Sonos’ new speaker brings cinema sound at a lower price

Sonos has unveiled the most recent addition to its speaker lineup, Sub Mini. This wi-fi subwoofer is a extra reasonably priced different to the Sonos Sub (Gen 3), which launched again in June 2020, and is designed to convey daring bass to smaller rooms. It may be paired with nearly any Sonos speaker (the transportable Sonos Roam is among the solely audio system that does not work with the brand new subwoofer) to generate a deep, dynamic low finish to your favorite music, audiobooks, TV exhibits, sport, and blockbusters.

Offloading the bass to a devoted speaker frees up the remaining package in your Sonos set-up to give attention to the mid and high-end of the spectrum, producing a lot richer and extra highly effective outcomes from all paired audio system. If you wish to improve the sound out of your present Sonos audio system, and add some bone-rumbling bass to the combo, the Sub Mini is on the market to preorder in the present day.

Sonos Sub Mini has been designed with the Sonos Ray and Sonos Beam (Gen 2) soundbars in thoughts. The long-rumoured Sonos Sub Mini arrives with a classy cylindrical design, which Sonos assured us will work brilliantly as a small espresso desk for these tight on house. For the reason that Sub Mini is wi-fi, it may be positioned wherever within the room, with Sonos’ intelligent Trueplay algorithms analysing the house and guaranteeing the sound is tuned accurately. Even pressed up in opposition to a wall, the Sub Mini will present rumbling bass with out rattle and distortion, the US good audio firm says. In fact, we’ll must get our fingers on the Sub Mini to check these claims, so keep tuned.

Sonos Sub Mini prices £429 – some £320 cheaper than the Sonos Sub (Gen 3). Meaning you’ll be able to pick-up a Sonos Ray soundbar and a Sub Mini and nonetheless have £41 to spare in comparison with simply shopping for the Sonos Sub (Gen 3) by itself. Preorders can be found now, with the primary cylindrical subwoofers delivery to prospects from October 6, 2022. If you happen to’re seeking to full a house cinema setup, test the finest Sonos offers to safe your remaining package on the lowest doable worth.

The Sub Mini stands at 12-inches (230 mm) tall, so should not be too tough to suit into your own home décor. It is 9.1-inch (305 mm) deep, so is not very cumbersome. Sonos says that it designed the Sub Mini to mix with your own home aesthetic, relatively than the boxier designs seen from most rivals that you just’d relatively cover away behind a settee.

Not like the Sonos Sub (Gen 3), which may nonetheless produce its chest-rumbling bass when mendacity on its aspect, the cylindrical form of the Sub Mini (and speaker association inside) signifies that it needs to be standing up, in any other case its efficiency will probably be compromised.

It is a good factor that it is a looker, as chances are high, it should be positioned out within the open as a part of your own home sound system.

Contained in the Sub Mini, you may discover a pair of force-cancelling woofers, that are designed to generate a deep, dynamic low-end whereas minimising buzz or distortion. Utilizing digital sign processing, Sonos claims that its diddy speaker “reproduces the full-toned low frequencies anticipated from a a lot bigger subwoofer”. The opening within the speaker is designed to have the identical form because the Sonos Ray (when seen from the entrance) and the Sonos Beam (when seen from above) to create a cohesive residence cinema setup.

Sub Mini depends on a 5Ghz community to speak with the Sonos Ray and Sonos Beam when working as a house cinema system, which ought to drop the latency as little as doable in order that every part is synchronised completely. There isn’t any possibility to make use of a wired reference to the Sub Mini, so you may be reliant on the native wi-fi community.

In fact, there’s nothing to cease you pairing the Sub Mini with a Sonos Arc …however there’s little level. This all-in-one Dolby Atmos soundbar is designed for greater rooms and might already present a wholesome quantity of bass by itself. If you happen to’re spending the £899 essential to bag a Sonos Arc, it’s best to actually be wanting on the pricier Sonos Sub (Gen 3) to reinforce your own home cinema setup.

Whereas its doable to pair the £749 Sub (Gen 3) with a Sonos Ray or Sonos Beam, that is a bit overkill for these audio system. That is the hole that the Sonos Sub Mini goals to fill within the lineup.

Sonos says that as manufacturing values have skyrocketed in cinematic TV exhibits (Amazon has splashed out $58.1million on every episode of its new The Rings Of Energy present, and Netflix topped its personal document with the most recent season of Stranger Issues) and video video games it has seen extra prospects seeking to put money into a superb sound system at residence.

This prompted Sonos to launch the Ray soundbar – an reasonably priced approach for viewers to reinforce their viewing expertise and bypass the notoriously horrible audio system constructed into flatscreen tellies. As extra individuals look to put money into good sound for his or her favorite TV exhibits, streaming blockbuster movies from the likes of Disney+, Netflix and Prime Video …the Sub Mini might be the must-have new addition to any residence cinema system.

If you happen to want to take heed to music, the Sub Mini may be paired with a Sonos One, One SL, or IKEA SYMFONISK speaker for extra depth and readability to your music expertise. As you may discover when paired with a soundbar, offloading the bass permits the paired speaker to focus solely on the mid- and high-end of the monitor, boosting total efficiency out of your present setup, Sonos says.