IKEA “Sonos” speakers.

[Davie_GLA]

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......

[Davie_GLA]

garyhun said:

Surely one for the council thread?

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

I’ll take that as a no then.

[Davie_GLA]

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.

[Davie_GLA]

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]

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.

[Davie_GLA]

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

[Davie_GLA]

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