Sonos Ace hands-on: The company's first headphones are impressive 

Modern headphones are significantly more integrated hardware platform than a simple bulky speaker. Sonos simply does not have the capability to develop their own headphone motherboard that host all chips/modules on it. That is why.. With that being said, don't have high hopes on their ANC as the solution is also the onboard ANC solution from a Chinese provider and Sonos does not have the capability to tune it right.

I felt it

Pretty much anything in this category/price range is better than AirPod Max. But judging by first impressions from other RU-vidrs, they like Sonos better.

You have to wait for the review embargo to lift to find out

This is a big miss IMO. love their products but this is gonna be a pass for me.

They said support for the ray and both generations of the beam will be coming. It’s disappointing they couldn’t have that at launch

Yes, by bluetooth with Android compatible phones. No iPhones

I don’t think so, Apple doesn’t allow it which is is crazy like Apple Music has lossless since 2021… it’s time they start supporting wireless lossless

They have beamforming microphones

it only works on the ARC soundbar and no other soundbars but they say they are working on that for future updates. Other than soundbars, they do not work with your Sonos ecosystem, just a standard pair of bluetooth headphones

Yeah I'm confused on why it's a prominent feature. If you've got the money to invest into the Sonos ecosystem for home theater, then why the hell would you waste it by swapping the sound to headphones. Its a nice feature and I'm sure it'll be used occasionally during late nights, but anyone spending the money it takes for sonos would rather get the full experience. It would only be an exceptional feature if you get the same benefit watching a film away from your home theater. Ill be watching something then go to the kitchen to cook something and take my tablet/phone with headphones to keep watching. When I'm back in my living room it's right back to the big screen. I didn't buy a 65" LG OLED and 5 Sonos system to listen on headphones.

yeah. very weird that this feature is front and center. very niche in my opinion. Still, got to give them at least points for industrial design. These look really sleek. Much better the Airpods Max. But in a market where we have Sony and BOSE headphones for

Anything less than Ace of Bass will be disappointing.

​@@SavedByZero By any chance if you remember the Swedish band Ace of Base?

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You’ve listen to them and compared them then? Or just want them to fail?

They’re competing against the $549 Max

u need the ARC soundbar , they don't pair to other soundbars but they are supposedly working on that for the future. If you don't have an ARC then these are standard bluetooth headphones

Only if you want to use these to swap the home theater sound to the headphones while you watch a movie/tv. But if you spent a few thousand to have a Sonos home theater setup seems like a waste to listen through headphones.

I am so confused , Sonos headphones my ass, They are just HPs . You woud think that you join your Sonos system . DUH how stupid .

As a heavy Apple user with almost every Apple product in my home, I think they look way better than AirPods Max

not entirely sure what went wrong but I have never had a network issue with Sonos. have used them on a few different network setups. been using Sonos since 2019

Probably a sign you should quit your job in IT.

its worse now with their newly downgraded S2 app.

Their new app is, to put it mildly, a total disaster.

Where did you get the idea they are not Bluetooth compatible?

@@Bitcoin_hodler92 from the fact that they require an existing Sonos system to transfer audio to them. I haven’t seen anything about them directly connecting to a phone via Bluetooth

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