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May 21, 2024 1:05 PM UTC
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The long-awaited first headphones: Sonos Ace

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The long-awaited first headphones: Sonos Ace

Today we are announcing the launch of our first-ever headphones, Sonos Ace, marking the brand’s long-awaited entry into the personal listening category. As a leading innovator in sound, Sonos is now using its renowned audio and design expertise to transform the way we listen on headphones.

The premium over-the-ear Bluetooth® headphones feature breathtaking lossless and spatial audio, world-class Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and Aware Mode, as well as the most precise and immersive home theater experience possible using Sonos’ new TrueCinema technology. Sonos Ace will be available globally in both Black and Soft White.

Sonos Ace

Superior Sound on a Personal Level 

Artfully crafted and masterfully tuned, Sonos Ace defies expectations with a range of features that bring the best of Sonos to headphones. 

  • Indulge in high-fidelity sound: Savor every second of your favorite song, podcast or friend’s phone call thanks to Sonos Ace’s two custom-designed drivers that render each frequency with impeccable precision and clarity.
  • Your own private cinema: Sonos Ace lets you enjoy a surround sound home theater experience while giving your household the gift of quiet. Instantly swap the TV audio from a compatible Sonos soundbar to Sonos Ace with just the tap of a button. Spatial audio with Dolby Atmos envelops you in dramatically detailed sound from all directions and dynamic head tracking keeps you centered in the action even if you need to grab a blanket or reach for the snack bowl. Coming later this year, Sonos’ all-new TrueCinema technology precisely maps your space then renders a complete surround sound system for a listening experience so realistic you’ll forget you’re wearing headphones.
  • Turn the world on or off: Make personal listening even more personal with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), or activate Aware mode when you want more awareness of your surroundings  - be it walking on a busy street or working in the office.

Day-long battery life and ultra-fast charge: Listen or talk for up to 30 hours with an extended, energy-efficient battery life. Ultra fast charging ensures you’ll never miss a beat - get 3 hours of battery life with a quick 3-minute charge using the included USB-C cable.

Sonos Ace Controls

 

Elegant Design and Long-Lasting Comfort

Sonos Ace was made to look and feel as good as it sounds. Its distinctive, slim profile beautifully blends  metal accents with a sleek matte finish, complementing any style no matter how fast trends move. 

  • Endless Comfort: Sonos Ace uses lightweight, premium materials for an airy fit that gently hugs your head. Its pillowy soft memory foam interior is wrapped in vegan leather, while a custom headband and ear cups that hide the hinge create the perfect acoustic seal without catching on hair. 
  • Intuitive Design: Wearing and storing Sonos Ace is a breeze - contrasting colors inside the ear cups subtly signal which way to put the headphones on and beautifully-tactile buttons make controls easy to use while wearing them. When you’re done listening, put Sonos Ace away effortlessly thanks to its fold flat design that fits snugly in its lightweight travel case. 
  • Responsibly Made: Sonos Ace is built to last and made for daily wear. The headphones feature replaceable ear cushions, circular materials that allow us to use 17% less virgin plastic, and a 75% recycled felt travel case made from plastic bottles. Engineered to drive energy efficiency, wear detection pauses your music when you remove Sonos Ace from your ears, minimizing the need for charging. 

Sonos Ace will be available on June 5 for $449 USD (499 EUR, 449 GBP, 699 AUD). For more information, visit sonos.com, and follow along on @sonos.

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melvimbe
May 21, 2024 6:44 PM UTC

Is the audio from the Arc that can be sent to the Ace headphones only limited to TV audio? If I were to send line-in audio from a turntable or play a song from my music library from the Sonos app to the Arc, can it be sent to the Ace headphones too?

 

I’m unsure about this as well.  I don’t see why the audio would limited to TV audio source only, but the message is definitively emphasizing TV audio as the reason the feature exists..

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Danny
melvimbe
May 21, 2024 6:47 PM UTC

 

They could do both. Leverage the Arc as a bridge for TV audio, then switch to zone mode for music.

 

Again, variations of this feature have been requested for years, and never been implemented.  The assumption that they could just have a speaker just seamlessly move from one zone/room to another, or be it’s own room, hasn’t shown to  true.  

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Danny
melvimbe
May 21, 2024 7:02 PM UTC

 

The convesation is about using Ace for TV audio and you’re talking about using Ace as zone player.

No one who understands anything about how these things work expected to get TV audio in the headphones without using BT or a soundbar in between.  How could the audio possibly get to the headphones?

Few expected the headphones would be for TV audio.  Sonos did nothing to diabuse people's expectations. Little wonder users are shunning another massive fail (whatever contorted defence you conjure up.) 

 

Consumers were absolutely asking for TV audio.  We saw that request here many times, and no doubt Sonos marketing backed that up, since that’s the feature they created and are promoting. I’m not saying that no one is asking for headphones as a zone, as they obviously are.  If Sonos had made Ace be a zone player without the ability to connect to a TV, the outcry would be just as much as if not more, and I have little doubt that you be here happily complaining about that too.  Honestly, if Ace could do TV audio, act as a zone, and do BT audio, the mob will still declare it a failure.  I’d rather just wait and see what actually happens.

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Danny
Bumper
May 21, 2024 7:29 PM UTC

What’s the IP rating? Not seeing anything so …? 

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Trending Lyricist I
May 21, 2024 7:33 PM UTC

What’s the IP rating? Not seeing anything so …? 

You're grasping a little now. Few over-ear headphones are IP rated. Absolutely nobody was expecting these to have an IP rating.

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Bumper
May 21, 2024 7:38 PM UTC

What’s the IP rating? Not seeing anything so …? 

You're grasping a little now. Few over-ear headphones are IP rated. Absolutely nobody was expecting these to have an IP rating.

Airpod Max do not have a rating which is why I don’t own them or other high end over ear headphones as I wouldn’t want to risk light snow or rain which is common where I live.

 

Would have been pleasantly surprised if these had IPX4.

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Enthusiast II
May 21, 2024 8:01 PM UTC
PloppyC
Lyricist III
May 21, 2024 8:02 PM UTC
From the FAQ on the store page

 

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Bumper
May 21, 2024 8:09 PM UTC

Thanks guys 🙏

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Contributor I
May 21, 2024 8:22 PM UTC

So without wifi you can’t listen to Sonos Radio on the Sonos headphones.  Great job.  

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