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The long-awaited first headphones: Sonos Ace

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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.

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.

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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So bluetooth headphones that don't integrate with the existing local system so you can't listen to your local library?

And you released a godawful mess of an ugly, user unfriendly, featureless app to support these?

It's a no from me. Plenty of other Bluetooth headphones out there will probably be just as good, if not better, cheaper, and don't make a mess of your existing home sound system.

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MrWhite22

I just ordered the headphones and quickly cancelled after seeing the confusion as to what products the headphones will connect to.

Good question. One would think that if there is music being played in a Sonos zone, by a flick of something, the music will move to the headphones, muting the speakers.

Is this not a feature?

If a “flick of something” means stopping the music in the speaker, connecting the headphones via bluetooth, setting up the playlist, pressing “play”, then yes! If you thought they would act like a speaker, then no.

From what I’ve ready, this is not correct. The headphones are bonded to the Arc (and later, other soundbars) so that you can push the button on Ace to have whatever audio the Arc is playing start to play on Ace instead. This appears to be done entirely via WiFi, but I am not at all certain of that.

But not other speakers

If you have more than one Arc, how will it know which one to switch from?

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Bumper

From what I’ve ready, this is not correct. The headphones are bonded to the Arc (and later, other soundbars) so that you can push the button on Ace to have whatever audio the Arc is playing start to play on Ace instead. This appears to be done entirely via WiFi, but I am not at all certain of that.

The Verge description makes it sound like it’s through the phone (ios only). Or is this a different feature all togehter?

“You can walk around the house and keep listening to a sports game in the background as you clean up or focus on other things. TV Audio Swap will be exclusively available to people with iOS devices at launch, with Android support for this major feature coming “soon.” So Android users can take advantage of better Bluetooth audio (thanks to aptX), while the iOS side gets to enjoy the headlining home theater trick.”

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btodd78

Lyricist II

Wow, what an absolutely horrible May for Sonos. First they release a alpha version of the new app without telling everyone that it was missing many critical functions. And then they announce the new headphones and they are not capable of doing the main thing that people wanted “Sonos” headphones for, being a zone. I honestly was looking forward to the headphones even after this horrible handling of the app update, but not being able to be setup as a zone or group to a zone is a major let down. I am really wondering what the people in charge are thinking. Maybe it time for a change at the top.

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Jonathan D. Cohen

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*Super* disappointed that there is no Sonos system connectivity other than through Arc. I don’t have an Arc, but was greatly looking forward to using my headphones as part of my Sonos system around the house, and would have gladly given up 50% or even 66% of the run time (e.g., I’d take 10 hours of run time) for that capability over wifi. I read that the headphones have a wifi chip (for use with Arc?). I sincerely hope that this can be exploited in the future for such functionality through an SOA upgrade. If not, I’ll have to concur with those how have said Sonos dropped the ball on Ace, or at least left its most loyal fans in the backcourt.

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flinkazoid

Contributor II

I’ve been waiting for these to be able to use with my Turntable, but what the heck, the AMP isnt even on the roadmap for audio handoff? I think youre missing a HUGE demographic of people that want something like this to listen to vinyl on. You sell Vinyl kits with AMPs and 5’s and 300’s, This should be priority!

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Kumar

The headphones are bonded to the Arc (and later, other soundbars) so that you can push the button on Ace to have whatever audio the Arc is playing start to play on Ace instead. This appears to be done entirely via WiFi, but I am not at all certain of that.

But the same thing cannot be done if one is listening to music on a 5 pair or Sonos Amp? If so, that suggests to me that these headphones are meant more for movie surround - where they may well be ground breaking in terms of the delivered experience when fully equipped to do so - than for music play.

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Gaham

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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sonos-inc-_obsessively-crafted-and-masterfully-tuned-activity-7198677146423234560-AJ9k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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Kumar

As a follow up - how can someone playing vinyl use these to listen to music?

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Bumper

The headphones are bonded to the Arc (and later, other soundbars) so that you can push the button on Ace to have whatever audio the Arc is playing start to play on Ace instead. This appears to be done entirely via WiFi, but I am not at all certain of that.

But the same thing cannot be done if one is listening to music on a 5 pair or Sonos Amp? If so, that suggests to me that these headphones are meant more for movie surround - where they may well be ground breaking in terms of the delivered experience when fully equipped to do so - than for music play.

The reviews so far say these are home theater headphones first, music second. The big home theater feature “TrueCinema” won’t be available at launch

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