SONOS WIFI HEADPHONES

I don't know that I recommend a connect since OP is referring to his 5.1. setup. He mentioned listening to music, but I would imagine he also wants it to be in sync with the tv.. A connect would bring in a slight delay, correct?

If you already have the headphones you referenced, then an optical switch so the output from your tv can go to both the PLAYBAR and your headphone base. That handles tv sound. For music, you could use a connect, but I probably would opt for just connecting it to the headphone jack of a phone or tablet, if you don't have a connect available. I would think anything you can get from sonos is also available from an app.

The problem I see with Sonos coming up with a headphone product is, there's virtually no multiroom advantage. There will never be a need to stream audio to a room and your headphones in sync, as a headphone user would never hear the other room. Perhaps a wifi headphone could be more reliable than Bluetooth or RF headphones (I don't know) but your range is limited to your wifi.

I could see a situation where sonos creates an app that is it's own zone. Therefore, you could use Bluetooth headset and your phone to listen to sonos. However, they would have to be a charge for this. You can't give some away for free that could undercut the sales of your other products. But then there would also be complications regarding tv listening since it would have to be in sync (so only 5.0 wifi, and perhaps bonded to playbar?). Perhaps more importantly, not much you can't already do with your phone without sonos music wise.

Melvimbe wrote: "The problem I see with Sonos coming up with a headphone product is, there's virtually no multiroom advantage."

Wrong! How about listening to the news on the radio (Tune-In) or to music (Spotify) without disturbing other people in your house?

I use my Sennheiser wireless earphones to listen to the DAB+ radio that has to stand near to the window because the reception of DAB+ inside is very bad. My Connect/Amp is connected to an amplifier with speakers. My Play1 and my PlayBase offer no earphone outlet.

I would have to buy another Connect/Amp plus another Sennheiser to listen to Sonos radio or music without disturbing others. I feel let-down by Sonos.

"Let down"? Why? Did Sonos somehow promise you headphones and not deliver? Why would you expect a multi-room music system manufacturer who never claimed to manufacture headphones, now or in the future, to suddenly start manufacturing headphones?

@RobertW, at the very moment, I'm at work listen to XM radio with headphones on...through my phone.

Nothing you said really warrants a multiroom system. If I want to listen to Spotify or TuneIn through headphones, I'll plug headphones into my phone. As far a DAB, not sure if that's available on your phone.

Is this a sound quality issue? is your phone incapable of producing the audio quality you want? What am I missing?

If your using a NAS as your source, maybe that makes sense. Otherwise, I think the answer is that you don't use Sonos, or involve, Sonos in getting the audio to your ears. I can see where some customers may want sonos headphones so all there stuff is Sonos or something like that,.

Melvimbe wrote: "Nothing you said really warrants a multiroom system."

Reply: How about walking around in your house, listening to the news or to music, without disturbing others?

Melvimbe wrote: "If I want to listen to Spotify or TuneIn through headphones, I'll plug headphones into my phone."

Reply : Sonos does not play on my phone. This means that I - after having invested a lot money and timein a Sonos system with preferences and playlists - have to use another way to listen to the news or music, if I do not want disturb others.

jgatie wrote: "Let down"? Why?"

Reply: Because Sonos does not offer a complete system for listening to radio and music via the wifi in my house.
I would also feel let-down if Sonos would not offer Connect for my hifi and PlayBase/bar for my tv.

So in order for you not to feel let down Sonos should devote significant resources to a risky and loss making development?

Get a Connect and BT headphones with base station

Considering the installed base of Sonos, I think it is worth considering to fill this gap in a incomplete range of products.

In the mean time I will try to connect one of my Sennheiser wireless headphones, but somehow that feels like an temporary solution until Sonos comes to its senses.

Comes to its senses? Well believe what you like but Sonos headphones will never happen. Too much uncertainty over whether it would work well, might undermine other speaker sales, and too many simple alternatives for listening through headphones. If ever there was a suggestion that clearly made no commercial sense, this is it.

Who in their right mind spends thousand of pounds, dollars, Yen, Euros on great sounding speakers and then wants to walk around with headphones? And don't tell me you don't want to disturb others. it's not as if those people have suddenly appeared with the arrival of the Sonos gear. If not disturbing other people with music was a consideration after you bought the speakers it sure as hell was s consideration BEFORE you bought them so you should have made a more appropriate purchasing decision.

I suggest that one who goes through life expecting nameless, faceless companies to bend to their every want and whim will spend the vast majority of their time being "let down". I'm only "let down" by a company if they promise me something and subsequently do not deliver, and even then it is only temporary disappointment, for if the promised, yet undelivered feature is that dear to me, the product is gone from my home and I never worry about it again.

Sonos never promised to "offer a complete system for listening to radio and music via the wifi", they promised to offer exactly what they offer. To expect anything different is on you, not Sonos.