view : Sonos ’ latest product has emerged – though it ’s not as if it were a surprisal . There have been whisperings about a smaller sub since later last twelvemonth , the only surprise is how foresightful it ’s take .
And the launching of theSub Minihit a intimate eminence as Sonos ’ previous subwoofer – it ’s quite expensive .
It ’s not as if there are n’t expensive subwoofers on the market . KEF has a subwoofer that cost £ 1300 , Bose ’s Soundbar Bass Module is £ 800 , while Sony ’s current line - up of bass foil features one that costs £ 649 . If you ’re a rest home movie theater partisan after the best performance , you ’ll pay whatever you deem suitable .
But it feels as if Sonos keeps repeating the same mistake with its subwoofers , in that each one of them is as expensive if not more so than their partnering speaker system . The Sonos Sub Gen 3 has an RRP of $ 749 / £ 749 , not far offthe Arc’sRRP of £ 899 . The Sonos Sub Mini costs $ 429 / £ 429 , which is only a smidgin less than theSonos Beam Gen 2’s$449 / £ 449 . If you wanted to partner the Sub Mini withthe Ray , it ’s far more expensive than its $ 279 / £ 279 asking cost .
There ’s a trap – perhaps the same one in the Sub Mini – that Sonos has never quite threaded the needle through with its subwoofers . TheSony HT - A7000(£1299 ) can be partner with the £ 699 SWA - S5 – expensive for sure – but at about half the cost , if you ’re unforced to bear that much for the soundbar itself , the sub does n’t seem as exorbitant . Compared to the Speaker they ’re signify to partner , Sonos ’ subs are very expensive , fix its appeal only to those who find obligate to impart a sub to their system . This is n’t a sub for more casual drug user and it could have been .
If it were me , I ’d have to cogitate farseeing and hard about making that decision . It should be a relatively straightforward decision to make .
The price for the subwoofers makes it less of an impulse buy and more of a decision that you ’d make further down the road . I ’d say that get bass is an integral part of the cinema experience – some may dissent but it ’s a issue of taste – and the pricing place the wrong message , putting it at a premium .
Or it enjoin the right thing : that sea bass is a key constituent of the experience and that you should ante up the requisite economic value . But to me , the centering the soundbar / home celluloid sound grocery store has been head in with individual legal profession system often not including a subwoofer , and the sub is think of as an accessory and not the main repast .
And so , I marvel how many multitude will take Sonos up on the chance to buy the Sub Mini . It ’s a good mind for those with smaller rooms , but I imagine the market place for that type of mortal be given to a more of a fooling one , and Sonos ’ pricing for its subwoofers fix it a tougher sell .
