- Sonos already has two soundbars in its portfolio together with the top-of-the-range Sonos Arc and the cheaper, however nonetheless very succesful, Sonos Beam. Rumours are swirling a couple of new funds Sonos soundbar although, which is able to apparently sit beneath the Sonos Beam.
Referred to in leaks because the Sonos Ray, right here is the whole lot we have now heard to this point concerning the cheaper soundbar from Sonos.
Sonos Ray launch date and value
- 7 June 2022
- Round £250/$250
The Sonos Ray is claimed to be launching on 7 June 2022 and whereas there has but to be any affirmation from the corporate itself, this could tie in with the corporate's common technique.
Sonos has beforehand dedicated to introducing at the least two new merchandise each calendar yr. Up to now in 2022, the corporate has introduced the Sonos Roam SL - which is a Sonos Roam with out microphones - so some extra main merchandise are nonetheless anticipated, together with the long-rumoured Sonos headphones.
Together with the rumoured launch date, we even have a rumoured value. It is claimed the Sonos Ray will price round $250 within the US, which might be round £200 - although it is extra more likely to be round £250 too as Sonos often costs its merchandise the identical within the US and UK. By comparability, the Sonos Beam (Gen 2) is £449/$449 and the Sonos Arc is £899/$899 so the Ray can be fairly a bit cheaper than the present choices.
Sonos Ray design
- White and Black colors
- Angled rear
- Capacitive controls
- Speaker grille on entrance solely
Design is one space we all know lots about for the Sonos Ray due to a plenthora of leaked pictures. Advertising and marketing pictures of the soundbar first appeared by chance on retailer Ktronix earlier than being eliminated, although greater res pictures additionally later appeared on Twitter.
The photographs present a design that follows within the footsteps of different Sonos audio system, particularly within the case of the Beam Gen 2. It appears to be like just like the Ray will look similar to Beam however be angled on the rear and solely function a speaker grille on the entrance. The Beam Gen 2 has a speaker grille that wraps round to the again of the soundbar, suggesting the speaker array inside will differ within the Ray.
A Sonos brand appears to be like like will probably be centralised on the entrance of the speaker grille like Arc and Beam, and the Ray additionally appears to be like like it'll have small ft beneath, just like the Sonos Arc presents. Color choices look like Black and White, which is customary for Sonos units.
When it comes to controls, the Sonos Ray appears to be like like it'll have related controls to the Sonos Beam Gen 2, that are capactive. The photographs present a play/pause button and a button both facet, which is able to probably enable for quantity controls and the flexibility to skip monitor and return to the earlier monitor while you swipe, as supplied on Beam Gen 2 and Arc. There would not look like a microphone button.
The photographs additionally present the rear of the Ray, the place a pairing button is current, together with an ethernet port, energy port and optical port. There are additionally mounting holes on the rear and it has been claimed the Ray may be mounted horizontally or vertically.
Sonos Ray specs and hardware
- Two tweeters
- Two woofers
- Optical
There is not an enormous quantity of details about the acoustic make up of the Sonos Ray at the moment, apart from that it's claimed to have a pair of tweeters and a pair of woofers.
We all know from the pictures that HDMI or HDMI eARC would not look like supported, with optical seemingly the one connection possibility. The older Sonos Playbar used optical solely and whereas it is not essentially the most desired connection today, it does enable for a wider compatibility with older TVs.
As beforehand talked about, there's a pairing button, which is how you will join the Sonos Ray to your Sonos system, and there's an ethernet port too, although it is best to be capable to use the Ray wirelessly as Sonos creates a mesh community between the audio system.
We might anticipate the Sonos Ray to sound good, as all Sonos audio system do however for now, that is the one space we're ready for the rumours to supply a bit extra info on.
Sonos Ray options
- Typical Sonos function
- Trueplay
- Capability to make use of pair of Ray soundbars as surrounds
The Sonos Ray will probably provide most of the identical options you'd discover on exisiting Sonos audio system, together with compatibility with greater than 100 music streaming companies, Sonos Radio and naturally the flexibility to work both independently or inside a bunch of exisiting Sonos audio system.
The fantastic thing about Sonos soundbars is that they improve your TV audio, however while you aren't utilizing them for that, they make for a wonderful addition to a Sonos system as a standalone speaker. You may as well ship TV audio to all the opposite Sonos audio system in your house when you're utilizing the soundbar for TV.
In response to rumours, you will additionally be capable to use two Sonos Ray soundbars as encompass audio system to a different Sonos soundbar although, just like the Sono Beam Gen 2 or the Sonos Arc. It is claimed the pair of Sonos Ray soundbars would be capable to obtain and play Dolby Atmos encompass audio when used on this configuration, however when used as a soundbar by itself, it solely helps Dolby Digital, differentiating it from the Beam Gen 2 and Arc.
Different options are rumoured to incorporate Trueplay - which might make sense - in addition to one thing referred to as "crystal-clear dialogue" for TV present and flicks. There's a Speech Enhancement function on the Sonos Beam Gen 1 and Gen 2, and Sonos Arc so we might anticipate this what that function is referring to.
Whereas the Ray is just not anticipated to have Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa inbuilt just like the Beam Gen 1, Beam Gen 2 and Arc, it's anticipated to help being managed by one other good speaker, whether or not Sonos just like the Sonos One, or a 3rd celebration just like the Echo.
Sonos Ray rumours: What's occurred to this point?
Right here is the whole lot we have now heard to this point about Sonos Ray.
5 Might 2022: Photos of Sonos Ray leak, displaying soundbar in full
@SnoopyTech revealed quite a lot of pictures of the Sonos Ray soundbar, displaying off the system in full.
— SnoopyTech (@_snoopytech_) Might 5, 2022
5 Might 2022: Sonos' funds soundbar is likely to be referred to as the Sonos Ray and appear to be this
The Sonos Ray appeared on Colombian retailer KTronix. It has since been eliminated however quite a lot of particulars had been revealed.
21 April 2022: Unique: that is the brand new funds soundbar from Sonos
The Verge revealed a report confirming the existence of a funds soundbar from Sonos, together with value and launch date.
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