Sonos is aiming to revolutionize home theater audio by taking all the high quality sound you need and want, and cramming it all into one big ol’ soundbar you can drop at the bottom of your TV. Sure, it’ll work with other Sonos units you have hanging around, the Sonos Playbar is also a starter piece that can stand alone. And for a soundbar, this sucker sounds good. More »
Have you heard of Sonos before? Surely you have, as they are the leading manufacturer of wireless audio systems, and have decided to take the plunge where wireless audio is concerned with the introduction of the beautiful, eye-catching Sonos Playbar. The Sonos Playbar can be said to be the soundbar for music lovers, delivering immersive HiFi sound to the TV. Not only that, since it is a full Wireless HiFi system, it is capable of streaming all the music on earth via a solitary easy-to-use player. In a nutshell, HiFi, meet HiDef. HiDef, stick your hand out for HiFi.
John MacFarlane, CEO, Sonos, Inc., said, “Sonos has transformed the way people listen to music throughout the home and now we’re bringing our wireless HiFi approach to home theater. PLAYBAR will change everything about the sound experience in your living room, bringing together amazing HiFi sound for your TV and wireless access to the world’s music in a radically simple way.”
The sophisticated all-in-one design of the Sonos Playbar will merge exposed aluminum with high performance speaker fabric, delivering a look that is not only timeless, but also understated. After all, since it will not need a subwoofer or speaker wire, it is capable of fitting easily into any room and setup. Thanks to the integrated sensors, it will be able to assist the Sonos Playbar to automatically adjust EQ and channel orientation, allowing it to lie flat on the TV stand or rotate for low profile wall-mounting above or below the TV.
When you open up the Playbar, those who are from an engineering background will find nine individually amplified speakers, where half a dozen mid-woofers help deliver deep, rich low-frequency sounds, with three tweeters pumping out crystal clear high-frequency detail. It does not matter whether you are watching a movie, playing a game or streaming a song from Pandora or Spotify, the Sonos Playbar is equal to the task with clearer and louder audio. Of course, for such premium performance, you will have to pay through your nose, and we are looking at a $699 price tag for the Sonos Playbar.
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We caught wind of the Sonos Playbar a few months ago thanks to FCC filing leaks, but today, Sonos is making things official.
The Sonos Playbar features nine drivers inside of it, three of which are tweeters while the remaining six are mid-range drivers. The Playbar has a modern one-piece design, is made of a combination of a matte cloth exterior and aluminum finishes, and can plug directly into your TV with a digital optical cables, and can be integrated with a Sonos wireless music system. The Playbar even features a Night Mode, which will keep the noise level down for those of you with light sleepers in your family. (more…)
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Hmmm, it does seem very likely that Sonos will soon introduce a soundbar to keep their collection of wireless speakers happy, having picked up the collective nod of approval from the FCC for their Playbar, where you can see the label right above. So far, FCC filings of the Playbar seem to indicate that this Sonos device will rely on Wi-Fi connectivity to stream music in a similar manner as that of other devices. Label location mockups of the device do indicate a rectangular object which should not be too different from your standard issue soundbar.
So far, Sonos has yet to step forward and make an official mention of the Playbar, but considering the circumstances and how it has already been announced by the folks over at the FCC, this does seem to indicate that the Sonos Playbar should not be too far away from being released. Hopefully, an official release date (accompanied by reasonable pricing, of course) will be made available to the masses sooner rather than later.
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