying out loud!
    Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
    Max P
    Sonos Employee
    August 30, 2016
    Hi Everyone.

    @CHIP66 Welcome to the community.

    We are very well aware of the demanded for a white SUB. I must admit the picture of the modded white SUB above looks great. I wouldn't mind having one myself.
    That being said, we don't have an official details we can share right now on the white Sonos SUB but stay tuned. But you can be sure when we have news we'll post it on the community.

    On a side note. We understand you want to be heard but copying & pasting the same message in multiple threads is considered as SPAM. We may have to start removing comments if this continues.
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    jgatie
    August 30, 2016
    Sonos rarely ((basically never) gives definitive dates for anything, especially hardware changes. So even if you reach the CEO (or whatever intern is assigned to cut-and-paste standard replies into his public e-mail account), you are probably not going to get a definitive answer on the release of a white Playbar or Sub. If I were you, I would assume it isn't coming and make other plans.

    And by the way, stating that "but waiting for 3 years, in this day and age, is TOO LONG" for something which has never even been hinted at, never mind announced, is a little disingenuous. Sonos can hardly be held to blame for not meeting some perceived deadline it never even announced, for a product it never promised to build, right?

    But none of this takes away from the fact that reposting the same message to long dead threads is annoying SPAM.
    CHIP66
    Trending Lyricist I
    August 30, 2016
    The most immediate definitions of “spam” that I found are…
    1. “irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the Internet, typically to large numbers of users, for the purposes of advertising, phishing, spreading malware, etc.”
    2. “send the same message indiscriminately to (a large numbers of Internet users).”
    As a “novice”, I only joined this Sonos Community with the aim of promoting the idea of producing the full range of Sonos products in white. This is just what I would like to see in my home, rather than the incongruous black Playbar and Sub staring me in the face. What I posted was my reply. It is the course of action that I took since most of the threads reveal that customers who are prepared to purchase a white Playbar and/or Sub are being ignored by Sonos because there is no concerted effort. I was not advertising, phishing, spreading malware, etc. Neither was I sending my reply indiscriminately to the whole community. I was very selective and posted my reply strictly under threads that were started by other customers, who, like us, await confirmation as to whether the white Sub and/or Playbar are in the pipeline or not.
    Any messages that the Sonos CEO receives respectfully advocating the production of the full range in white should not be taken as spam either because each customer will convey his/her personal views. A wise CEO listens (reads, in this case).
    I do apologize if any of you feel that I have committed a cardinal sin in the Sonos world. What I do appreciate is that there are different perceptions or points of view on spamming, and I respect those in the same manner in which I expect my views to be respected. We are all entitled to express our opinions.
    This has been a good exercise to get a good measure of Sonos. So the CNET news about the white Sub is not true, and Sonos rarely gives definitive dates for anything. Of course, Sonos has not said anything about a white Playbar or Sub, but – in all honesty – what is the point of the black or white options for the Play 1, 3 and 5 only, leaving those who went for white hanging on for the full range to be offered in that colour? We have had visitors who have asked us to let them know when Sonos releases all its products in white. As appealing as the Sonos concept is, there are people out there who will not buy it in black, or accommodate the concept with a mismatch in looks.
    Sonos can rest assured that our family group will be watching with the same interest what Sonos and the competition can offer.
    Please do not delay your company announcements for long. People can lose faith very quickly.
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    August 30, 2016
    No spoilers here 🆒



    A White SUB is coming soon. As Max said, we'll let you know when we can share more.
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    CHIP66
    Trending Lyricist I
    August 30, 2016
    Hello, Ryan S.
    Your message was actually quite uplifting. We wish we could say the same about Max's. He made CNET look like a misleading source. Anyway, we are not guided by CNET because we are in the UK.
    After we bought our black Playbar and Sub, other family members started considering Sonos. We made Sonos additions in white and immediate family went for white too. They did not fancy anything in black, so they settled for the lesser Play 1, 3 or 5.
    We get the feeling that Sonos is failing to comprehend that people like us do the advertising for you. We show others what the system can do, controlling it from laptops, iPads or iPhones. We even give technical support after we have received it from Sonos ourselves. Everybody who has come to our home and experienced Sonos can see the massive potential, and we find it quite disheartening when people just ask why we went for black when there is white. Obviously, they do not know that the Playbar and the Sub were the very first Sonos items that we purchased, and that they did not come in white at the time or even now. Please understand that it is people like us who are helping Sonos sell its products. We are even willing to buy more of your products, and this applies to those of us who are waiting for white. Like our immediate relations, people are not going the extra mile to buy the Playbar and Sub because Sonos is only offering them in black.
    We are pinning all our hopes on your CEO to have a full Sonos system in white by this Christmas.
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    August 30, 2016
    Thanks CHIP! We appreciate your support and helping family and friends also, that's really great!

    We can't say too much about the future, rules are rules, but we are always working on lots of things behind the scenes. If you have a request make sure to let us know, we won't make any promises, but will be happy to pass it on.

    And there's not much "lesser" about the PLAY:5, the new one is personally our best sounding speaker for music. It just isn't the best option when it comes to TV audio :)

    See you around!
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    Contributor I
    August 30, 2016
    If it helps anyone, Flexson has a white skin for the Sub. It is sold in the USA but it is a bit expensive (IMO). I purchased one despite the price and the results are very nice. Everything fits but it takes a bit of patience to get it on correctly without any bubbles.
    Contributor I
    September 12, 2016
    When the sub in white will be come ?
    On the Website it shows: " Coming soon in white." since a long time......
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    September 12, 2016
    When the sub in white will be come ?
    On the Website it shows: " Coming soon in white." since a long time......


    We haven't announced the released date yet, but it will this Fall.
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