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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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PloppyC
Lyricist III
May 21, 2024 8:37 PM UTC

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

This was my expectation for the product - full access to all Sonos services, radio, playlists, favourites, local library and everything else direct to the headphones when in-home. Their own private Zone, a wearable Roam. Obvious, I thought.

The TV Audio function is neat, but in no way a core requirement for me. I guess they’re following market research, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe v2

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melvimbe
May 21, 2024 8:48 PM UTC

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

 

Well, Sonos radio has always required wifi.  I think Ace can get Sonos radio when bonded to an Arc, and the Arc is set to play Sonos radio.  I’m unsure about that, as Sonos is stating this feature is for TV audio, but I don’t know why it wouldn’t work for any source the Arc could play from a technical perspective.

 

 

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Danny
Sarge_72
Avid Contributor I
May 21, 2024 8:50 PM UTC

No WiFi is a deal breaker / the idea was to have access to local music sources via app anywhere in the house and because it was WiFi - lossless 

 

now they say on an iPhone it’s lossless with a USB-C dongle….  Which I have for my AT-M50x and the sound will be way better - and no battery life concerns   
 

Sonos isn’t going to sell many of these at $450  $199 maybe

 

I don’t see these as compelling competition against the Sony-XM5s or the Airpodmax   I have Sony XM3s and was considering an upgrade - not now  

 

 

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Contributor I
May 21, 2024 9:03 PM UTC

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

This was my expectation for the product - full access to all Sonos services, radio, playlists, favourites, local library and everything else direct to the headphones when in-home. Their own private Zone, a wearable Roam. Obvious, I thought.

The TV Audio function is neat, but in no way a core requirement for me. I guess they’re following market research, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe v2

Exactly, I thought it would be a Sonos speaker I could wear around the house and yard getting everything I would from a normal Sonos speaker with the added benefit of being able to move TV audio to it when I want to listen at night in a quite house.

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Contributor I
May 21, 2024 9:19 PM UTC

Please sonos team, allow wifi streaming, grouping and more with the ACE. Don’t let them be the ugly duckling in our systems. The reason we asked for sonos headphones was to enable this! It’s too logical to skip this functionality, being the main selling point and value of the brand. Group from other room, listen to a turntable, listen closely to a lossless album… make this right 

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Prominent Collaborator I
May 21, 2024 9:22 PM UTC

Oh wow - so they aren’t even a real Sonos component and cannot listen to my Sonos system?   Please, for the love of God, stop it!

 

Long awaited by who?  Shareholders?  Now I know for sure ya’ll have lost the plot entirely.

 

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Landru
Avid Contributor I
May 21, 2024 9:30 PM UTC

I was about to order the Ace headphones but I realized they are not Wi-Fi compatible only Bluetooth. It’s a shame.

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Play:1 (x3), Playbar, Sub
Local Superstar
May 21, 2024 10:38 PM UTC

You're doing your best melvimbe but even the usual defenders appear to have have deserted (apart from a few expected ‘likes’).

Sure, some wanted headphones to be able to use to watch TV but to announce them (and force a complete mess of an App update to support them) where you need a soundbar/Arc to fully benefit from them, they're otherwise pretty much a nice set of Bluetooth headphones with no ability to properly integrate into the Sonos ecosystem - that I think most people reasonably assumed was a given - and currently look like a functionally sparse, massive, massive, fail.

Think about what most users want to do when opening up the App and want to ‘do’ with Sonos.  They can't do that with these.

I honestly feel almost no-one expected such a limited connectivity/integrated setup.  And even that limited setup isn't available at launch.  Sonos is synonymous with multi-room devices and this isn't aligned to that philosophy.

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Avid Contributor I
May 21, 2024 11:05 PM UTC

I have been waiting for these Sonos headphones for as long as the rumors have existed.  Such a disappointment.  I wanted to use them at home, with my existing Sonos ecosystem - to toggle between speakers, rooms etc. over my very sophisticated mesh WiFi network   As I understand the technical specs, they cannot be added as a “Device” like the Era 300 and confined to the limitations of Bluetooth.

Am I understanding the technical specs incorrectly?  These limitations seem to impact negatively my Victrola Stream Carbon and my music library from MacBook controller.

Hopefully, I’m wrong.  Any and all insights appreciated.

 

Best,

Mike 

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Local Superstar
May 21, 2024 11:10 PM UTC

I have been waiting for these Sonos headphones for as long as the rumors have existed.  Such a disappointment.  I wanted to use them at home, with my existing Sonos ecosystem - to toggle between speakers, rooms etc. over my very sophisticated mesh WiFi network   As I understand the technical specs, they cannot be added as a “Device” like the Era 300 and confined to the limitations of Bluetooth.

Am I understanding the technical specs incorrectly?  These limitations seem to impact negatively my Victrola Stream Carbon and my music library from MacBook controller.

Hopefully, I’m wrong.  Any and all insights appreciated.

 

Best,

Mike 

They are BT only.  Waste of money. 

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