IKEA “Sonos” speakers.

IKEA “Sonos” speakers.

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Davie_GLA

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6,521 posts

198 months

Sunday 11th August 2019
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I was in IKEA earlier and seen these. They look like very good value for money. One that doubles as a lamp and another that doubles as a shelf and can hold 3 kilos.

Reading a little they look like a perfect start to zoned music throughout the house at a reasonable price and a decent sound quality. They don’t support Bluetooth but I think I can live with that.

Anyone running them?


https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/news/symfonisk-collecti...

Independent insights (hopefully): https://www.pocket-lint.com/speakers/reviews/sonos...

I’m hovering over buying one of each then heading over to the frivolous thread......

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 11th August 2019
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Surely one for the council thread? wink

Personally I think they look like crap lamps but each to their own.

Davie_GLA

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6,521 posts

198 months

Sunday 11th August 2019
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garyhun said:
Surely one for the council thread? wink

Personally I think they look like crap lamps but each to their own.
I’ll take that as a no then.

akirk

5,376 posts

113 months

Sunday 11th August 2019
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They are basically a Sonos One inside a lamp etc...

As I paid less for my Sonos ones these are not currently good value for me...

Davie_GLA

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6,521 posts

198 months

Sunday 11th August 2019
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akirk said:
They are basically a Sonos One inside a lamp etc...

As I paid less for my Sonos ones these are not currently good value for me...
Assume you did so through a discount route? Friends and family etc?

I have a good friend that can apply a staff discount on "real" sonos speakers but I guess the council in me likes their dual purpose for certain rooms.

heisthegaffer

3,347 posts

197 months

Monday 12th August 2019
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I'm more of a traditional audio fan but I think these look pretty good.

akirk

5,376 posts

113 months

Monday 12th August 2019
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Davie_GLA said:
Assume you did so through a discount route? Friends and family etc?

I have a good friend that can apply a staff discount on "real" sonos speakers but I guess the council in me likes their dual purpose for certain rooms.
Just Amazon deals... Black Friday etc.
I think the other thing for me is that I like the speakers to be subtle and tucked out of the way - whereas a lamp is more visual...

But I love the idea of what they are doing...

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 12th August 2019
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akirk said:
But I love the idea of what they are doing...
I agree that the idea is good, just needs a better implementation.

The bookshelf speaker is a far better execution at the moment.

sawman

4,915 posts

229 months

Monday 12th August 2019
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just found these in ikea, and the lamp sounds pretty good. and looks better in reality than in the pics on line. The shelf version not so strong on the bass front - I guess where you site it might effect its results.

Gazzab

21,061 posts

281 months

Monday 12th August 2019
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The online reviews suggest that the shelf speakers aren’t that great whereas the lamp is.
I prefer a decent hifi but may try one of the lamps to see if its actually any good in a bedroom or home office. But as I don’t actually like Ikea I might struggle to go into a store or have their products in my house.

ecotec

404 posts

128 months

Friday 16th August 2019
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I've been looking at a pair of these as rears for a Sonos beam - the thing is that there not much cheaper than real Sonos!

Davie_GLA

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198 months

Friday 16th August 2019
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ecotec said:
I've been looking at a pair of these as rears for a Sonos beam - the thing is that there not much cheaper than real Sonos!
I know, I’m still hovering over buying them but the sonos 1 is now the same price.

Davie_GLA

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6,521 posts

198 months

Thursday 22nd August 2019
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Thought I’d update this. I bought a lamp and a shelf speaker.

They sound surprisingly good and work well for some music while you work or poodle around the house.

Seamless sonos app integration too.


Gazzab

21,061 posts

281 months

Wednesday 28th August 2019
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I popped into Ikea yesterday. Listened to both the lamp and shelf speakers. I haven’t heard a Sonos before. I didn’t buy. The sound quality seemed adequate but didn’t seem at all special ie no better than bose and the like.

Davie_GLA

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198 months

Wednesday 28th August 2019
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Gazzab said:
I popped into Ikea yesterday. Listened to both the lamp and shelf speakers. I haven’t heard a Sonos before. I didn’t buy. The sound quality seemed adequate but didn’t seem at all special ie no better than bose and the like.
They sound completely different in a room at home

craig1912

3,273 posts

111 months

Wednesday 28th August 2019
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Davie_GLA said:
They sound completely different in a room at home
and also much cheaper than Bose

drmike37

456 posts

55 months

Wednesday 28th August 2019
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I've got a bookshelf tucked out of the way in the bedroom. For this it is really good. Easily good enough volume and quality for a bedroom and the Sonos app works really well with a network hard drive/ Amazon music etc. I'll probably buy another 1 or 2 to dot about the place.
I thought the lamp looked a bit naff.

I wouldn't get one as my main hifi tho.

ecotec

404 posts

128 months

Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Interesting tear down of the IKEA version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB413S8KDmo

TLDR - Sonos board and drivers but cheap caps

Davie_GLA

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6,521 posts

198 months

Tuesday 10th September 2019
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ecotec said:
Interesting tear down of the IKEA version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB413S8KDmo

TLDR - Sonos board and drivers but cheap caps
Watched that a while ago but also seen that the caps were cheap in the Sonos too.

Still enjoying mine and am probabl going to buy another couple of shelf speakers

chris.tarry85

70 posts

95 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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Given that you can buy a Play One in Richer Sounds for £125 with a 6 year Warranty, is this really worth saving £25?