Sonos is extensively regarded as one of the settlers of wireless home speakers. As one of the trailblazers, the company has developed multitudinous patents regarding wireless speaker connectivity (as Google discovered in court lately). All of that exploration and development generally does n’t come cheap, still, and coupled with Sonos’ desire to deliver high- quality sound, its speakers can bring a little further than the competition, including speakers from Google and others.
Rather of heading to your nearest consumer technology store or Hi-Fi center for your coming wireless home speaker, you might want to suppose about going to your nearest IKEA store. IKEA has just released the alternate- generation SYMFONISK bookshelf speaker, which like the first- generation model, was developed in collaboration with Sonos (via Tweakers). As you might anticipate, as a result, it’s completely compatible with other products from Sonos. It also happens to be the cheapest entry point into the Sonos audio experience at$ 120 and features several upgrades over the original.
From the outside, there are only minor changes to the design of the alternate- generation SYMFONISK bookshelf speakers, which continue to come in either white or black colorways. The biggest changes have been left for the internals, which now feature a faster processor and further memory; this should make for a further flawless listening experience. The software system has been streamlined and is now running on the same platform as the rest of IKEA’s SYMFONISK speaker range. Power consumption on buttress has also been reduced from2.55 W of the original to2.05W.
Like the original, the SYMFONISK bookshelf speaker supports Apple’s AirPlay 2 Wi-Fi audio protocol as well as Spotify Connect along with utmost major streaming services. A single SYMFONISK speaker can also be paired with a alternate SYMFONISK speaker of the same type ( including the first- generation model) for a stereo audio experience. A brace of SYMFONISK speakers can also be used as hinder speakers for a Sonos home cinema system, which is enough handy if you formerly have a Sonos2.1 set-up or soundbar.
The SONOS| IKEA second- generation SYMFONISK speaker is now on trade in Europe for 99 Euro and will be rolling out encyclopedically over the coming weeks and months.
