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Upgrade Your Sound With Sonos Ray

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Hi All,

Today we announce Sonos Ray, a compact soundbar with impressive sound for its size.

Blockbuster Sound from Sonos Ray

Ray raises the bar for at-home entertainment with new acoustic innovations that deliver balanced sound, crisp dialogue and solid bass.

Room-Filling Sound: Custom-designed waveguides project sound from wall to wall, and advanced processing accurately positions elements throughout your room so you feel like you’re at the center of the story.

Precisely Balanced: A new bass reflex system with a proprietary design delivers thrilling lows with perfectly weighted bass, while custom acoustics precisely harmonize mid and high-range frequencies.

Tuned to Perfection: Like all Sonos speakers, Ray was tuned with the input of the Sonos Soundboard, a collection of leaders across music, film and more. Fine tune the sound even further with Trueplay to create the ideal listening experience for any room.

Enhanced Listening: Sonos’ Speech Enhancement ensures even greater clarity so you never miss a word, while Night Sound reduces the intensity of loud effects so you don't disturb anyone else at home.

Compact Design: Whether you’re placing it on your media stand or tucking it inside a credenza, Ray’s understated and impressively compact design blends into any space.

Sustainable Sound: Ray also features our most sustainable design packaging to date, with a gift box and protective cushions that are 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

Ray brings Sonos' category-leading simplicity and versatility to a more accessible price point, making it easy to build your first home theater setup or expand in more rooms. The new soundbar is compatible with all of your favorite streaming services, so you can enjoy movies, music and more with simple setup and control - just open the Sonos app and start listening in minutes. You can easily control Ray with your existing TV remote, the Sonos app, Apple AirPlay 2 and more. Add a pair of Ones to your home theater setup for surround sound or connect to any Sonos speaker for multi-room listening.

Sonos Ray is available globally on June 7, 2022 for $279 USD, €299, £279, $399 AUD / $449 NZD. You can purchase Ray directly from Sonos.com: Sonos Ray

Read the full press release on Sonos Ray and Roam Colors here.

Sonos Ray

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jgatie

As usual £53 dearer than it costs in US or Australia. Rip off Britain 😊

You cannot directly compare prices between the US and Britain. US prices are listed without any taxes, whereas British prices include VAT and import taxes. Depending on the state, US prices will include 0% to 7.25% sales tax.

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ElectricPaul

Lyricist I

Can I trade in my Beam?

Are there any advantages of the Ray over the Beam?

Airgetlam

Smaller, less expensive, different connection interface, no Atmos capability.

Given that it’s designed for a less expensive price point, I’d expect no advantages over the Beam.

Bruce

Jeffrey_35

Headliner III

One thought/question I had regarding the Ray and that is could you add Ones (not SL Ones or 1 One and 1 SL) and in essence have it have Voice Control Capabilities similar to the others or does that control have to be at the “main” level? If you were going to do 5.0 or 5.1 anyways then in essence you are spending an extra $20/$40.

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”

Ken_Griffiths

One thought/question I had regarding the Ray and that is could you add Ones (not SL Ones or 1 One and 1 SL) and in essence have it have Voice Control Capabilities similar to the others or does that control have to be at the “main” level? If you were going to do 5.0 or 5.1 anyways then in essence you are spending an extra $20/$40.

The Sonos playbar and playbase allow the use of One’s with voice assistant control, so I don’t see why the ‘Ray’ would be any different…

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/4807

Note: Airplay is disabled direct on the One’s when used as surrounds, but that won’t matter too much as the Ray is Airplay2 compatible.

106rallye

Jus an addition: if this is possible I’d combine a One and a One SL for this. Not only is it the cheaper option, but it also gives you control over which surround speaker takes care of the voice control duties. With Google Assistant used with two Ones for example Sonos always chooses the right (I believe) speaker for voice.

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McMurdeR

Prominent Collaborator I

Just my two cents, I think the lack of HDMI arc looks very odd on a brand that prides itself on being on the cutting edge of smart speakers. I'd expect it even at this price.

I'd be much more inclinded to buy a refurbed Gen 1 beam over this.

James L.

Retired Community Staff

Hi all,

Just a quick note to let you all know that from today (7th June 2022) the Sonos Ray is available for general purchase!

You can purchase directly from Sonos.com right here: Sonos Ray

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hts

Lyricist I

When are the Pre-Orders shipping, mine is still in “Prepare to Ship” mode….

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hts

Lyricist I

Hi all,

Just a quick note to let you all know that from today (7th June 2022) the Sonos Ray is available for general purchase!

You can purchase directly from Sonos.com right here: Sonos Ray

When are the Pre-Orders shipping, mine is still in “Prepare to Ship” mode….

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