SONOS WIFI HEADPHONES

Headphone listening is the antithesis of Sonos’ “Music Out Loud” campaign. They even did a major study on the effects on our lives of listening to music together. Headphones just aren’t in their corporate DNA.

http://blog.sonos.com/en/music-makes-it-home/

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

All available via BT on your phone.

Just saw the Sonos and Alexa on Sunday Morning Techno Claus. Looking for solutions for people that have visual impairment as well as hearing impairment. Current goal is for a person that is able to speak. The Echo would be great if there was a simple solution to connecting with a headset. Is there a Sonos solution? Just a humble opinion that companies are missing some marketing and sales opportunities with the “older” population demographic growing in numbers. Thanks!

Appreciate that Bluetooth may be an option but its range is somewhat limited compared to wi-fi. I’m listening to more podcasts via Sonos these days and moving around my house to perhaps just outside at times and back in again, a pair of headphones would be fantastic I believe. In my circumstances in any case.

I know it's been a while since this discussion but I think Sonos headphones would be fantastic. Why wouldn't they be? The technology is already there. Many companies provide an RF or Bluetooth solution for wireless headphones and they are horrible, Sonos could set the gold standard here.

Like the previous poster, headphones would just allow you to listen to music anywhere in your house without anyone else having to listen to what you're listening to. This is ideal for a person who has a family, especially late at night.

I'll give you my user case, I'm currently running a connect for my vintage HiFi setup and wired headphones just don't work for me because the system is too far from any sitting area. I have play 1s in two different rooms but again I'm limited to when I can play them. Sonos headphones in this case would be great solution. Bluetooth is not an option for me because they are laggy and not ideal for an audiophile such as myself.

Sonos needs to start thinking about solutions like this because they have way too much completion in the WiFi space nowadays.

I'll give you my user case, I'm currently running a connect for my vintage HiFi setup and wired headphones just don't work for me because the system is too far from any sitting area. I have play 1s in two different rooms but again I'm limited to when I can play them. Sonos headphones in this case would be great solution. Bluetooth is not an option for me because they are laggy and not ideal for an audiophile such as myself.


I'm not going to claim to be an audiophile, but you're saying that the audio quality of your phone + headphones (Bluetooth or wired) is not good enough? It's hard to imagine that there is a significant market out there that also feels it's not good enough. It's also a little hard to believe that people want headphones that can't connect to your phone through Bluetooth or wired, and can't be used outside of the wifi range of your home.

If you're talking about normal Bluetooth/wired headphones that are of good quality with just the Sonos logo on it, then I do think it would be smart for Sonos to do this. They have built up a good brand name, and it would makes sense to leverage the brand name to make some easy profit. Even if it's not their brand name, it would make sense to partner up with a quality speaker maker and sell it on their site for those that trust Sonos. They already do this with mounting accessories, turntables, and soon to be Sonace architectural speakers.