They both have oval ear cups that are angled slightly so that the lower part sits a little further forward on the wearer.Īs you can see from the image above, the headphones look like a pretty standard pair of over-ear cans, but the devil is in the detail. The patent shows two designs, both of which take an over-ear, wireless form. It seems like Sonos is going for an over-ear wireless model, as detailed by a patent that emerged in September 2020. Headphones come in all shapes and sizes: in-ear, on-ear, over-ear, wireless, wireless earbuds, sporty models, and so on.
(Image credit: German Patent and Trademark Office) We're placing our bet around the £370 ($515, AU$660) mark. Would Sonos charge that much less than the current industry best? We're not convinced. That would undercut Sony's range toppers by quite a way. Sonos has a large and dedicated following, but it's not quite at Apple levels, so an asking price of over £400 ($550, AU$700) is probably off the cards.Īccording to Bloomberg's sources, the Sonos wireless headphones will cost around £220 ($300, AU$400). Too high, and they will turn off some potential buyers. Price them too low, and consumers won't expect great sound quality. Sony's superb WH-1000XM4 (our current favourite over-ear headphones) retail for £350 ($350, AU$550), while Bose's Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 go for £350 ($399, AU$550).įor Sonos, it's a fine line to walk. The rumoured Sonos headphones might not come close to the cost of the Apple AirPods Max (£549 / $549 / AU$899), but we expect them to be similar to well-respected and well-established rivals from Sony and Bose. That's certainly the way Sonos approached the speaker and soundbar categories – in the former, the Sonos Move was followed by the Sonos Roam, while in the latter, the Sonos Playbar was followed by the Sonos Beam. Hence we'd expect any Sonos wireless headphones to go for a premium price, with potentially a more affordable product further down the road. Sonos' consumer audio products tend to go for premium prices, whether its wireless speakers or soundbars. Which means Sonos headphones wouldn't launch until September at the earliest. Sonos is holding an event next month where we could find out more about this.ĬEO Patrick Spence also told investors recently that the firm would be “focused on launching new products in our existing product categories" for the remainder of this financial year.
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Then again, it could relate to Sonos' push into smart TV interfaces that has also been rumoured. Which sounds to us suspiciously like it will be responsible for launching the Sonos headphones. Pete Pedersen, Sonos' VP of global marketing and communications, recently posted on LinkedIn that the company is searching for an advertising agency to help with one of its "most ambitious projects in our history." The successful agency would need to demonstrate experience of "launching a new brand/product/service in an established category" and "creating a new category for an established brand". Though a launch could be a lot closer than that.
We're hoping that they break cover in 2022 but supply chain issues, which have delayed many products in the last couple of years, could push the release back to 2023. But as Spence also promised to launch"two new products a year", we were hoping to see the Sonos wireless headphones show up next.Īlas, the whereabouts of the rumoured Sonos headphones remain unknown.
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That device turned out to be the (rather good) Sonos Roam Bluetooth speaker.
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