Sonos is approaching the release of a new entry-level soundtrack and you’re watching it. Codenamed “Fury” and officially known as the S36, the new device is another soundtrack that will join the company’s $ 449 Beam and $ 899 Arc range.
Sonos no longer seems to want to give up the lower-priced soundbar market to Vizio and other competitors, as I can reveal that the new product is expected to sell for around $ 249. This is significantly cheaper than any Sonos soundtrack so far. It is currently scheduled for release in just a few weeks on June 7.
I’ve seen real photos of the new soundtrack, and The Verge used them to create the 3D images for this article. It’s not an exact match, but it’s more than enough to give you the essence. (You can trust me, I think.) Like Arc and Beam, the Sonos budget soundtrack will be available in black and white.
Here’s a 3D rendering of Sonos’ new soundtrack that gives you a closer look at the design. Definitely reduces the number of speakers compared to Beam and Arc. 3D rendering of products by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge
The device is even more compact than the Sonos Beam – no surprise, considering that it contains significantly fewer drivers.
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Sonos model S36 “Fury”: 550 mm (width) x 69 mm (depth) x 100 mm (height)
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Sonos Beam (Generation 2): 651 mm (width) x 68.6 mm (depth) x 100 mm (height)
As might be expected at a lower price, Sonos’ new soundtrack will miss some features such as Dolby Atmos and no built-in microphones for voice assistant functionality. Sonos will position this as a soundtrack for television and music, leaving the intelligence to its more expensive siblings. In fact, internal specifications suggest that this product does not even have an HDMI port (only an optical cable is available in the box). This limits the new soundtrack to Dolby Digital surround sound. You can still extend it to 5.1 if you have other compatible Sonos speakers.
Here’s an interesting nail polish: Sonos expects that quite a number of customers will use the new soundtrack as paired surround for high-end Sonos Arc. So, for this reason, the company has created a wall mount that will allow Fury – again, this is just the code name and I’m not sure of its final branding – to be mounted vertically in addition to the standard horizontal orientation.
Sonos has not yet announced its upcoming soundtrack. So while I’m more than happy to do it for them, I expect all of us to hear more details about the S36 and the expanding ambitions of the home theater company in the coming weeks. Reached by email about the story, a Sonos spokesman said “we are not commenting on rumors or speculation.”
Other products that remain under development at Sonos include a smaller, cheaper subwoofer (model S37) and long-standing rumors of the company’s wireless headphones. The latter will introduce Sonos in a new product category for the first time since expanding to portable speakers with Move and Roam.
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