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Not so! Its drivers are front-firing, and Ikea and Sonos have tried to make sure you position it correctly by putting the music controls front and center. Seeing as there’s fabric around the entire thing, you might think that the lamp speaker outputs 360-degree sound a la Apple’s HomePod. The Symfonisk lamp will be available in both white and black, but the latter is delayed a bit and won’t be ready at launch. The internal components aren’t an exact match for the Play:1 or Sonos One, but those are the speakers that Sonos modeled the lamp’s audio performance after, and you can definitely hear it. That’s really the best way of summarizing the Sonos / Ikea table lamp speaker. So in the morning, you can have the blinds go up, lights turn on, and music start playing automatically. When Ikea’s smart blinds finally ship in October, you’ll be able to set up automated scenes that include the Symfonisk speakers. They also fully integrate with Ikea’s Tradfri smart home platform and Home Smart app. Does the newfound tag-team of Ikea and Sonos meet its potential? They’re off to a good start, with two debut products that are easily worth the money if they appeal to your design sense. But right out of the gate, it becomes the most inexpensive Sonos speaker you can get. If you’ve got a partner who prefers to keep tech - even speakers - out of there, they might be more amenable to the idea of an Ikea-designed lamp that also happens to pull double duty as a great-sounding speaker.Īs for the bookshelf speaker, well, it very much resembles a speaker.

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The goal of the Symfonisk series is to put speakers in places (such as the bedroom) where you might not ordinarily want something that screams gadget. They look Ikea on the outside, but both are very much Sonos speakers on the inside and seamlessly integrate with other products in the company’s lineup like the Sonos One, Beam, Play:5, Play:1, and more. You can now purchase the Symfonisk table lamp speaker ($179) or Symfonisk bookshelf speaker ($99) from your local Ikea or from the home furnishing store’s website these devices aren’t available from third-party retailers like Best Buy or even directly from Sonos. Sonos and Ikea are kicking off what has the makings of a long-term partnership in August.

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