Report: Sonos will finally make a soundbar that’s almost affordable

Sonos good audio system are identified for his or her ease of use and audio high quality, not their affordability. That is very true for Sonos’ house theater merchandise like soundbars, which solely tackle the midrange and high-end markets.

That is about to vary, in accordance with latest reporting by The Verge. The positioning claims to have seen photographs of and gained entry to details about a brand new soundbar codenamed the Sonos Fury, which has the mannequin quantity S36. The brand new soundbar will retail for $249, in accordance with the report.

There are nonetheless cheaper competing merchandise from different manufacturers, after all, however this could be Sonos’ least costly soundbar—the Beam retails for $449, and the Arc sells for $899.

The Fury (that is probably not the ultimate identify) is reportedly slated for a June 7 launch date, and like lots of Sonos’ different merchandise, will probably be out there in both black or white.

It is going to be smaller than the second-generation Sonos Beam, at 550×69×100 mm. (The Beam measures 651×68.6×100 mm.) It would lack a number of options discovered within the Arc or Beam—most notably, it will not assist Dolby Atmos, and it’ll have solely an optical audio port as an alternative of an eARC-ready HDMI port. It would additionally lack built-in microphones and voice assistant assist.

Alternatively, it seems to be like Sonos needs the product to be extra versatile than the Beam or Arc in some methods. The Beam and Arc are supposed for use solely as soundbars beneath a TV, and the Fury will work that approach, too, however The Verge claims the soundbar may also perform as a rear speaker alongside the Arc. In that state of affairs, the Fury could be oriented vertically, and it would provide extra immersive encompass sound than the Sonos One in that position.

Residence theater looks like will probably be a serious focus for Sonos, which has traditionally been extra centered on music playback than TV, movie, or online game audio. A couple of weeks in the past, Sonos posted a number of job listings that referenced plans to develop a “Residence Theater OS” for future front room merchandise.