A model new, smaller subwoofer from Sonos is reportedly on one of the simplest ways, although the most recent phrase is that we’ll must attend a tad longer for its arrival.
Study on for the most recent skinny regarding the reportedly delayed Sonos Sub Mini, along with the whole thing we discover out about its design, capabilities, price, and launch date.
Has the Sonos Sub Mini been unveiled?
Not formally, although Sonos by likelihood revealed the Sub Mini’s existence in November 2021, when some extent out of the speaker slipped onto a Sonos assist net web page. Roughly six months later, a regulatory submitting for a speaker that appears to be the Sub Mini hit the FCC, whereas The Verge printed a 3D rendering of the rumored speaker. For its half, Sonos hasn’t confirmed the existence of the Sub Mini, nevertheless it hasn’t denied it each, saying solely that “we should not have any additional particulars to share.”
What does the Sonos Sub Mini do?
Identical to the its larger sibling, the Sonos Sub, and nearly any subwoofer, the (nonetheless rumored) Sonos Sub Mini is designed to bolster the low-frequency response of plenty of completely different audio system. As an illustration, whereas the Sonos Arc soundbar has its private built-in woofers, the Arc’s bass sounds a heck of fairly a bit deeper as quickly because it’s paired with a Sonos Sub. The Sonos Sub Mini may additionally be succesful to hitch wirelessly to completely different Sonos audio system, similar to the Sonos Sub does.
What does the Sonos Sub Mini look like?
A diagram on the FCC confirms The Verge’s 3D rendering of the Sonos Sub Mini, which reveals a cylindrical type along with power and ethernet ports on the bottom. The Sub Mini may additionally have a “pill-shaped vertical cutout” on the side, in line with The Verge, whereas the FCC diagram hints at twin force-cancelling drivers, similar to the full-size Sonos Sub. Closing nevertheless not least, we anticipate the Sonos Sub Mini to be considerably smaller than the current Sub.
Which audio system will the Sonos Sub Mini work with?
The larger Sonos Sub could possibly be paired with “any amplified, non-portable Sonos product,” and we’d anticipate the similar to be true of the Sonos Sub Mini. Which implies you probably can use the Sonos Sub Mini with one thing from Sonos One (or a stereo pair of Sonos Ones) to a Sonos soundbar, along with the just-released Sonos Ray, Sonos Beam, or Sonos Arc. As a result of it’s a smaller subwoofer, the Sonos Sub would more than likely pair correctly with the smaller, entry-level Sonos Ray and possibly the marginally larger Sonos Beam.
What’s the excellence between the Sonos Sub Mini and the Sonos Sub?
Properly, it goes with out saying (nevertheless we’ll say it anyway) that the Sonos Sub Mini could be smaller and lighter than the 15.3 x 15.8 x 6.2-inch (HxWxD), 36.3-pound Sonos Sub. And assuming it obeys the authorized tips of physics, the Sonos Sub Mini will practically really lack the low-frequency response of the larger Sonos Sub. That talked about, Sonos really is conscious of one of the simplest ways to wring huge bass out of small packages, so we’re optimistic that the Sub Mini will ship secure progress for its dimension.
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Will the Sonos Sub Mini have built-in Alexa, Google Assistant, or Sonos Voice Administration?
Most Sonos audio system (save for these with out microphones) assist your number of Alexa, Google Assistant, and Sonos’s private voice assistant. Being that it lacks a mic and is, in any case, a subwoofer, the Sonos Sub Mini obtained’t assist a built-in voice assistant, and the similar is true of the larger Sonos Sub.
When will the Sonos Sub Mini arrive?
The preliminary predictions regarding the Sonos Sub Mini’s launch date pegged it for late summer season, presumably in August, nevertheless it now appears we’ll must attend a bit longer.
All through its quarterly earnings identify on August 10, Sonos revealed that it had decided to delay an impending product launch, nearly definitely the Sub Mini. The delay will push that product launch “from This fall ‘22 into Q1 ‘23,” a Sonos spokesperson instructed The Verge.
Given that Sonos’s fiscal yr ends on September 30, which suggests the Sonos Sub Mini obtained’t break cowl until October, on the earliest, and possibly as late as December.
How rather a lot will the Sonos Sub Mini worth?
One different good question–and as soon as extra, we don’t know for optimistic however, nevertheless we’re capable of guess. As a result of it’s a smaller mannequin of the Sonos Sub, which now costs $749 (it obtained hit with a $50 price enhance in September 2021), the Sonos Sub Mini will (we would hope) worth significantly a lot much less. A $299 ticket sounds attention-grabbing, nevertheless Sonos being Sonos, one factor inside the $500 range isn’t out of the question.
Updated on August 11, 2022 with new particulars regarding the Sonos Sub Mini’s launch date.
