The person looking for Affordable Wi-Fi speakers that fit between the JätteboSectional and Dyvlinge Swivel chairs are upset to find out that Sonos and Ikea are there How to say goodbye. From the strange wall mounted speakers in the frame to the surprisingly decent bookshelves speakers, the IKEA model has been cancelled after eight years of partnering with everything.
Of course, you just need to buy a Sonos-Made speaker like the ERA 100 (9/10, Wired recommended) or Roam (9/10, Wired recommended) and you’ll get essentially everything Ikea-Sonos Collabs offers (and in terms of sound quality). The brand is creating decent headphones (8/10, Wired recommends). But once this partnership ends, there is one thing we at Wired really miss. Symfonisk Sound Remote ($19).
This modest rectangular pack works like a musical thermostatic controller.Now it’s working again). Surprisingly, Sonos still It does not provide a sophisticated wall-mountable remote control. Instead, if you have Gobby Sourdough on your finger, or if my 1 year old doesn’t immediately select your favorite music and is a few seconds away from the meltdown, you’ll be forced to reach for your phone or TV remote. Yes, there is Other Sonos Remotesbut they only control the TV speakers.
This wall remote (it doesn’t need to be mounted on the wall) is easy to use on the elbow, and is modest and looks good, so you won’t feel like one of the old guys with a huge number of wired phones. And yes, it works all Sonos speaker. That’s also hilariously cheap $19 per unit After the first purchase of a Hub and remote control together ($89). In this economy? If I were a Sonos user, I would buy one for every room in the house before they sell out. And you should do that too.
Sonos has been struggling since last year when new app versions were poorly deployed, many longtime users struggled to keep running their once unreliable systems. This can explain the end of this partnership from the aspect of IKEA’s things. This is a leading retailer who is enthusiastically tracking what is on sale and what is not on sale.
From Sonos’s side, this could just be the logical conclusion of a somewhat less realized partnership with the brand itself, which is increasingly directly competing with Mid-Tier products. Sonos has been pivoting to become a premium brand in recent years, and last month lowered the prices of two products. It’s an impressive Ray soundbar just like the excellent entry level 100 speaker.
In either case, it’s sad to see the partnership go on, and I hope that once the Symfonisk Sound Remote Gen 2 is gone, Sonos will have a new controller as there are no more third-party options. Certainly there is room for something that looks more “sonos.” On IKEA’s part, the brand says that all Sonos compatible devices, including remote, remain supported. I don’t think many people will miss it Talking lampbut it’s nice to know that it’s still working.
